Mountain cottage with great views in friendly village with restaurant. — Property 58687

Mountain cottage with great views in friendly village with restaurant.

The cottage lies at one end of the village about 3 minutes walk from the main piazza with its car park, restaurant/bar. The cottage is part of the mountain; the first floor, has an entrance with a traditional Italian arched double door leading into lounge where there is a great stone fireplace with a large wood fired stove. This leads to the recently renovated kitchen with its dresser, dishwasher, hob and large round dining table that seats six. The stairs lead up to a two bedrooms, one twin bedded with en suite bathroom and one with a queen size four poster bed. A few more steps up leads to the upper lobby with the larger bathroom off it and side door to the garden; the stairs go up to the final double bedroom all with tiled floors and timbered ceilings. The property is surrounded by a terraced garden with grapevines and brick built barbecue. You can relax and sit under the shade of the fig tree with wonderful views over the valley to the surrounding hilltop villages and mountains.

Location Casoli Bagni di Lucca < Media Valle < Lucca Area < Tuscany < Italy

Casoli Bagni di Lucca < Media Valle < Lucca Area < Tuscany < Italy

 marks the location of this property Bagni di Lucca

Availability for the cottage in Lucca Area, Tuscany, Italy

Last updated on:

Saturday, 06 September 2008

Changeover day:

flexible

Normal availability

All Year

Rental rates for the cottage in Lucca Area, Tuscany, Italy

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Notes to the rental rates

• The rental of the cottage is broken down in the following way:-
  The rate for the cottage is either £57 per night in the summer or £49 per night in the winter, minimum stay is 4 nights. Its flexible for example you can arrive on a Wednesday and leave on a Tuesday if you wish; its however many nights you want to stay.
  Cleaning is at flat rate of £29 per stay (including bed linen but not towels).
  If you wish to make a reservation, email us, and we will put it on the website calendar as booked. When we receive a £105 deposit which should be within 14 days of your request, the reservation is confirmed; otherwise your cottage reservation becomes free again on the website. We will send you an email when we have received your deposit.
  A security deposit of £75 of the rental cost is payable for each stay and will be returned if there are no major breakages 14 days after you return from your holiday.
  If you are not sure if the days you want are free or want a rental costing, please email
  
• The remaining balance to pay for the cottage rental along with the cleaning and security deposit payments are due 8 weeks before your departure to Italy. Once we have received the full payment we will send an information pack about the cottage with maps, how to use the cottage facilities, a guide to the local area, location of supermarkets, restaurants etc and keys. If we don't receive the balance payment in time we will cancel your reservation and may retain the deposit.
  Cancellation charges, these are as follows:-
  More than 8 weeks prior to arrival - no charge.
  If 4-8 weeks prior to arrival - 50% of total rental rate.
  If 2-4 weeks prior to arrival - 75% of total rental rate.
  Less than 2 weeks prior to arrival - 100% of total rental rate.
  

Accommodation and Facilities for the cottage in Lucca Area, Tuscany, Italy

Skiing Information:

The cottage is near Abetone winter ski resort which is well known all over Italy and virtually unknown in the UK. Abetone is 1400 metres above the sea level, it is set in a splendid National forest. Nice even in summer, with its numerous hill walks. The highest point is Monte Gomito at 1940m. Ski runs are available in four picturesque valleys: Luce, Sestaione, Lima and Scoltenna. There are numerous ski facilities: 1 cable car, 11 chair lifts (3 fast), 15 ski-lifts, 37 ski slopes, 5 ski schools, 2 cross-country slopes and 20 kilometres of ski slopes are covered by artificial snow-making ensuring skiing. This creates an extensive network of mixed-ability pistes above and below the tree-line. This resort gets very busy at the weekends because it is so close to Florence however during weekdays it can be very quiet and pleasant. The cottage would suit a mixed party of skiers/non-skiers who want to sight-see and ski.