The farmhouse has been recently restored by local craftsmen with great attention to details, maintaining the traditional ambiance of a typical Tuscan country house.The house has exposed beams, is furnished in elegant country style including antique pieces and offers stunning views from each window.From the large covered loggia (balco) for outside dining in the summer, you can enter the house.Another entrance is from the kitchen door, in a covered open area where the ancient wooden bread oven is placed. A stone staircase leads upstairs where there are two large double bedrooms with their own private bathroom. A corridor, with access to two bathrooms, leads to another double bedroom, to one twin bedroom and to the attic.The well-kept gardens are planted with herbs and scented flowers, lavender, broom, iris and climbing roses and are provided with comfortable garden furniture and outside cooking facilities (barbecue and oven for pizza).
Guests at Il Poggio will find all necessary information about local history, folklore, and traditional cuisine. They can choose between dining in one of the many fine restaurants; or they can prepare their own meals or barbecues using typical, country-fresh produce from the local markets.
Sansepolcro is approximately five km away, and lies in a valley where the river Tiber begins.
A town steeped in art, with remnants from the 14th and 15th centuries, it was the birthplace of Piero della Francesca; and some of his paintings can be seen in the local museum. Even though Florence, Arezzo, Siena, and Perugia are more famous cities, there are equally memorable places to visit like Monterchi, Anghiari, Gubbio, Cortona, Assisi, the Franciscan Sanctuary in La Verna, and Caprese Michelangelo, the birthplace of the great Michelangelo Buonarroti. All these cultural sites provide a fascinating itinerary in the heart of the region where the Renaissance has its deep roots.
The lucky visitors of the Valtiberina will find themselves plunged into incredibly variegated nature, in some instances spectacular and immaculate, here and there dotted with hermitages, ancient farm-houses witnessing its rural life, country parishes,and castles. Sansepolcro, the nearest village, is only 10 minutes away driving on the E45, there you will find supermarkets, general stores, post office, baker shops, butchers, bars, chemist and internet access. It is best known for having given birth to Piero della Francesca, the most important painter of the Renaissance, he depicted the Tiber Valley landscape in his paintings, some of his best known frescoes may be seen in the Civic Museum: the Renaissance, the San Giuliano, the Virgin Mary of Mercy. In the town: the Lace Museum (dedicated to the art of Lace that made Sansepolcro famous in the world), the Herb Museum of Aboca, the Museum of Leaded Glass. Festivals and local events are constant during the year .
Golf:
The nearest golf courses are The Golf & Country Club Caldese ( 9 holes )in Città di Castello ( 15 mins.) or Antognola, ( 18 holes) near Umbertide (about 45 mins. drive).
You can join as day members and use all the facilities for reasonable price.
