Photos and Description of this Castel Focognano holiday house
'La Contea' is a beautiful, characteristic, detached Tuscan villa, part of an
'La Contea' is a beautiful, characteristic, detached Tuscan villa, part of
an ancient farm which dates back to the 15th century and used to belong to
the well-known Visani-Rassinesi family, which gave Rassina some of it's most
famous people. The atmosphere and the colours, the beautiful landscape and
the lingering feeling of the past increase the unique charm of this building.
It has a surface of 260 square metres and is situated in a peaceful and
farely isolated area, in the northen suburb of Rassina, a village in the
centre of the Casentino valley, 400 metres above sea level. The Arno river,
which has it's source in the Falterona mountain, flows through the whole of
Casentino.
Thanks to the villa's central location, it is easy to reach Casentino's main
tourist sites with public transport.
The Casentino valley is rich of history, it’s many castles and important
sanctuaries set in a lush, green, hilly landscape with lots of vineyards and
olive groves, dotted with tiny villages and surrounded by ancient forests,
part of the Casentinese-Romagnolo National Park. The stunning,
uncontaminated nature and the peaceful, relaxing atmosphere of this area are
ideal to restore strength to body and mind.
Casentino is a very mystical area and has a number of important holy sites,
such as the monasteries of Camaldoli, La Verna and Vallombrosa, the
Romanesque Pieve of Rumena and PieveSocana, built upon ancient Etruscan
holy grounds; the latter, home to one of the only two surviving Etruscan
stone altars, is within walking distance from the villa.
The beautiful medieval town of Poppi, with it’s fortified castle, is a
short drive from the villa.
The Casentino Forests National Park is only 15 km away and the Chianti Hills
and Lake Trasimeno are within easy reach.
The beautiful city of Arezzo is only 20 km away. Famous for it's ancient
churches and the stunning frescos by Piero della Francesca, every first
weekend of the month it hosts Italy's most important antiques fair. Taking a
walk among the stalls is like stepping back in time: those with a passion
for antiques will be able to buy very valuable furniture and ornaments here.
Famous cities such as Cortona, Florence, Siena, Perugia, Assisi, Montalcino,
Pienza and San Gimignano are also close at hand.
DISTANCES: just 2-300 m from the villa you find groceries, restaurant, posto office, bank etc..; Rassina station is 5 minutes on foot (conections to Arezzo and Pratovecchio), there are bus stops also.
Tennis courts (1km), an equestrian centre (2km), golf fields (10 km) and a beautiful outdoor swimming pool in the near by village of Talla (4km). The 'Molino delle
Rocche' swimming pool is surrounded by green countryside and has plenty of
games both for the young and for the elderly. On the south side of the pool
there is a woody area with tall trees where one can cool off from the hot
sun and enjoy reading or meditating. The area also has a number of streams
and small rivers, tributaries of the Arno, among them the Ponte Rosso, which
is an ideal spot for bathing, with its uncontaminated waters and its
pictoresque waterfalls.
The Contea villa is built on three floors.
On the ground floor there is a large entrance with a red brick vaulted ceiling, a double bedroom and a bathroom with shower.
On the first floor there is a large, luminous living room with a typical stone fireplace and an outdoor terrace with gazebo ,furnished with tables and chairs, which will enable you to enjoy your meals outside.
There is also a kitchen-dining room with a fireplace and a pantry, two double bedrooms with two extra single beds and a bathroom with shower and bath-tub.
In the attic there is a large living room with a ping-pong table and in a corner an antique wrought iron double bed,a double
bedroom and a bathroom with bath-tub.
The villa is surrounded by a large courtyard with parking space and a shady
garden with tall trees, a wood oven, a barbecue and a games room. It is
equipped with a washing machine, an oven, an iron, a child's chair and cot
and a television. Pets are allowed on the premises. Actual prices are billed in euros, the prices displayed are for reference only.
