durante

Located in Tuscany, on the border with Umbria, in a quiet secluded area, Durante is a luxury vacation villa that offers a place to experience the countryside in a refined way, a villa where you can feel at home with style and refinement in a pleasant rural setting. Among many luxury vacation rentals in Tuscany, this family villa for rent has been carefully restored to maintain its original features including spacious rooms.
The traditional stone lintels and tiled ceilings are juxtaposed with contemporary comforts in bedrooms and living areas designed with understated elegance by combining antiques with works of modern art. The property features an infinity pool, available for guests and for private use. Olive groves, wooded areas and a pond complete the beauty of the villa.
The access to the house is through a beautiful garden, composed and designed in an elegantly geometric way, creating green frames around the inviting outdoor spaces. Stunning views of the countryside allow you to admire the Tuscan and Umbrian hills, with their castles that dominate the peaks. This imposing manor house, surrounded by over seventy acres of its own land, is available for weekly vacation rentals and is also ideal for the cooler periods thanks to the heated swimming pool. Portable AC units can be installed in the Tower and the Master bedrooms. From Villa Durante you can reach various small towns of tourist interest, such as Cortona, Gubbio, Assisi, Trasimeno Lake, Arezzo, Montepulciano, Spoleto and Perugia. The nearest towns for shopping are Mercatale and Spedalicchio within nine kilometres and Umbertide which is fifteen kilometres away.

ground floor
entrance, two living rooms furnished with slipcovered sofas and traditional dark-wood side tables, spacious fully equipped and bright eat-in kitchen furnished with a long farmhouse-style table, slipcovered chairs and fresh white cabinets.
bedroom 1 master, four post king size bed with en suite bathroom with shower and bath tub, French doors opening onto the front ground terrace.
bedroom 2 king size bed (convertible into twin), French doors opening onto the back terrace.
Bathroom with walk in shower and double basins.
first floor
galleried sitting room that opens from the staircase, Tower studio/library room.
bedroom 3 master, four-post king size bed with spacious en suite bathroom with walk in shower.
bedroom 4 king size bed, bathroom located on the opposite side of the corridor with shower and bath tub.
bedroom 5 king size bed (convertible into twin), bathroom with large walk in shower.
bedroom 6 twin beds, with en suite bathroom with bath tub.

outdoor
over 70 acres of fenced in land surrounding the villa, including meadows, deer park, woodland walk and lake. The estate is fenced in in order to maintain the safety of the natural environment and the protection of the animals that live within the woods. Infinity heated pool set amongst the olive trees, covered lounge area by the pool furnished with comfortable sofa and chairs, curtained lounge beds located around the pool. Table tennis set up on the terrace.
Wide porch exquisitely and conveniently furnished for al fresco dining.
Non-professional tennis court for the guests’ exclusive use located outside the villa complex, 1,7km/1miles, 5 minutes drive from the villa, with option to book tennis lessons.

notes
the pool is open from mid-May until mid-September. Small well behaved pets are welcome. Durante is suitable for the celebration of a small intimate wedding. Although there is not a proper helicopter pad, helicopters can land at the villa. Smoking is permitted only in the outside loggia area. Upon request and extra cost, the tower room can be turned into a bedroom with a king size bed (convertible into twin).