dalia

Ten minutes west from Lucca, the rustic-elegant style of this charming 5-bedroom holiday villa for rent in Tuscany evokes an enveloping atmosphere in which times seems to have stood still on objects and furniture, showing signs of a past of a quiet rural life. But behind this apparent simplicity, villa Dalia offers a welcoming style to experience a genuine Italian vacation in a true Tuscan farmhouse.
The villa is a stone built building from the 1800s, completely renovated in 2000 with up-to-date amenities and beautiful en suite bathrooms with double showers. There are antique tiles on the floors, wooden beams on the ceilings and old fireplaces. The villa is surrounded by a private park lined with walls of evergreen hedges and part of a larger property of sixteen hectares of olive trees and vineyards. At the top of the estate stands the villa, which overlooks the valleys for 360 degrees, until you can see the tower of Pisa, during days of clear sky.
Four air-conditioned bedrooms are located on the top two floors. The fifth air-conditioned bedroom is located on the ground floor. The ground floor has four large stable doors opening out to the pergolas. These large rooms flow one into the other and include the kitchen, the living room, and the dining room. The outdoor pergolas are easily accessible dining and seating areas and are covered with grapevines. There is also a pizza oven as well as an outdoor stone BBQ. The architecture, both inside and outside, is truly beautiful. Villa Dalia is proud to have an authentic, renowned, Tuscan cook named Anna. Villa Dalia is equipped with a wifi internet connection, two flat screen cable televisions, two DVD players (European and American), stereo surround sound in the living room and a state of the art security system.

ground floor
entrance and hall.
bedroom 1 double bed (king size bed), fireplace, stereo, very large en suite bathroom with tub, double shower (with extra hand held).
bedroom 2 double bed (king size bed), stereo, desk, fax machine, en suite bathroom with shower (plus extra hand held).
large library with history, literature and travel books, huge artist studio with desk, fireplace, sitting area, flat screen television, stereo, DVD.
first floor
14 steps up
spacious hallway.
bedroom 3 double bed (king size bed), desk and reading area, en suite bathroom with tub (plus extra hand held) and shower (plus extra hand held).
bedroom 4 double bed (king size bed, convertible into twin), desk/reading area, en suite bathroom with shower.
lower ground floor
14 steps down from the artist studio. Fully equipped kitchen opening to the dining pergola and outdoor living room, dining room with fireplace and table seating 12 and direct access to the outdoor terrace. Living room with play game table, sofa and ancient fireplace, TV and direct access to the outdoor. Guest bathroom with shower and exit to the garden.
5 steps up
bedroom 5 double bed (queen size bed) with direct access to the outdoor, fireplace, en suite small bathroom (6 steps up) with shower (no window).

outdoor
dining area under pergola, outdoor living room under a second pergola, mosaic pool, walled gardens, vegetable garden, orchard, 16 hectares of olive trees and vineyards.

notes
no pets allowed. No parties allowed.