Crete Senesi Vacation Rental

Asciano - RIF. S39

Accommodation Type: Villas
Area: Crete Senesi   Position: Countryside
Province : Siena  

This superb villa with pool in Tuscany is located at 8 km from the pretty medieval village of Asciano, 30 km east of Siena. Surrounded by a private garden full of olive trees, this holiday home has been renovated to an extremely high standard and is furnished with a contemporary design that offers both comfort and modern conveniences. The villa consists of a spacious, fully equipped kitchen, a dining room, a living room that opens onto a sun terrace, a double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and a single bedroom with shower room on the ground floor. On the first floor there are two double bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room with fireplace and a mezzanine with 2/4 single beds. Available tabletop games, music systems, TV with DVD player, sat-TV and internet access. Included in the service is a maid who comes once a week for light cleaning duties and room make up.
The property has three terraced areas which extend the use of the house during fine weather: one is covered and is suitable for dining and the other two are sun terraces both for dining and relaxing. The mosaic tiled swimming pool, surrounded by a travertine sun terrace, can be heated on request.
This beautiful villa for rent in Tuscany is in an ideal position for enjoying breathtaking views over the surrounding countryside and to relax in total tranquillity, but also for visiting many famous Tuscan art centres such as Siena, Cortona, Arezzo, Pienza, Montalcino and Montepulciano, as well as the fasci 
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Asciano - RIF. S52

Accommodation Type: Apartments
Area: Crete Senesi   Position: Medieval village
Province : Siena  

This unique holiday home in Tuscany is located in the fortified hill town of Asciano in the heart of one the most photographed areas of the Sienese countryside, better known as the Crete Senesi. Literally “Sienese clays”, owing to the distinctive grey colouring of the soil that gives the landscape a quasi-lunar aspect, this area consists of a range of hills and woods sprinkled with villages. The holiday accommodation is one of the medieval towers in the walls of Asciano, dating back to 1345. Recently restored, this tower has been furnished in very good taste and with a particular care for details so as to offer a comfortable accommodation for 4 people. The thick walls, typical of a medieval tower, protect the indoors from the summer heat and from the winter coldness. This house for rent is on 3 floors. On the ground floor the sitting room with a double sofa bed, on the first floor a well equipped kitchen with oven, fridge, cooker, dishwasher and washing machine and an old fireplace, whereas on the second floor there is a double bedroom and a bathroom with shower. On top of the tower there is a large, panoramic roof terrace furnished with table and chairs for delightful meals in total privacy. An exclusive opportunity to spend a vacation in a historic building built over 650 years ago.
In Asciano one can find restaurants, shops, museums, internet point and much more. This holiday apartment in the Crete Senesi is in an ideal position for visiting the neighbou 
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Asciano - RIF. S195

Accommodation Type: Holiday Farmhouses
Area: Crete Senesi   Position: Countryside
Province : Siena  

These lovely holiday apartments in the Crete Senesi are located in the hill town of Asciano. The buildings, once property of marquis Bargagli, was originally built by the monks of Saint Galgano, and there is still a chapel on the grounds dedicated to their patron saint. In a quiet position on the top of a hill and with a breathtaking view over the surrounding countryside, these holiday accommodations near Asciano have been obtained from the restoration of both the Palace, in travertine stone, and a 16th century brick building with open gallery that delimits the estate’s court. The apartments, which can comfortably accommodate 4+2 people, are on the ground floor, 85 sqm distributed on two floors, or on the first floor. They consist of living room with divan bed and fireplace, dining area and kitchenette, two bedrooms and two bathrooms. In some apartments it is also possible to add a single bed on request. Each apartment has its own outside furnished area; a terrace for those on the first floor. The estate extends on an area of 18000 sqm surrounded by age-old olive trees and comprises two swimming pools of which one whirlpool.
These charming accommodations in Asciano are in an ideal location for all those seeking peace and quiet but also a perfect point of departure for visiting the beautiful attractions of the Crete Senesi area and its surroundings such as Siena, Montalcino, Pienza and Montepulciano, all very near, as also the beautiful Benedictine mona 
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Asciano - RIF. S130

Accommodation Type: Holiday Farmhouses
Area: Crete Senesi   Position: Countryside
Province : Siena  

These rental apartments in Tuscany are part of a little medieval “borgo”, village, recently renovated and converted into a holiday farmhouse. Located in the wide region of south-east Siena known as the Sienese Clays (Crete Senesi) at just 2 km from Asciano the area offers a continuously changing landscape following the succession of seasons as well as the constant erosive phenomena of the clay. In springtime the hills are green as the wheat grows, whereas in summer it turns purple with the flowering of the French honeysuckle. This is the landscape that inspired the backgrounds of paintings and frescoes of the most prestigious Sienese painters of the past.
This farmhouse consists of 21 holiday apartments provided with independent heating and two garages, as well as many other services. Guest facilities are a swimming pool, a tennis court and possibility of visits, excursions and wine tasting. Numerous thermal spas are in the vicinity but the territory is more celebrated for its delicious products such as pecorino cheese, olive oil, wine and truffles. The place is a good starting point for tours and trips to the nearby cities of art. The spectacular Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey is at 10 km, Siena at 25 km, Montalcino at 30 km, Montepulciano at 31 km and Pienza at 25 km.
With these Tuscany accommodations culture and art are immersed everywhere. 
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