chianciano terme honeymoon villas

Crete Senesi sit in an opening in a wooded grove surrounded by old oak trees which blend sun and shade on the lawn in front of it. Beyond are open fields and views across the valley to the Radicofani fortress on the far-away blue hills.On the ground floor what used to be the cows’ barn has been [...]

Il Rifugio is surrounded by woods and fields, with spectacular views of the surrounding countryside and of Castelluccio, a medieval castle also on the property. Its architecture is in typical Tuscan style, proportionate and spacious, built around a central courtyard which provides delightful privacy [...]

Set amidst the fields and hedgerows Villa Stella faces Villa Stelletta across a walled lavender garden with a shared reflective pond swimming pool. Designed for two couples or a family it is unashamedly contemporary in its style but still with a distinctly Italian feel. The villa has a split-level [...]

Villa I Giardini di Val D'Orcia was originally built at the end of the XVth century as a wayside tavern, but soon became the centre of an estate belonging to the great Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala in Siena. In 1924 it was bought by Antonio and Iris Origo and turned into their comfortable [...]

La Vallata lies on a sunny hillside just below the Villa I giardini di Val D'Orcia, and facing the much-photographed road flanked by cypresses that winds up the far hill. The farm itself was built on a model designed by Cecil Pinsent, the architect that created the garden at I giardini di Val [...]

Casetta , with its 7 hectares of land, used to belong to the nearby village parish, Castiglioncello sul Trinoro. Benedetta Origo was moved to buy the property in 1973, which lies close to the boundaries of the “I giardini di Val D'Orcia” property (4 kms). The charm of the house and its unique [...]

The Castle I Giardini di Val d’Orcia offers all the special charm, character and seclusion of a private home and garden, with the additional advantage of having the restaurant, tennis, playground and other children’s activities within easy reach. When, in the early eighties, the owner began to [...]

Pratogrande lies in the middle of open farmland, surrounded by fields of wheat and sunflowers on one side and a small wood and the strange shapes of the distinctive clay hillocks and scrub which characterize the local landscape on the other. A winding gravel road lined with oak trees running along a [...]