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Verdi & Puccini - Montaione - Tuscany Two beautifully landscaped Tuscan cottages only 17
km from San Gimignano
This page shows two 6-person cottages at Podere Il Sapito - click here
to see the other 6 and 4-person apartments
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Each accommodating
up to 6
Verdi: 2 bedrooms,
2 bathrooms, double bed settee
Puccini: 3 bedrooms,
3 bathrooms
Available Easter - October
Pool (49
ft x max 23 ft)
open mid April - mid October
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Verdi
1 double bedroom,
1 bedroom with twin beds,
2 bathrooms with showers,
gallery sitting room with double bed settee,
kitchen/dining room with dishwasher and fireplace.
Puccini
1 double bedroom,
2 bedroom with twin beds - will convert to doubles on request,
3 bathrooms with showers,
sitting room,
kitchen/dining room with
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TV, phone, private shaded dining terrace with barbecue and garden for each cottage
Shared laundry facilities,
children's play area
In-house cookery classes - enquire after your arrival
Chef for dining at home
approx. 60 euro per person - book after your arrival
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| Part of the children's play area. The estate's tennis courts, ping pong table and basket ball are all just 5 minutes walk away |
The estate's swimming pool incorporates a small paddling pool - ideal for tiny tots - tucked inside the farther left hand curve |
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| Andrea at work! Smiling service in the Osteria San Vivaldo. Note the art work on the walls by young diners drawing for Andrea! |
Il Focolare is a delightful, inexpensive restaurant in an ancient convent on the edge of San Vivaldo - 20 minutes walk away |
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| This is Jerusalem! A 14th century Pope decided he wanted the Holy Land in Italy - and here it is, in Italian miniature! |
Terracotta figures inside one of the many little temples that make up "Jerusalem" on the edge of the tiny village of San Vivaldo |
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| Saddleback pigs in the woods!
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The owners' cantina nearby - visitors welcome!
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Podere Il Sapito is a large, organic farm in the heart of Tuscany where they raise the famous "Cinta Senese" - saddleback pigs to the rest of us. The farm produces a delicious range of pork products, as well as its own top quality wines. To help the farm along, the owners converted the old farmhouses to make eight characterful holiday homes. This page describes the two back-to-back cottages, Puccini and Verdi. Each cottage has its own private garden and terrace - with barbecue of course. The landscaping is deliciously lush with olive trees, mediterranean oaks, oleanders and wisteria. Banks of rosemary and lavender attract butterflies and bees to this chemical-free oasis of pure air. The two farm buildings are set into a hillside, so there are winding pathways and wide stone stairways. The dense planting on every level gives shade and a sense of privacy to both the cottages and the six apartments set around the pool. It's a lovely place!
As you can see from the plan above, Verdi
and Puccini are back-to-back cottages. Verdi
is a two storey cottage with 2 bedrooms,
2 bathrooms and an open gallery/sitting room with a settee and an armchair which convert into a double or a single bed as preferred. The kitchen is simple, but it has all you could need including a fan oven, four gas hobs and a dishwasher. The decor is authentically traditional, as you can see from our photos. There's a terrace for dining conveniently next to the kitchen door, plus a cute terrace a little lower down for private sunbathing should you choose not to go down to the swimming pool. Puccini is also on two floors, but is slightly larger, offering 3 bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. Again, the decor is properly Tuscan - no global furnishings here! And again, the kitchen is quite simple but with all you could need, including a fan oven, 4 gas hobs and a dishwasher. This cottage has its own long garden, with a dining terrace and huge wide views across the countryside.
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generous landscaping tumbles down to the pool, which is amply supplied with
sun loungers and a shady pergola. The swimming pool incorporates a little paddling
area for tiny tots. There’s also a tiny tots play area, table tennis and, just 5 minutes walk away, there's tennis too. There’s even a little "Sapito estate" shop where you can buy the farm’s
own organic produce (zero food miles!). Their impressive cinta senese pigs
produce divine salami, bacon and sausages. They also sell their own olive oil, their own saffron, the estate’s own luscious
Chianti and grappa, and even their own estate produced pasta sauces - all of it organic of course.
The pigs live in the woods and you are welcome to wander the estate's 5 km of pathways, spotting the wildlife as you go. Apart from the pigs with their distinctive pink "saddles", if you are fortunate you'll also see deer and pheasants, as well as a host of birds and a great many ducks. Should
you fancy sightseeing, you can be in the centre of Florence in an hour, Volterra in 30 minutes
or San Gimignano in 20. There are restaurants aplenty in the area including a delightful restaurant in the beautiful convent at nearby San Vivaldo as well as the friendly trattoria mentioned above. Book your holiday in the pure air at Sapito for a special Tuscan experience!
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We
had a super time staying at Puccini - the weather was just wonderful
- unseasonably hot for the time of year so we really enjoyed
being able to relax by the super swimming pool and its lovely
surroundings. It really was a beautiful part of Tuscany and
we thoroughly enjoyed our visit and exploring a different part
of Italy.
Karen
McQuaid, Surrey.
We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.The description of the property and directions
to it were very accurate, and the welcome warm.
Harry Johnston, Wetherby.
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Prices held since 2008 !
Dates in blue mean the pool will be open
Our prices include everything except phone calls and heating in the cooler months
Verdi and Puccini are charged in euro
See our booking conditions |
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