Tuscany Villa in Tuscany Rental Villa "San Bartolomeo"

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San Bartolomeo is a large, inviting farmhouse dating from the 1600s. Not quite 4 km from the little Tuscan town of Sarteano, it’s utterly private, but by no means isolated. The church of San Bartolomeo is a pleasant stroll through the woodland near the house. It is said that Saint Francis of Assisi was tempted by the devil while meditating in a grotto in these very woods. To celebrate his victory over the Great Tempter, his followers constructed a convent and later the church. In fact, the Etruscans used those grottoes over a thousand years before Saint Francis came to pray and one wonders if the convent may be yet another example of Christianity overlaying the hallowed ground of a much earlier religion. Whatever the truth, the house is in a magically sylvan location! San Bartolomeo looks down on a wonderful wide view of the Val d’Orcia, across the Val di Chiana and with Lake Trasimeno sparkling in full view too.

A picturesque barn provides a shady place for lunch with its great stone table and nearby barbecue. The pool is surrounded by fields and then the woods. Rural Tuscany at its very best!

The ground floor of the house, once byres and stabling, now has a huge sitting room with a vast open fireplace, satellite TV and doors out to the grounds. There’s also a useful laundry room and a cloak room on the ground floor, plus a charming double bedroom with en suite bathroom and a little sitting area all to itself. The style and standard of the house will please you greatly. Rustic and characterful, spanking new in parts and altogether comfortable. The ancient, brick-built bread oven remains in the hall by the front door. Upstairs, you’ll find another pleasant sitting room with an old fireplace, a nicely equipped, modern kitchen with dishwasher, fridge-freezer and an oven with 5 gas hobs. The spacious dining area has a huge oak dining table. The bedrooms are all very pretty and the bathrooms are exceptionally well finished.

San Bartolomeo is wonderfully placed for hopping into Umbria, popping down to Rome or exploring temptatious Tuscany.

We got along very well. St Bartolomeo is a beautiful house, the views are really unbelievable and Marco has restored the farmhouse in a very sensitive way: the furniture is beautiful, each room is painted in a different colour and the bathrooms correspond to that colour. The location of the house high above Lago Trasimeno is great and the travelling party is indeed as private as it can be.

Barbara Martin, Nuernberg.

House was as described in brochure - truly comfortable for a large group. Views outstanding, position great and pool sublime. Marco very helpful even when we got stuck on road and gas canister ran out for cooker!

Even saw wild deer run by as we played volleyball in the pool.

The Gordons, Leicestershire.

We very much enjoyed our holiday. San Bartolomeo provided just the right environment for our celebration. Our friends and family felt that they also had a memorable stay. Marco and Fiorenza did everything we asked of them to iron out any problems. They are a lovely couple and so helpful.

David and Anita Molyneux, Cheshire.

Thank you for a marvelous holiday in San Bartolomeo. We arrived around 5pm on the Saturday and all was fine (the drive up the unmade road was quite an experience but something you get used to and the view as we rounded the last bend was something out of this world!).

Marco and Fiorenza arrived and gave us a tour of the villa and made us feel really at home. We had a minor problem but was sorted immediately by Marco. The views and facilities were all that was stated by Summer’s Leases. We took advantage of Elena to cook us a meal twice and it was fabulous, very Tuscan and was more of a feast than a meal, I would recommend it to any future arrival.

Marco and Fiorenza made us all feel very welcome and we felt that we had known them for many years, they brought their two sons which our grandson really appreciated as it gave him someone to play football with; unfortunately they supported different teams!!! but this was not a problem. It is quite difficult to get the whole family together, (one son lives in the far east) but we did and they also thoroughly enjoyed the villa. This started two years ago in Singapore and I must confess did not think that we could arrange it, but we did and cannot wait to do it again. The region is so unspoilt and very very Italian that you feel you must return. Please convey our thanks to Marco and Fiorenza for everything. Once again thank you and regards.

Alec and Brenda Tanner, Hampshire.

This is a wonderful house, exceptionally well equipped, very spacious and in an amazing setting. The views are fantastic.

Highlights for us were: swimming in the pool in the early morning and late at night, eating out at the big stone table every evening and walking in the woods around the house.

The service provided by Summer’s Leases was excellent - could not be bettered.

Barbara Crane, Derbyshire.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. It is a wonderful house in a wonderful location. The photos on your web site do not do justice to this house or the marvelous view. We would return in a second.

Thank you for you assistance in arranging this rental. Your system works very well.

David Cleveland, Colorado.

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