A quintessential Tuscan sight - the ancient Abbey of Spineto glowing against a hillside chequered with fields of grain and oak woods, and the inky fingers of a classic, cypress tree-lined drive. The view is simply magical. And tucked along the abbey’s own private roads you’ll find La Busterna and Il Sasseto: two breathtakingly splendid houses, each entirely private and each with its own pool.

The estate office will welcome you and show you the way to your temporary home. If you’d like us to, we can arrange for the estate staff to pick you up from an airport or railway station, arrange for a cook to prepare dinner for you, sort out dry cleaning, call you a taxi or book you a restaurant table. They’ll also send your emails, rent mountain bikes or book you in for tennis or horse riding nearby. In fact, the estate office is a wonderful resource to make life easy for the independent traveller. They’ll ensure you have the kind of facilities offered by the best hotels plus all the comforts and advantages of living in your own glorious, private Tuscan farmhouse.

The pretty village of Sarteano, with shops, bars and half a dozen eateries, is 15 minutes drive away. Chiusi, ancient Etruscan Clusium, giving instant access to the A1 motorway is less than half an hour away. The Abbey of Spineto is brilliantly placed for visiting neighbouring Umbria or exploring the heartland of lovely Tuscany. At the Abbazia di Spineto, you’ve got it all!

La Busterna is Italian architect designed style from start to finish. The house was built in the 15th century - but it’s come a long way since then! The huge, wide spaces of the large rooms, the bright Mediterranean colours, the luxurious bedrooms with bed linen made from traditional Tuscan fabrics, the enormous dining table in a dining room opening directly on to the garden, the glitzy glass staircase up to the first floor, the shady portico and the great views from the pool - it just goes on and on ...