Tuscany Rental Villa Vacation Rental in Tuscany "Il Sasseto"

Accommodates up to 16
8 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms
Available all year

Pool (40 ft x 20 ft)
open mid May - mid October

Main house
1 double bedroom and 5 bedrooms with twin beds
(all with en suite bathrooms),
2 sitting rooms (1 with open fire),
dining room,
kitchen with dishwasher,
laundry room.

Guest houses
1 with double bedroom & bathroom,
1 with twin bedded room & bathroom.

Domestic help Monday - Saturday,
midweek linen change, satellite TV, phone

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The "lemon tree walk" to the dining room from the kitchen	Inside the lemon tree walk

The dining room	The kitchen

A double bedroom	A bedroom with twin beds

The two independent guest houses	The pool with its ecological liner

The Abbazia di Spineto was founded by Willa, Countess of Sarteano in 1085. Some might say it was a shrewd move to ensure the noble Manenti family the best of powerful church connections, as well as bringing many useful temporal privileges to Sarteano. The Lady Willa, however, declared that her very generous gift to the church was purely for the benefit of her immortal soul. The abbey thrived for 300 years with rich revenues from her ample woodlands and rich pastures and Spineto gradually came to dominate a large corner of Tuscany. The Republic of Siena eventually took exception to the ever more powerful abbey and absorbed it into the state in 1347. Thus the great wealth and power of Spineto sowed the seeds of its own slow decline into obscurity.

In 1991, the current owners came upon the abbey and it was “love at first sight”. In the space of half an hour they decided to buy and changed the course of their lives forever. They have poured love, time and expertise into a glorious restoration. Having completed the abbey, they turned their attention to the ancient farmhouses on their vast estate - and thus were created some quite exceptional holiday homes, Il Sasseto and La Busterna included!

The joy of this elegant property is not merely the ample space of large rooms in a large house. It is, in effect, four buildings on the same site, so maximising everyone’s privacy. Two barns opposite the main house are now delightful bedrooms, each with its own bathroom. A grassy patio, with brolly, table and chairs, sits between the barns and is ideal for quiet retreat if the main house seems too noisy. The impressive dining room, with a comfortable sitting room area and huge picture window, is the third annex. The dining room is connected to the immensely stylish kitchen in the main house by a covered walkway lined with aromatic lemon plants. Il Sasseto is a house with enough space to offer togetherness as well as privacy, for even the largest group, yet a smaller party would feel entirely at home. The views are stunning and so is the interior decor.

Il Sasseto was exactly as pictured in your brochure. We appreciated the ability to use the several buildings for dining, reading and/or quiet contemplation when necessary.

John Tierney, Westport CT.

Il Sasseto fulfilled all of our expectations and more. The staff were helpful and friendly, yet the house itself was entirely private. The wildlife was in abundance: we saw deer, porcupine, and one day we had a small family of boar wandering and snuffling about the garden! The wild flowers were beautiful, as were the herbs from the garden, their scent intensifying towards dusk. The inky black nights were broken only by the fireflies and our raucous laughter. It all seems like a dream now ...

Claire Sutton, West London.

Price per Week (Saturday to Saturday)			Equivalent guide prices
Rental period		UK pounds	US dollars
April 4 - May 30	2009	£ 4,080
May 30 - August 1	2009	£ 5,490
August 1 - October 24	2009	£ 4,080

Dates in blue mean the pool will be open
Our prices include everything except pool towels, phone calls and heating in the cooler months
Summer's Leases charges in UK pounds
See our booking conditions