For sale cottage in quiet zone Rapolano Terme Toscana

ancient Tuscan estate located in the heart of the Etruscan territory, on the green hills overlooking the famous Crete, on the sunny clayey hills that characterize the Sienese landscape. It consists of the Villa - a large country house made of local stone, a large enclosed garden, service buildings and 26 hectares of olive groves, fields and woods. The complex is located in a panoramic position connected to a paved road. The owner´s house, the fenced garden and the guardian´s house were designed and built around 1870. Part of the owner´s house and the side-by-side building are located on a cave and on the foundation walls built in the sixteenth century, when the place hosted a rest area along the ancient road called “Lauretana“ Linked to the Roman consular road called “Cassia“ .The current service buildings, which also include stables and warehouses , have been built and renovated over time. The main villa, renovated in the 90s; Currently it offers seven rooms with private toilets, common lounges and numerous large service rooms. Subsequently, the renovations were extended to some of the other buildings where two apartments with 2 bedrooms for guests and two 3-bedroom apartments for staff were added. Two buildings have been turned into a restaurant Water supply is ensured both from a private deep well and from municipal waters. The property in its current condition allows two possible uses: as a high-level holiday farm or as a large country house ****** agricultural land: The agricultural activities are concentrated on the cultivation of the olive tree: today there are about a thousand trees, some of them secular, and it is possible to thicken the olive groves adding a thousand more. The calcareous soil and the optimal elevation (about 400 meters above sea level) lead to an excellent olive oil. The property includes a 6000 m2 vineyard, produces a local variety of Chianti wine and 10 ha of woodland

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