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travigne
TRAVIGNE
House Details:                             Nearest Towns :    Cortona:  8 mins
Location: Pergo di Cortona                                         Arezzo:  30 mins
Town/City: Cortona                                                    Perugia: 40 mins
Region/Country: Tuscany, Italy                                  Siena :   45 mins
                                                                                 Assisi:   55 mins
Nearest Villages:        Pergo - 2 minutes; Camucia - 5 minutes
Swimming Pool:         6 X 12 with roman steps. Gets sun all day!
Property Layout:         Main House, guest cottage, pool, outdoor shower, private &                                       fenced in garden
Bedrooms:                  6                        (4 in main; 2 in cottage)            
Bathrooms:                 5 + 1 WC            (3 + WC in main; 2 in cottage)
                                   (3 ensuite bathrooms: 2 main house,1 cottage)  

Living Rooms Areas:   2                   Sleeping Capacity:     12

Amenities: Newly restored, state-of-the-art property: fully-equipped kitchens in main house & cottage, working pizza oven, dishwasher, 2 microwaves, washing machine, clothes dryer, coffee machine, air-conditioning in kitchen, living room, & dining area, ceiling fans & window screens in every bedroom, cordless phones, remote control front gate, outdoor dining pergola overlooking vineyard, 2 working fireplaces, Satellite TVs in main house & guest cottage living rooms (with SKY sports), VCR, DVD, CD player, outdoor speakers, Gas BBQ, internet, large bedrooms & bathrooms. 3500 sf/325 m2 of living space. Walking distance to grocery market/cafe/bar/newstand.

Wheelchair Accessible: Yes.
 
By prior arrangement & at extra charge:
Extra maid service, babysitting & cooking available. Baby Pack (stroller, crib, linen, baby monitor, high chair) & 5 Bikes + helmets available for rent (1 road bike, 4 mtn).

Tennis, horseback riding, golf, wine tasting, thermal baths, italian lessons & cooking classes are available nearby. Lake Trasimeno also nearby for hiking, sailing, windsurfing, & canoeing.

Airport Details:   From Rome Airport by car or train - 2 hours 15 minutes
                          From Florence Airport by car or train - 1 hour 5 minutes
Train Details:     Camucia or Terontola Stations - 10 minutes to house

RENTAL RATES 2006 & 2007:
Low Season - Nov 4-Dec 23; Jan 6- Mar 31, 2007; Nov 3- Dec 22, 2007:
Euro - (E) - per week 3,600

Mid Season -  Oct 7-Nov 4; April 14- June 9, 2007, Oct 6 - Nov 3, 2007:
Euro - (E) - per week 4,375

High Season - June 10-Oct 7, Dec 23-Jan 6 '07; Mar 31-Apr. 14 '07; June 9-Oct 6:
Euro - (E) - per week 5,350
Located close to Cortona & set within broad manicured, landscaped lawns, Travigne is an elegant, sun-filled, spacious & very special property comprising both a large main building & a two-bedroom guest cottage (a wonderfully restored former stables). Thoughtfully & tastefully restored, finished & furnished throughout to the highest standards of traditional craftsmanship as well as modern comfort & convenience, Travigne offers both privacy & space in one of Tuscany’s most desirable regions.

The main building, reached by a path that leads from the parking area within the private-gated drive & past the guest cottage, is entered through double doors that open onto the expansive, tiled floors of the principal public rooms. Beamed throughout with magnificent timbers & connected by large open passageways, the hallway, kitchen, living room & dining area offer both a sophisticated fluidity of space &, thanks to the large windows & glass double doors that lead out onto the gardens and pergola, a shaded dining area, a sense of light & warmth.

The large sitting room, to the far right of the ground floor & opening directly onto the gardens beyond, features splendid tall ceilings & comfortable, elegant furniture around a marble-fronted fireplace. Between the two glass, double-doors a large antique armoire houses a flat-screen satellite television, video-recorder, DVD player & CD player. To one side of this room is a dining area with a handsome antique wooden table & sideboard. This sitting room, dining area and the kitchen have air conditioning units.

The fully equipped kitchen, reached from the sitting room through a broad open entrance & with a traditional family kitchen table in its center, is flanked, to one side, by beautifully hand-crafted fittings & a professional chef's SMEG kitchen range. A glass door to the rear of the kitchen leads to the outside terrace &, set beneath the shade of the wisteria-covered pergola, the outside dining area with gas BBQ.

Beyond the kitchen & at the base of the stone-stepped stairs leading to the first floor, a door leads onto the downstairs powder room with WC while a second door leads to the utility/laundry room with a clothes dryer and a washing machine.

Also on the ground floor, & accessed through another broad passageway to the left of the kitchen, is the first of the main building’s 4 bedrooms. This beautiful double-bedded room with its wrought-iron bed frame, solid antique furnishings & exposed stone fireplace leads onto its own en-suite bathroom with bathtub incorporating a glass-doored shower. Like all the bedrooms at Travigne, there is the added summer benefit of a central ceiling fan, a rare amenity in rental properties.

On the first floor of the main house is the main building’s master bedroom, a large double-bedded room with views across the front gardens to the vineyards, fields & hills beyond, again with a wrought-iron bed frame & filled with well-chosen antique furnishings.  The luxurious en-suite bathroom features both a bathtub & separate glassed shower.

To the right of the landing, doors lead to two further bedrooms, a double & a twin, both furnished to the same high standards as the other bedrooms & sharing a third bathroom, again beautifully tiled & with a bathtub incorporating a glass-doored shower.

For more info, please contact dianne at ddinsp@aol.com

 

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