Valpiana

Valpiana is an old picturesque Tuscan farmhouse
for a stay up to 10 persons (with a max of 12 pers.)
It is a comfortable holiday villa for young & old, surrounded by forest, organic vineyard & olive tree fields, cypresses and lavender.The location is perfect for friends and families to enjoy each other, the nature, and everything that Tuscany offer. There is fast wi-fi. It is child-friendly and guests can bring there pets.
It is perfect for groups with a theme such as: reunion, yoga, hikers, photographers, reflection, musicisti, painters, anniversary, marriage, art & culture visitors, birdwatchers and lovers of Tuscan wines and olive oil.

Valpiana is centrally located in Tuscany, in the municipality of Londa, 34 km from Florence.
It lies on a mountain plateau wint a beautiful view everywhere. It is on the edge of the Foreste Casentines National Nature Park (UNESCO World Heritage List!)
Guests stay here in an authentic pleasant green part of Tuscany, not plagued by mass tourism and the people are friendly.

The farm is since 1645 family property and have a rural atmosphere There is the farmer fireplace, wooden beamed ceilings, arches in the wall, chestnut wooden doors and terracotta floors.
The house is pleasantly spacious> 250m², cozy and well equipt.
It have a large feneced garden that offer a pool,outdoors furniture, BBQ, hammock, sun beds, ping pong table, swings and 2 showers. There are  (fruit) trees, forest fruits, all kinds of flowers and plants and kitchen herbs for your use, such as: rosemary, thyme, laurel, mint, lemon balm, salvia, fennel and arugula.

*  Logistics information.
At the location is parking space for 3 cars. The most nearby village is Londa (3.5 km away) to buy all daily necessitie, it have 3 bars and 4 good restaurants + a car charging station.
Train station Londa/Contea is a 10-minute drive, busstop is in central Londa. Londa have a lake with playgrounds and an outdoor training circuit.
At a distance of 1 up to 2 hours is Florance-Pisa-,Bologna airpoort.

* layout of the house
In the photo gallery is a floor plan of the house.
On the ground floor is the entrance hall with the original stone floor, the big kitchen/dining room, the living room with a large fireplace, a studio-bedroom and a bathroom (wheelchair accessible).
An original stone stairs leads to the hall on the second floor, this offers access to 6 spacious bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

* What can you do during your stay?
You can enjoy the location like; eating together inside or outside and look at the starry sky when it’s dark. You wake up rested, see a beautiful mountain view, hear bird singing and smell the clean air.
There is a great diversity of flora and fauna to admire and you can walk strate in to the forest, olive fields or vineyard.
The garden is perfect to eat, relax, sunbath, and big enough to play football, boules or badminton, etc..
You can do mani out door activities: visits sevral waterfalls/rivers, long and short walks, (rental electronic) bike trips,
moutenbicken, horse back riding, climbing, vespa tour, swimming, fishing etc ..
For lovers of Italian cuisine there are many good restaurants, take a way ore enjoy cooking with fresh local products.
Lovers of Italian fashion can hit the mall or the Designer Outlet.
Museums are in abundance, a small selection: Accademia, Uffizi, the Leonardo da Vinci- an Galileo Museum, Specola, Piaggio,Natural History Museum, the Italian Football- or wool Museum in Stia.

Valpiana is centrally located, therefor it is easy to visit famous Tuscan cities such as: Florence, Lucca, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Sienna, Pisa and the Cinque Terre.
It is also in the middle of 3 authentic Tuscan regions. The zone "Casentino" with medieval towns such as Poppi is littered with castles, impressive monasteries and churches. The "Mugello" region is an agricultural region with a beautiful rolling landscape. It produces delicious local products such as cheeses, sausage and chestnut dishes. There are many picturesque villages, markets, the big lake of Bilancino and the famous Circuit Mugello.
In the direction of Florance is the region "Val di Sieve". This is known for the production of the Chianti Rufina wine, the rural vineyards in the mountain landscape and the many beautiful old olive groves. Visit the wine museum here, a wine castle for a tasting.

In the agriturismo you will find practical information and tips about (outdoor) activities, museums, city trips, shops, restaurants, ice cream gelateria, big and small (super) markets and other interesting spots like castles and monasteries etc..

* extra service
For guests who wants to know more about our extra vergine olive oil or about our wines we organize a Wine Tour & -tasting on location, accompanied by a tasting of typical Tuscan specialties.
In highseason there is also an intresting visit possible in our to olive oil mill in Londa.