3 br Creti Villa

Unit Description:
MAESTRALE Apartment (140 square meters) First floor apartment with entrance from an external staircase with a typical Tuscan portico; comprised of a living room with fireplace, kitchen, 2 master bedrooms, bathroom with bathtub, bathroom with shower and bedroom with two single beds. Sleeps six.
The Maestrale apartment used to be the master residence and is located on the first floor of the main house. This apartment embodies the typical Tuscan house which can be entered over a stone staircase loggia paved with bricks leading to the square-shaped hall which in all old Tuscan houses was the entrance to the bedrooms. The blue room with bathroom, located on the west side of the house, dominates the swimming pool and the medieval villages of Foiano della Chiana, Lucignano and Marciano; the green room, located on the east side, has a view over the Etruscan town of Cortona. The yellow room, composed of two single beds, is located next to the green room.

Overall Property Description:
Villa “Rosa dei Venti" is located in Cortona, where wine and olive-growing can be traced back to Etruscan ages. The farm's most ancient building is the Villa which may accommodate about 20 people. This building goes back to the 18th century, period in which it belonged to an ancient noble family from Cortona.
Cortona's counts used the Villa as a summer residence whereas the surrounding farm could supply them with wheat, oil and wine for the whole year.
As we know, in ancient times all noble families' properties were inherited by male offspring, whereas daughters could only get married or enter a convent.
Cortona's seigneurs decided that all their estates in the Cortona countryside were to be divided among their three daughters, whereas the palaces in Cortona, Siena and Florence were to be given to their sons.
Later on, in the early 1900's, the whole estate was bought by the Micheli family, and more in particular by great-grandfather Angiolo and great-grandmother Felice who gave birth to four sons in ten years time. That gave them some relief, since their sons could help them manage the whole estate.
In the course of time the whole estate was perfectly looked after so as is today by great-grandchildren Barbara and Stefano.
The “Rosa dei Venti" estate spreads over 25 hectares in the municipal district of Cortona. Its lands enjoys a favourable location, are well exposed to the sunlight and are suitable for the cultivation of olive trees, grapevines, wheat, sunflowers and melons. Two farmhouses are located within the estate: Villa “Rosa dei venti" and the “Vecchia Fattoria". Villa “Rosa dei Venti" is steeped in nature and beautifully sired; the swimming pool is located westwards where in the hot summer nights it is possible to enjoy a wonderful sunset. The Villa consists of three apartments called Maestrale (northwesterly wind), Scirocco (southeasterly wind) and Grecale (northeasterly wind). Libeccio (southwesterly wind) and Aliseo ( wind blowing from a subtropical anticyclone toward the Equatorial regions) are two separate cottages located in the park surrounding the Villa.
The “Vecchia Fattoria" is located on the top of one of the three hills forming the hamlet of Creti, where some members of the Micheli Family still live. Here you may find farm tools and a small chicken, rabbit and goose farm. The “Vecchia Fattoria" is surrounded by a vineyard (1 hectare) which may yield enough wine to satisfy both the Micheli family's and the estate guests' needs. Olive trees stand in the background both in the park of Villa Rosa dei Venti and in the Vecchia Fattoria and their oil and wine production can satisfy both the Micheli family's and the estate guests' needs.
The Villa is surrounded by a typical rural environment full of landscape expression. The cottage from the 18th century which has been recently restored on the basis of the original architectural features. All around the Villa there lies a large garden full of cypresses, olive trees and other typical trees of our land.
Three lovely apartments and two cottages were created within the Villa Rosa dei Venti all of them are comfortably furnished and suitable for all kinds of customers.
On the ground floor of the main house guests will find the “Reception". This was originally a spinning mill, where the young women of the farming families wove hemp and linen. Towels and bedclothes were woven with hemp, whereas table clothes, towels “for special occasions" and bales for flour were woven with linen. Both the posts of the fireplace and the wood leaning on them are original. Moreover, a wonderful arch paved with bricks dividing the spinning mill into two parts, the one where the loom was located and the other one where the young women embroidered bedclothes, table linen and towels, was brought to light.
At guests' disposal:
A large common dining room with kitchen and fireplace available on request and to pay extra on the spot.
Cooking class available on request to pay on the spot.
Baby bed available free of charge
Wi-Fi internet connection available euro 5/week
Distances:
Foiano della Chiana at 5 km with all kind of shops. Cortona at 10 km, Montepulicano at 24.
Camucia at 9 km with train station, bus stop at 2 km.

Additional Notes:
Fees Due at Check in:
Check In from 4pm until 7pm, Check Out before 9.30am

Prices Include:

All Taxes (IVA 10%); Parking; Use of Swimming Pool

Electricity, use of washing machine, Gas, Linen and Towels (one weekly change), water;

only in the Apartments Maestrale and Aliseo Cottage: Extra Bed available on request euro 10/day

Baby bed available free of charge
Wi-Fi internet connection available euro 5/week
Prices do not include:

Extra Change of Linen (Price On Request)
Extra Change of Towels (Price On Request)
Final Cleaning:

Maestrale 100,00 euro

Grecale 50,00 euro

Scirocco 50,00 euro

Libeccio cottage 25,00 euro

Aliseo Cottage 50,00 euro

Firewood and Heating (Price according to usage)

Weekly Cleaning (On Request)
Final cleaning:100,00 euro

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Terms and Conditions:
Conditions of Letting


PAYMENTS RENTAL VOUCHER


Once the booking request is received, EASY RESERVE will send the holiday-renters a link to a web page where they can pay the 40% deposit plus the booking fee online with either a Visa or Mastercard. If the holiday-renter prefers to pay the deposit over the phone that is not a problem either. The balance is due 45 days before arrival and can also be paid online or over the phone.


Upon receiving the full balance the holiday-maker will be sent his/her rental voucher. For bookings made less than 45 days prior to the start of the rental period, the holiday-maker must immediately pay the total amount of the rental price.


ALTERATIONS - CANCELLATION CHARGES


For any alteration to the booking, or if the holiday-maker intends to transfer his/her booking to other persons, on condition that the accommodation and the period do not change, the holiday-maker has to pay the amount: of 50 Euros.
EASY RESERVE reserves the right to charge the holiday-maker any additional cost relative to the booking.

Cancellation of a booking, even if it is substituted by another one, the following penalties must be paid:

40% of the total rental price if the cancellation is made from the booking time to 46 days before the start of the rental period,

100% of the total rental price if the cancellation is made from 45 days to the day of arrival or in the case of no show, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL CHARGES SUCH AS THE BOOKING FEE.

• ·Pool (access)
• ·Garden
• ·High-Speed Internet
• ·Maid Service Available
• ·Charcoal Grill
• ·Fireplace

• ·Washer/Dryer (Access)
• ·CD
• ·TV

• ·Golf
• ·Tennis
• ·Fishing
• ·Horseback Riding

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