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Villa 10205

Villa di Ulignano

Type: Villa
Sleeps: 30 (15 Bedrooms)
Change Over Day: None set, please contact owner
Access: Car Advised

suitable for children

Dating from the 16th century, Villa di Ulignano is a wonderfully impressive villa, unique in itself with an incredible history that has made it what it has become today.

Set on the hills overlooking Volterra, with panoramic views from many rooms over the grounds and its surroundings, it is the ideal venue for a large family get together, for that very special occasion, a wedding - it has its own consecrated chapel and specialised groups who wish to go walking, painting, play golf, horse-ride, take cooking lessons or wine tastings.

For corporate groups, it is the ideal location to combine business with pleasure with its many facilties which include a billard room, gaming room with ping pong table, table-football and darts, poker room, roulette room, gym, sauna and a private cinema seating up to 40 persons - the current owners being film producers.

Situated in the heart of Tuscany, when you can tear yourself from the villa, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena, Florence and much more are within easy reach.

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The Tuscany Region

Tuscany - everyone finds something different to entice them to this beautiful part of Italy. The splendid cities of Florence, Siena, Pisa and Lucca not forgetting the equally magnificent walled towns of Volterra, Monteriggioni and San Gimignano famous for its towers.

Its food - when you bite into Tuscan bread drenched in olive oil the taste captures everything about this regions cooking. Sample prosciutto crudo & cotto (raw & cooked ham) with its intense flavour, Zuppa, a typical Tuscan soup made with beans and dried bread and served thick, no other meal is needed after this, cinghiale, wild boar minced with fresh pasta or cut into thin slices and eaten on its own.

Its wines - where does one begin - Tuscany is a wine lovers paradise with many wine trails to follow. Famous for its Chianti, Montepulciano, Vernaccia from San Gimignano, Morellino di Scansano, Brunello and dont forget the Grappa, Limoncello and Vin Santo.

What else - landscapes and countryside where you can discover new smells, brilliant colours that are constantly changing, sights never to be forgotten, this is Tuscany.

Places to visit - there will never be enough time to see all you must in one visit - so plan a time to come back. Apart from the cities and towns already mentioned there are so many that should be visited - Vinci, birthplace to Leonardo, Radda, Greve & Gaiole in Chianti all unspoilt medieval towns, the mountain area around Lucca with its breathtaking scenery and the coastline taking in Viareggio, Torre del Lago home to Puccini, Camaiore, Tirrenia and Cecina.

Where does it end - never.

You can walk for as long as you would like - the length and breadth of Tuscany staying at farmhouses and B & B's along the way or amble around the area where you are staying. You can cycle along its many wine routes, horse ride, play golf, take balloon rides or hanglide and then you can go home to your accommodation - because thats what Tuscany will become.

When you watch the sun rise and set in Tuscany the cypress trees go black against a background of orange and red. A moment of sheer luxury, to see, to experience and never to forget. A sense of peace and well-being flows through the land, one of the most beautiful places on earth.

It makes you smile and brings a tear to your eye for its beauty. Landscapes you could never envisage - a feeling of living in times gone by.

When you hear the silence it is deafening, but it is a peace and quiet of wonder and amazement that comes from the natural earth.

Watch the fireflies dance, listen to the animal world talking to one another, birds calling, a soft breeze through the trees.

Volterra Area

Volterra is a town in the Tuscany region, Italy. The town has a history which dates back to the Etruscan Period. This town was a Neolithic settlement and an important Etruscan center with an original civilization; it became a municipium in the Roman Age. The city was a bishop's residence in the fifth century and its episcopal power was affirmed during the twelfth century. With the decline of the episcopate, Volterra was the subject of the interest of Florence, which defeated Volterra many times though rebellions sometimes took place. When the Florentian Republic fell in 1530, Volterra came under the control of the Medici family. Among the sights to see in Volterra are the Piazza dei Priori, one of Italy’s most beautiful squares, surrounded by impressive 14th-century buildings; the Palazzo dei Priori; the municipal Picture Gallery; the Romanesque Cathedral; the Baptistery; the arched Porta all’arco; the Etruscan acropolis; the Medicean fortress named "Maschio"; the alley called Viale dei Ponti; Via dei Matteotti; the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum, with thousands of funeral urns dating back to the Hellenistic and Archaic periods; the archaeological excavations of the city's Roman amphitheatre; and the tombs in Valle Bona.

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Suitable types of Holiday Volterra

Exterior Facilities in Villa di Ulignano

BBQ
Private garden
Private outdoor swimming pool

The grounds are extensive with a private swimming pool and poolside facilities that include bar with fridge, fully equipped kitchen, showers, dressing rooms, toilets, sauna, gazebo, BBQ and pizza oven.

Rental Details

Facilities in Villa di Ulignano

Dish washer
Freezer
Fridge
Microwave
Television

The accommodation is extremely spacious, varied and themed. There are 11 double and 4 twin bedrooms all with their own little twist to the cinema world - many famous Italian films have been set here. Entrance hall/extra dining room, breakfast room, sitting room and banqueting hall with a surrounding gallery above. Large catering kitchen.