Tuscan Hillside Vistas Green Vacations

Character: Classic Tuscan farmhouse with modern rooms and suites in a great central, panoramic location. Advantages: Gorgeous views, very peaceful yet centrally located. Location: Outside Strove, a tiny town near Monteriggioni. Siena is 20 minutes away. San Gimignano and Florence are about 45 minutes. Click here to see a map. Size: 14 rooms, including doubles and suites. Each suite has a sitting area and kitchenette with mini fridge, cooktop and sink, as well sleeping area with bedroom and private bathroom, plus a table and chairs in the garden. The entire property is non-smoking. Features: Swimming pool, elevator, heating, air conditioning, whirlpool bathtub or shower, direct-dial phone, wireless Internet connection, satellite TV, safe, and mini-bar. Breakfast is available and costs extra. Minimum stay: One night. Disadvantages: None that we can think of! Car needed: Yes.

The views from this ancient country home are some of the finest we've ever seen in Italy. They stretch in every direction for miles and miles, across the many-colored valleys to the hill towns of Monteriggioni, Colle Val d'Elsa and San Gimignano. In springtime the fields are bright yellow with flowering jasmine, in summer the soft beige wheat alternates with the emerald green of the vineyards, which turn red, gold and purple in the fall. You are likely to linger longer than expected at your window or the swimming pool, hypnotized by this supreme beauty which has made Tuscany the famed destination that it is.

The estate is just outside the miniature town of Strove, whose origins go back as far as the Etruscans. The road they built was later usurped by generations of devout Christians, who trudged the Via Francigena on their way to pay homage at the Vatican. For centuries a constant stream of knights, peasants, peddlers, priests, prostitutes and pilgrims made their way past this spot. Nothing but the deepest silence reigns here these days, but as you gaze out your window you can imagine the sights, sounds and smells of those long-gone informal parades.

Years later, during the Renaissance heyday of Florence, this venerable old castle is said to have sheltered the Ghibelline troops who were fighting to restore the Pope's domination over Tuscany. The tradition of hospitality continues today, albeit of a far more peaceful variety: the one double room and 13 suites are all equipped with heating, air conditioning, whirlpool bathtub or shower, direct-dial phone, satellite TV and safe; the suites also have a kitchenette with mini fridge, sink, cooktop and all the equipment you need to prepare light meals. There is wireless access throughout, and no smoking is allowed anywhere on the property.

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