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Villa Serena, Villa Limonaia and Villa Serenella

Property Name: Villa Serena, Villa Limonaia, Villa Serenella
Reference: IV-34987
City/Town: Cortona
Map: Interactive map
Province: Arezzo
Region: Tuscany 
Sleeps: 2 to 10
Nº of Bedrooms: Serena (3 bedrooms), Serenella (1 bedroom), Limonaia (1 bedroom)
Weekly Prices From: from € 1900/week depending on which villa

To Book Contact: VisitsItaly.com

This property consists of 3 beautiful villas which can be rented separately or together.

Villa Serena

The largest and most luxurious of the three villas Villa Serena can sleep up to six people and guarantee its guests all the comforts of tasteful and functional accommodation.

Originally built to house the family’s casks and wines, Villa Serenella is Villa Serena’s graceful annexe and differs from it only in terms of size.

Once the winter refuge of perfumed lemon trees and now a cosy house, Villa Limonaia is ready to host its guests in its new role as a charming holiday residence.

The ground floor of Villa Serena, the largest and most luxurious of the three villas, comprises a large, inviting and cheerful sitting room with an impressive, original, nineteenth century fireplace, a large kitchen, also equipped with a dishwasher and freezer, and a useful back kitchen that also leads to a downstairs toilet. The first floor, reached by an internal staircase, contains three double bedrooms (sleeping six people).

The practical attributes of the rooms are combined with a refined elegance of detail provided by valuable period furniture and beds. Two comfortable and spacious bathrooms, one with a bathtub, complete the villa, which measures a total of 250 m2. The bedrooms lead to a lovely terrace from which one can enjoy an enchanting vista of the Val di Chiana below, and a partial, but no less picturesque, view of nearby Lake Trasimeno. At the centre of the terrace stands a large inviting table for breakfasts and dinners, so that guests can fully enjoy the wonderful atmosphere and natural harmony of their surroundings.

Villa Serenella

Originally built to house the family’s casks and wines, Villa Serenella is Villa Serena’s graceful annexe and differs from it only in terms of size.

Villa Serenella, the neighbour of Villa Serena is, as its name suggests, closely linked to the main villa. In fact, the sophisticated atmosphere of Villa Serena has been recreated in this smaller villa. Originally used as the family’s commodious wine cellar housing the best casks and bottles of wine once drunk there, today Villa Serenella is ready to accommodate you during your stay.

The recent restoration has converted the 20m x 3m cellar into a house measuring 60m2 that can sleep two people. Next to the large living room, complete with an attractive dining room, is a pretty, well-equipped kitchen, also tastefully furnished in period style. A spacious double bedroom and a bathroom featuring every comfort complete the accommodation.

All fittings and furniture have been carefully chosen with a particular attention to detail so that the period of the 1800s is continually evoked. The floor and ceiling in old terracotta contribute to the creation of warm and elegant rooms that are the result of a rigorous choice of furniture and a clever use of colours.

Villa Limonaia

Once the winter refuge of perfumed lemon trees and now a cosy house, Villa Limonaia is ready to host its guests in its new role as a charming holiday residence.

By retaining unaltered the original architectural features, the restoration has emphasized the aesthetic value of the building in its conversion into a house measuring 50 m2, composed of a practical kitchen, a large living/dining room, a double bedroom and a bathroom with shower. The décor is simple and elegant, displaying intelligent and practical solutions, such as the terracotta floor and ceiling, and nineteenth century style furniture and fittings.

A sunny, intimate atmosphere pervades this house, which has recently rediscovered its old charm in its new role as a refined holiday home, where pastel colours together with tastefully chosen furnishings provide a pleasing contrast to the austere severity of stone and terracotta, wood and wrought iron, and create personal and extremely welcoming rooms.

The name “Villa Limonaia” reflects the building’s original function as the lemon-house of the adjacent Villa Serena, the winter quarters for citrus trees in pots that embellished the villa gardens during the spring and summer months. Abandoned for many years, the building slowly became derelict until a radical and complete restoration returned it to its antique loveliness.


WEEKLY PRICES & SEASONAL TARIFFS

Prices range from 1000/week

  • Season

  • Number in party

  • Apartment or villa selection

  • Other services

During the off season periods the apartments can be rented by the night with a minimum of 2 nights.