Once a distinguished old Tuscan farmhouse, Villa Vignola has today once again been completely restored to its original splendour. This superb property offers the most elegant, luxurious, country style accommodation. The impressive hill-top location affords spectacular, sweeping 360° views that stretch literally for miles across the estate of Santo Stefano to the neighbouring towns and villages.

Villa Vignola is unique in that it can be enjoyed either exclusively as a single villa or taken as individual suites.

The property comprises the main villa, featuring 6 fully independent, superior apartment suites, and a smaller adjacent dépendance providing 2 further suites. Spacious, with private sitting rooms and full country kitchens, all suites ensure maximum privacy and extra personal space.

The pool-house offers a beautiful country kitchen and large comfortably furnished dining/sitting room where all guests may gather together. Double glass doors open out directly to the loggia (pool veranda) which with its fantastic panorama is the perfect setting for alfresco dining, especially sunset time.

The fully furnished outside loggia (pool veranda) offers shade on hot hazy afternoons for guests to relax and take in the garden and the breathtaking views.

Furnished in a stunning country style with colour-washed walls in rich Tuscan hues and gorgeous, coordinated fabrics, the villa is both comfortable and refined with a select number of restored antique pieces. The property is fully air-conditioned throughout.

The splendid, mosaic tiled, infinity pool has its own spa bath, is one depth and has sweeping Roman steps leading into it for simple access. The pool sun terrace is paved in marble and terracotta.

The extensive Mediterranean garden features charming winding terracotta walkways, vast green lawn areas and the prettiest thyme, rose and lavender borders. The gardens and pool are all illuminated in the evenings.

Villa Vignola as a villa is particularly suitable for family reunions, groups of extended family or friends and as individual suites offers every comfort and luxurious facilities.

Main Villa & Pool House in exclusive - sleeps 20/22
12 bedrooms/11 bathrooms appointed in 6 suites (4 ground floor and 2 first floor)

Main Villa & Dépendance Cottage & Pool House in exclusive - sleeps 26/28
16 bedrooms/15 bathrooms appointed in 6 suites in Main Villa (4 ground floor and 2 first floor) and 2 suites in Dépendance Cottage (1 ground floor and 1 first floor)

Apartment Suites - sleep 2/5
According to availability and season Vignola may also be rented as individual apartment suites. Suites sleep from 2 - 5 guests.

Features

Suites: Suites at Vignola are 2 or 3 bed-roomed, 2 bath-roomed (all with shower) and can sleep from 2-5 guests. Each suite is fully air conditioned throughout and has its own fully equipped country kitchen (hob, oven, most with dishwasher) dining area and comfortable sitting room, some with sofa-bed for occasional use and most with open fire place, Sat Tv. All ground floor suites have direct garden access. First floor suites have their own private entrance and terracotta paved stairway.

Pool house: This beautifully restored brick barn serves as a central area for guests to gather together. It offers a spacious dining and sitting area, a full country kitchen (double oven, hob, grill, dishwasher), private bathroom, vast open fireplace, and enormous outdoor double barbecue grill, work area and roasting spit. The pool house is fully air-conditioned and heated.

Interior Furnishings and Finishings: All suites are decorated and furnished with their own individual colour schemes and all have excellent views.

Furnishings:

• colour-washed walls in rich Tuscan hues

• luxury coordinated fabrics throughout

• solid elegant Tuscan country style and restored antique furniture

• wrought iron and or padded wooden bed heads, slatted bases, good orthopaedic mattresses.

• bathrooms: cotto floors; grés tiled walls; old fashioned heavy wood and porcelain topped vanity units; luxury bathroom accessories.

• luxury lamps (wrought iron, glass, terracotta) and light fittings throughout

Finishings:

• original Tuscan restoration work carried out throughout.

• floors: old Tuscan cotto throughout.

• open beamed ceilings throughout.

• heavy old wood windows and interior shutters (fully soundproofed), antique effect glass.

Exterior:

Pool with hydro-massage: mosaic tiled infinity pool with hydro-massage. Roman steps lead down into pool. Depth 1.5m with shallower hydro-massage tub one end. Marble and terracotta paved sun terrace which on the one side is surrounded by a rose garden and on the other side leads directly onto a large flat lawn area. Beautiful, fully cushioned, wrought iron, pool and garden furniture. The one level pool and spacious lawn areas make Vignola an idea place for children.

Pool loggia - open veranda: the pool house looks straight onto the wooden beamed, terracotta paved, shady pool veranda which is fully furnished for dining and relaxing.

Gardens: The gardens are vast. Around the house are winding terracotta walkways, lawns, Mediterranean shrubs and bushes and perfumed rose, lavender and herb borders. The pool, loggia, garden and walkways are illuminated at night.