Area Description: The farmhouse is placed on the triangle among Florence, Siena and Arezzo, Excellent location since is central and close to all the major art cities of Tuscany and Umbria. The house has recently acquired the status of historical farm, since is one of the best preserved in the area. The area is called upper Valdarno and was inhabited since the Etruscan period.The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered from East by the Pratomagno massif and from West by the hills around Siena.The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until the confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel. The Val di Chiana, a plain dried in the 18th century, which, until the 18th century, was a marshy area tributary of the Tiber. Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows till Subbiano.It is one of the four valleys in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. Mount Falter ... [Read More]

Area Description: The farmhouse is placed on the triangle among Florence, Siena and Arezzo, Excellent location since is central and close to all the major art cities of Tuscany and Umbria. The house has recently acquired the status of historical farm, since is one of the best preserved in the area. The area is called upper Valdarno and was inhabited since the Etruscan period.The upper Valdarno, a long valley bordered from East by the Pratomagno massif and from West by the hills around Siena.The Casentino, in the province of Arezzo, formed by the upper course of the river until the confluence with the Maestro della Chiana channel. The Val di Chiana, a plain dried in the 18th century, which, until the 18th century, was a marshy area tributary of the Tiber. Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the river Arno flows till Subbiano.It is one of the four valleys in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. Mount Falterona, from which the Arno starts, represents the northern boundary between the Casentino and Romagna. On the east of the valley are the Alpe di Serra and the Alpe di Catenaia, which separate the Casentino from the highest tract of the Val Tiberina. On the west there is the Pratomagno, which separates the valley from the Valdarno Superiore. Part of the valley is included in the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park.It can be said that the valley has an oval form, with an extension across the river that varies from a maximum of 60 km to a minimum of 30. The topography of the Casentino is especially various, including both plains and mountains rich in large forests. These mountains have often attracted great saints: it was here that St. Romuald built his hermitages at Camaldoli, and that less than two centuries later St. Francis of Assisi established the Sanctuary of La Verna, the headquarters of the Franciscan order. Many famous people lived here one for all the great Michelangelo Buonarroti. Leonardo da Vinci chose to paint this area as a background to many of his paintings and made it immortal. Being in the centre of Tuscany you will be able to reach easily, Siena, Cortona, Lake Trasimeno, Perugia...and the shopping lover will find nearby many outlets of the most important Made in Italy fashion brands such as Prada, Gucci, Fendi D&G and many others. The area is full of nice restaurants, where you can taste the typical Tuscan cuisine; at least four of them are less than 10 minutes drive from the house. Supermarket, bank, pharmacy ,food stores, grocery, and a nice restaurant are in Laterina and Pergine Valdarno only 2.5 km from the house. More stores and a supermarket are in Levane, Ipermarkets and every kind of stores are in Montevarchi and Arezzo. The train station to go to Florence is 4/7 km( depending which stations you chose) from the house with free parking , all our guests have appreciated very much this facility, since it allows to visit Florence ( even every day ) and come back in the evening and relax in the quiet surrounding of our house.