Podere Elsa, whose name comes from the River Elsa which flows through the valley, was the last house of a large farm and originally only consisted of a single “Tower”, built explicitly as a look out for approaching strangers. Over the years the building was enlarged several times and in fact the various periods of construction are easy to see. In 1992 the whole building was completely renovated and divided into 7 apartments, each equipped with all the modern comforts (Satellite-TV, Internet access). It takes less than an hour by train or car to the major historic centres: Florence, Siena, Volterra, Lucca and Pisa. It is possible to rent either the whole 7 apartments, or less than 7 apartments.
INTERIOR
FOCOLARE 2+1 Sleeps Area 82 m2
Ground floor apartment made up of large sitting-dining room with large fireplace and single sofa bed, small kitchen, double bedroom, bathroom with shower.
EQUIPMENT: Microwave, dishwasher, SAT TV, high chair, safe, Internet access, toaster, filter coffee maker. mixer, teakettle, moka coffee maker, fan, hairdryer, dishwasher.
EXTERIOR
Each apartment has its own garden equipped with a table and chairs and with a swimming pool (6x12m), barbecue, washing machine in common use.
PETS: No
Services included: electricity, water, gas for cooking, cleaning, initial maintenance of the park and swimming pool, change of towels twice a week free of charge.
Services not included (to be paid locally and directly to the owner): Final cleaning € 80.00 for ARCA, BOCCACCIA, DECAMERONA, FILOSTRATA and PANFILA. € 60.00 for CALANDRINA and FOCOLARE.
Services on request (to be paid locally to the owner): Heating € 5.50 / m³.
DEPOSIT: 150, - € in cash on arrival for each apartment.
| From | To | Daily | Weekly | Monthly | ||
| Dec 24, 2011 | Jan 07, 2012 | — | 720 € | — | ||
| Jan 07, 2012 | Apr 07, 2012 | — | 620 € | — | ||
| Apr 07, 2012 | Apr 14, 2012 | — | 720 € | — | ||
| Apr 14, 2012 | May 26, 2012 | — | 620 € | — | ||
| May 26, 2012 | Jun 30, 2012 | — | 720 € | — | ||
| Jun 30, 2012 | Aug 25, 2012 | — | 870 € | — | ||
| Aug 25, 2012 | Sep 22, 2012 | — | 720 € | — | ||
| Sep 22, 2012 | Dec 22, 2012 | — | 620 € | — | ||
| Dec 22, 2012 | Dec 30, 2012 | — | 720 € | — |
PODERE ELSA
Sleeps: 2
No. Rooms: 1
Bathrooms n: 1
DISTANCES
Location: Km 4 Certaldo
Station: 4 km Certaldo
Hospital: Km 8 Castel Fiorentino
Highway: Km 35 A1 Firenze Scandicci
Restaurant: 4 km Certaldo
Nearest Cities: Firenze Km.50, Siena 45 km, Km.70 Lucca, San Gimignano Km.11, Pisa Km.75
POSITION
Leaving the main road, a country lane lined with cypress trees and surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, wheat fields and woods, leads us to Podere Elsa. The unique world-famous San Gimignano with its “beautiful towers” lies behind us and to one side is the medieval village of Certaldo Alta, Boccaccio’s birthplace also famous for Della Robbia’s ceramics, Benozzo Gozzoli’s frescoes, Pier Francesco Fiorentino and other well-known medieval painters.
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