VILLA CAMPESTRI

BUILT OVER A SPRING WATER AS A DEFENSIVE FORTRESS PROTECTED BY WATCHTOWERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE XIII CENTURY VILLA CAMPESTRI OLIVE OIL RESORT IS AN HISTORIC BUILDING IN THE MUGELLO VALLEY ABOUT 35 KM NORTH-EAST OF FLORENCE. THE VILLA IS SET 450 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL IN A LUSH PARK OF 124 HECTARES SURROUNDED BY SECULAR OLIVE GROVES. THE 1430 LAND REGISTER RECORDS THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE BUILDING FROM FORTRESS TO MANOR HOUSE. IN THE LATE XVII CENTURY A SECOND IMPORTANT ARCHITECTURAL INTERVATION WHICH GAVE THE BUILDING ITS PRESENT APPEARANCE AS A RENAISSANCE VILLA TOOK PLACE. THE RESTORATION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY ITS NEW OWNER THE PASQUALI FAMILY HAS KEPT ITS CHARME INTACT. KEY ARCHITECTURAL AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED AND THE VILLA HAS BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY USING ORIGINAL MATERIALS SUCH AS ANTIQUE TERRACOTTA FLOOR TILES ORIGINAL PLASTER POLYCHROMATIC CAISSONED WOODEN CEILINGS AND OLD CARVED OAK BEAMS. THE PROPERTY HAS 26 ROOMS FROM CLASSIC TO SUPERIOR FROM TRIPLE TO JUNIOR SUITES FROM PRESTIGE SUITE TO THE HONEYMOON SUITE FEATURING A BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED XVIII CENTURY FOUR-POSTED BED. THE RESORT FEATURES ALSO A SELF-CATERING APARTMENT CALLED CASA DALIA . ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTION OF VILLA CAMPESTRI IS THE RENOWNED RESTAURANT L OLIVAIA OVERLOOKING THE MUGELLO VALLEY WHICH IS ONE OF THE FAVORITE RESTAURANT SELECTED BY A GOURMET CLIENTELE SINCE THE OPENING IN 1991. THE BREAKFAST SALOON HAS BEEN RENEWED IN JANUARY 2015 WITH THE RESTORATION OF OLD FRESCOES BY GALILEO CHINI. THE RESORT FEATURES A SWIMMING-POOL IN THE PARK AND AN OLEOTECA FOR A UNIQUE OLIVE OIL TASTING EXPERIENCE. IN THE BAMBOO GROVE OR IN YOUR PRIVATE SALUS PER OLEUM AMAZING MASSAGES WITH OLIVE OIL. THE STRATEGIC LOCATION IN THE HEARTH OF TUSCANY AND CLOSE TO THE MOST POPULAR TUSCAN CITIES LET VILLA CAMPESTRI OLIVE OIL RESORT BE THE IDEAL CHOICE FOR BOTH COUNTRY/GOURMET LOVERS AND LEISURE TRAVELLERS.