HOLIDAYS IN AN ANCIENT TUSCAN FARM - THE ARCHES

The apartment (74 sq. M.) Occupies the ground floor of Podere Serratina of the Fattoria di Peruzzo and takes its name from two large terracotta arches placed on the facade, now closed by windows, which put it in communication with the garden, overlooking a magnificent Panorama ..
The apartment is spread over one level and has its center in a lounge-dining room dominated by a large fireplace in local stone. On one side the windows overlooking the garden, on the other the kitchen hob, in the center a sofa with armchair and a dining table.
A door separates the living room from the sleeping area, consisting of a double bedroom, a bathroom and a twin bedroom with glass door to the garden.
The apartment, with wooden coffered ceilings and Tuscan terracotta floors, is furnished with old family furniture.
Two large windows lead to the lawn bordered by a hedge of roses, which looks towards Montemassi and on the plain that reaches down to the sea. On one side of the house there is a stone pavement covered by a pergola of roses and jasmine, with table and benches and a fountain. From the lawn, through three stone steps, you enter the lower floor of the garden, dominated by an old pear tree.

The Peruzzo farm is the centerpiece of the ancient Peruzzo estate which, starting from the plain, extends between vineyards, olive groves, cork and Mediterranean scrub woods between the castles of Montemassi, Roccatederighi and Sassofortino. Located 300 meters above sea level, which appears in front of it with the shape of the island of Giglio, it dominates the plain below, extending for an area of about 500 hectares in a still intact and unspoiled natural environment. In Peruzzo you can spend a quiet holiday, relax in the swimming pool or read in the garden in the shade of pergolas and plants, or go on suggestive naturalistic itineraries, on foot, by bicycle or on horseback.
A part of the old farm is reserved for guests, surrounded by a large park, and a little further upstream, immersed in the shade of the woods, four farmhouses divided into recently renovated apartments. The buildings, built in the nineteenth century in stone and terracotta, maintain the typical characteristics of Tuscan farmhouses and the traditional furnishings of country houses, partly from family furniture. The apartments, which can accommodate from 2 to 8 people, are independent and equipped with every comfort. Each one overlooks a private garden, with ever green, irrigated and shaved lawns, centenary trees and flowering bushes in all seasons. Inside the enclosures live two horses, the Maremma cows, a donkey from the Amiata and deer, fallow deer, mouflons, roe deer and wild boars. In the aviaries there are turtle doves and various species of birds.
The sea is not far away and so are the many places of artistic, archaeological and naturalistic interest in which the Maremma is rich. The most famous tourist destinations, such as Siena, Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Volterra, Montalcino, Pienza and even Rome, can be reached within the day.