Villa San Michele, Cortona, Arezzo

Description

This impressive 4 bedroom Italian property with pool is in the most attractive setting being on a south facing hillside and walking distance to Pergo in Tuscany, only a few minutes outside Cortona.

Immersed among old pine trees and mature olives, the gardens immediately around the house are immaculately kept and merge perfectly with the olive groves beyond. The house itself has a modern feel in this old setting, with open plan rooms and modern touches creating some lovely living spaces on the ground floor. Plenty of doorways through the wisteria covered frontage open onto paved terraces. The ground floor entrance hall is set in the centre of the house with double French doors at both ends, leading through to the front garden. To the right you enter into the spacious living room, with Tuscan stone fireplace, and a mezzanine gallery above that is presently used as an office. A high brick arch leads into the dining area, with a splendid, wood-burning stove in green Finnish soapstone as its centrepiece. Behind the living room is the well-equipped kitchen. To the other side of the entrance hall are two large double bedrooms with bathrooms, and behind these rooms are several very useful utility rooms. Beyond the bedrooms is a huge sun lounge with a huge window that offers great inside/outside space during the summer months. This room is also equipped with a bread oven and a barbecue. The first floor also has two large double bedrooms and a bathroom. Overall a very impressive villa in a lovely location, ready to move into immediately.