E XC L U S I V E ONE-OF -A-KIN D T USC AN PRO PERT Y Tuscany, Italy
Casole d’Elsa
S T RAT EGIC A LLY LOC AT ED IN T HE HEA RT OF T U SC A NY
The property is located in the heart of Tuscany, within easy reach of San Gimignano, Volterra, the Chianti Hills and major centres of interest: Florence, Siena and Pisa.
HOTEL AQ UAVI VA
T HE LEGEN D OF “TH E ACQUAVIVA”
HOTEL AQUAVIVA: Hotel, four stars, a modern hotel in open countryside,
“Once upon a time”, as the old Siena fable goes, a knight wounded in one of the
providing the perfect setting for a totally relaxed vacation. This 42-room hotel is
countless skirmishes between rival factions, departed the battlefield and headed
equipped with a convention room, heated indoor pool and Jacuzzi, outdoor pool,
into the woods that today still surround the village of Casole d’Elsa. He likely
splash pool and waterfalls, large and fully outfitted fitness and wellness centres,
hailed from Pisa as he was headed for Volterra on a route which already existed
as well as two restaurants.
and can be dated back to the Etruscans. Once in the current vicinity of La Pergola he was overcome by exhaustion and fell from his mount. He was tormented by a terrible thirst but the area offered little water and was dry and arid due to the summer season. Ever weaker the knight fell to his knees and begged the Madonna for aid. The Virgin Mary appeared to him and gestured with her hand towards the north. The knight, heartened, set off again and after only a few hundred meters, discovered a spring of pure and abundant water: Acquaviva. The spring still exists today and has provided the name of our hotel. On the site of the apparition a farmhouse was erected, probably in the 17th century, and was named Apparita or Revelation. The building still exists and contains an image of the Virgin in an historic niche
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Fully air conditioned
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Lutron Radio Ra lighting
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Fully alarmed and wired for security system
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Control4 operating system controls
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Automated TV lifts
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NUmi Kohler, fully automatic toilets
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Inline vacuum system
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Electronic frosted privacy windows
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Steam shower by AXOR
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Fully automatic blinds
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Poggenpohl kitchen
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Top-of-the-line kitchen appliances
Hotel Offered at: € 6,850,000
SUPERB EXCLUSIVE OFFERING The adjacent properties to the hotel, which could also be available for sale, comprise of 4 historical colonial homes which hosts 21 apartments as well as an extraordinary family villa built in 1938. Outside the walls of the Villa, a widely used, intimate place of worship.
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