Luxury Villa for Sale in Castiglione Del Lago, Umbria-Toscana, Italy

Luxury Villa to Umbria-Toscana

A rare opportunity to purchase a unique Umbrian/Tuscan period country home.

This 15th Century home, once inhabited by Napoleon's niece, situated on the Tuscan/Umbrian border, in one of Italy's most beautiful and historic regions, was completely restored in 1998 to the highest standards with all modern commodities, whilst maintaining its original character. A prominent Perugia architect was employed for the project.

This property consists of the main house of 7500 square feet laid out on three floors, plus a separate garden/pool annex and underground garage and storage area, making a total of 10000 square feet.

The ground floor comprises a brick vaulted entrance hall, double vaulted sitting room with a large antique stone fireplace, dining room, custom built beautifully equipped open plan kitchen and family room with fireplace, laundry room, frescoed guest cloakroom, TV projection room, large fitted study, two double guest rooms opening directly onto the gardens, each with en suite bathroom. There is an elegant stone staircase leading to the upper floors.

The first floor has a magnificent master bedroom suite leading onto a panoramic terrace. The frescoed bathroom also has an adjoining jacuzzi room and there is a large dressing room with two handpainted wardrobes. This floor also has two further double bedrooms with an adjoining bathroom.

The third (tower) floor has a double bedroom, en-suite bathroom and sitting room with panoramic views. There are also 1200 square feet of attic storerooms on this level.

The house is tastefully furnished and includes some antique pieces. There is GPL fuelled underfloor heating throughout. The floors are of locally handmade terracotta tiles and a centralised vacuum system and comprehensive burglar alarm are installed.

In addition to the above accommodation, there are two first floor interleading apartments with their own separate entrance and parking area. The apartments have an independent terrace and they are ideal for either guests or custodians.

The poolside loggia annex (600 square feet) has spectacular views of the Umbrian countryside and is used for al fresco dining and casual seating, there is also a Limonaia (conservatory) to enjoy the winter sun and another 600 square feet dedicated to games room, gymnasium, and a bathroom with steam shower, and garden furniture storeroom.

The garage is built “underground” to house 3 cars, an adjoining boiler room and 2 further storerooms.

The 1,5 hectare landscaped garden features many cypress and olive trees as well as a multitude of roses. There is a fully automated irrigation system fed from the property's well. The elegant semicircular swimming pool completes the symmetrical rear garden and there are two fountains.

Pozzuolo is within 20 minutes drive of Cortona, Montepulciano, Lake Trasimeno and Chiusi. Perugia, Assisi and Arezzo are less than 40 minutes away. Florence is 125 km and Rome 180 km. The property can be reached from Rome or Pisa airport in 2 hours and it is expected that Perugia airport will be opened up to direct flights from UK within a short time.