Luxury Villa for Sale in Portoferraio, Livorno, Italy

Prestigious Villa in the Woods with a View of the Sea

The villa is located on Elba island 340 m uphill on the Monte Orello close to Portoferraio, between pine trees, cork- and holm-oaks. It was built in the sixties by an American architect for a British Lord as his summer residence. The design is generous with large living spaces, terraces on various levels and a magnificent view of the surrounding park and the sea. The adjacent protected forest provides wonderful opportunities for walks, cycling or horse riding. Beaches and shopping centers are within a few minutes car drive. There is also a golf course nearby.
The house has five bedrooms each with a bath, a large living room on the ground floor with an open fire place, dining area with access to a partly covered terrace with a pizza oven. The upper part of the house, where three of the bedrooms are, has an entrance of its own and has been arranged with a small kitchen, so it can be used as a separate apartment. There is also a small apartment down the garden with a bedroom, bath, kitchenette and a large living area which has been used as an artist’s study. A pool with a small cottage and WC is located on an opening 100 m downhill and can be reached over a shady path through the woods.
The villa is well equipped with it’s own water supply from a well and a large cistern, but it is also connected to the communal water supply system. It has central gas-heating. Floors in the house are terracotta and parquet in the bedrooms.
The house is well kept and has been inhabited by the present owners permanently over the last ten years.
Elba island offers many possibilities for recreation and sports: tennis, golf, horse riding, fishing, diving, surfing and sailing and there are also schools for most of these disciplines. Elba is known for it’s many small protected bays and diverse beaches.