Stunning holiday let in Tuscany – Casale Seano

Perched on the verdurous and undulating Tuscany-Umbria border close to the village of Mercatale, there could not be a more apposite spot for Casale Seano. This vast and luxurious holiday let in Tuscany dates back to 800 AD when its life began as a medieval monastery.

Casale Seano has been restored to an impeccable standard, meticulously combining architectural authenticity with convenient modernity. It is not difficult to understand why Vintage Travel has rated Casale Seano as a Vintage WOW House.

With six bedrooms and five bathrooms this striking house can sleep up to 14 guests comfortably. With ivy crawling up its pretty stone walls, encroaching around traditional blue shutters, Casale Seano blends in flawlessly to its surroundings – a deep azure sky, a fertile garden and a backdrop of rolling emerald hills and the stunning Niccone Valley.

This region of Italy accommodates wine-lovers well and Casale Seano is geared towards sipping Italy’s finest wine in the privileged surroundings of a wisteria and vine-covered first floor drinks terrace. This south facing terrace overlooks the property’s hefty six acres of land, comprising of a luxuriant garden of lavender, rose, an olive grove and an abounding orchard. From the first floor drinks terrace guests will also catch sight of Casale Seano’s impressive pool, heated by the sun that typically soars overhead.

The wow factor of the exterior is replicated in the house’s interior where a combination of pastoral furnishings and fittings blend seamlessly with some contemporary features and appliances. Wining and dining in style and extravagance is very much at the heart of this country home, evidenced by the well-equipped kitchen and a formal dining room that extends onto an outdoor terrace.

Beautifully tiled floors throughout the house compliment the ceiling which is held up by hefty wooden beams. Cast iron beds of intricate detail and crisp white bedding dominate the bedrooms.  In fact when you explore this extensive property with so many stunning features and furnishings, you really don’t know where to look first.

For anyone yearning some privacy away from the group, a separate annex built in a similar style provides some solitude away from the main house.

If you can manage to prize yourself away from Casale Seano then the land that surrounds this country home certainly warrants some exploring. Just four kilometres away is the town of Mercatale and slightly further a field is Cortona where you’ll find some of the most famous trattorias, pizzerias and restaurants of the region.

With its Diocesan Museum, Hermitage Le Celle, Abbey of Farneta and Basilica of Santa Margherita, to mention just a few, there are plenty of impressive sites to see for all the family in Cortona. If you do have little ones in tow Lake Trasimeno just 20 kilometres from the house and its multitude of water sports will make another great day out.

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