La Cascina Il Bosco

The cottage, located amid the Tuscan hills of Chianti, is only 3 km from Monteriggioni, and along the road “Via Francigena” which, in the Middle Ages, connected Canterbury to Rome. The cottage, built at the beginning of the 10th century, was used as a stopover for pilgrims and belonged to a monastery.

Its owners live there now and have changed some areas of the property into flats. The road that leads to the cottage is also very charming : you drive among hills with woods and vineyards on their sides, and the last 300 metres of the road are lined with cypresses.

On one side of the cottage, where there is the pergola of a ground floor flat, you can have a beautiful view over the owners’ vineyard and Monteriggioni’s Medieval fortress.

There is a slightly elevated swimming pool in the property (5 x 5m and with a constant depth of 2m), which is open from mid April until October.

The proprietors own cats and dogs themselves, therefore, they are willing to accept also their guests’ pets. The three flats to be let do not have a fenced garden.

All the flats on the ground floor have an independent entrance door and an outside area where guests can take their meals. The only flat on the first floor has a large portico overlooking the vineyard.

People renting two flats will be given a 5% discount. Those who want to rent the three flats will be offered an 8% discount instead.

IL CAMPO (1st floor)

This flat ss above the owners’ flat. It is the largest one (about 58sqm) and is reachable by means of a characteristic external stone staircase. The entrance is at the end of a long portico which is exclusively reserved for guests. The flat has a large living room with a double sofa bed and a cooking area, a bathroom with a shower and a double bedroom where, if necessary, you can add a single bed or a cot.

IL POZZO (ground floor on the right)

This flat is about 45sqm. It is ideal for a couple or for a couple with a child. It has a cooking area, a living room with a single bed, a fireplace and a double en suite bedroom (with a tub/shower). Outside, on the side that overlooks the vineyard, there is a pergola reserved for “Il Pozzo” guests.

IL BOSCO (ground floor on the left)

This flat is about 45sqm, and, like “Il Pozzo” is ideal for a couple or for a couple with a child. Its entrance is under a porch, not far from “Il Pozzo” entrance. It has a living room with a cooking area and a single bed. From the living room, through a glass door, you can get to the en suite double bedroom (with a shower). From the bedroom, through a French door, you can get to an external shadowy area which is reserved for “Il Bosco” guests.

The flats are simply but functionally furnished and are all equipped with Sat TV (dish pointed towards Hot Bird).