MANDOLATA

Lucca - Apartment

Very bright and spacious apartment with swimming pool, children's pool, WiFi and air conditioning, located in a unique panoramic position overlooking the hilly classical countryside, a few km north of Lucca city. The apartment is on the first floor of an antique stone building, a former monastery that has been restored for living. It is a very characteristic stone building with the antique "bifora" windows, from which you can enjoy views over the olive grove, vineyards and with the city of Lucca itself in the background. Here, 7 Italian and foreign families have found their common holiday paradise in Tuscany. Some apartments are rented out and a family lives here permanently and looks after the place. The pool area is on the south side of the house with access on a path through the olive grove where the vegetation by choice of the owners is left to grow naturally. Here you have a large pool of 8 x 12 meters and a graduated depth of 0.9-1.50 mt., as well as a children's pool of 4 x 4 mt, 0.40 cm deep (children must always be supervised, also when in the children's pool). By the pool area there are shared sunbeds and umbrellas. The pool area is shared between the apartments. The apartment includes a beautiful private terrace/outdoor area, furnished for outdoor dining with nice garden furniture, parasol and barbecue. The private terrace is about 20 meters from the apartment's entrance along a country road with very little traffic, with a full view of the hills and Lucca's ancient towers in the background. The apartment itself is located with outdoor stairs to the 1st floor, and is spread over 2 floors, consisting of: Entrance to large, bright kitchen-dining room with a modern and well-equipped kitchen, which is open to the living room. In the kitchen you will find a gas stove, oven, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, Nordic coffee machine, toaster, boiler. In the living room you also have a dining table and a comfortable sofa area with TV. WC. It is a very bright and large room with a beautiful view from the characteristic Bifora windows, a cozy atmosphere with wooden floors and the traditional Tuscan antique wooden beams in the ceilings. An angled staircase leads to the upper floor with the beautiful sloping ceilings with wooden beams, consisting of 2 bedrooms each with a double bed, 2 bathrooms with showers (hair dryer). Heating, air conditioning in the bedrooms, WiFi, iron and board. Uncovered parking. Cot and high chair available (must be booked in advance). In addition: restaurants km. 4 – grocery km. 5.5 – supermarket km. 6.5 – golf km 40 – everything else in Lucca km. 7. Distances: Lucca km. 8 – Pisa km. 28 – Florence km. 80 – Versilia beach km. 30 – Garfagnana mountains km. 30 – Volterra km. 80 – San Gimignano km. 87 - Siena km. 150.

A characteristic apartment with a spacious private furnished terrace situated on the third floor in one of Lucca's ancient buildings. In Santa Lucia you live inside the walls, close to the square Piazza San Michele and the main street Via Fillungo with shops, restaurants etc. The apartment has a splendid terrace of 25 m2 where you have a beautiful view over the roofs and all the towers. Here you can grill, eat or just relax reading a book without getting disturbed from the sounds of the city. The apartment consists of: hall, kitchen (gas hob, oven, fridge, freezer, Italian and American coffee machines, dishwasher, bread toaster), from the kitchen there is access to the terrace wich is furnished for outdoor eating. Barbecue. There is a double room, a bedroom with twin beds (both rooms have sloping ceilings), a living room with smart TV, a bathroom with shower and washing machine. There are cotto tiled floors and beamed ceilings which give the apartment the special Tuscan atmosphere. The interiors are simple but fully functional. Internet wifi, air conditioning (powerful unit in the living room). Please note that there are many steep stairs up to the apartment so this place is not suitable for persons with walking problems. We also inform you it is not permitted to go by car to the apartment since the historic centre in Lucca is a restricted traffic zone. Perfect place for those who travel without a car. The railway station and the bus station are within walking distance - but you also have free parking outside the wall ca. 10 minutes walk from the apartment. Other: shops, restaurants, bars, small supermarket and everything else within very short walkings distance.