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TS42 - Borgo Vecchio - Cottage Calussa
 

Le Crete, Siena

Sleeps: 4
850 square feet

Reference Number: TS42
Type of Home: Independent House
Location: Borgo







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This is one of the most unique and luxurious properties in Italy, let alone Tuscany!
Nestled on a rural hillside in the Siena province of southern Tuscany, where it was a medieval farming village, the first mention of Borgo Rinato was in 876. Its last generation of inhabitants, mostly farmers, finally abandoned it for industrial jobs and urban conveniences in the 1960s. What remained was a ruin, the skeleton of what was once thriving rural community. Its houses and sheds were arranged around a central piazza of dirt and tire marks, a ghostly reminder of the central value and purpose of this place. The Borgo is located directly on the historic via Francigena, the medieval pilgrimage route from Canterbury to Rome. It specifically connected the monastic stopovers of Monte Oliveto and Sant'Antimo and most likely hosted scores of pilgrims, merchants and adventurers through the centuries. The Borgo's piazza was both a crossroad of the world and a place where the day-to-day personal interactions fundamental to life took place over hundreds of years. A son would have learned his father's art of winemaking a few steps away in the cantina. Children would have sat during sunny midday meals listening to the stories of their elders. Snow was shoveled, flowers pruned, chickens fed. Birthdays were celebrated, losses mourned. This piazza was witness to life at its core.
After 40 years of ruins, an American of Italian ancestry, approached the reconstruction project with passion, teaming with a local architect and a crew of builders who had spent lifetimes working with traditional materials and old methods. Wherever possible, the structures were left untouched. One can still see the historic wood burning oven, at least 500 years old, outside Casa di Borgo Rinato 4 and can enter the Manor House through the wide, ancient staircase. Its brick steps have been softly grooved by the passing of feet, possibly since before the fourteenth century. At the top of those stairs is the stone-carved Borghese crest, gracing the dining room as it has done for centuries, an indication of prior ownership by the powerful Sienese based family. Structural requirements have demanded much rebuilding, but the team took meticulous care to focus on integrating old materials and traditional methods. The decoration is equally faithful, using antiques where possible and careful reproductions elsewhere.
The Borgo encompasses twenty-two bedrooms in the large manor house and four village houses arranged around its central piazza, allowing it to function as its own community. Gathering spaces include a formal dining room and outdoor dining terrace, a living room with grand piano and study, media room, library, bar, conference facility and ballroom for fifty, cantina and wine tasting room, a professional teaching kitchen, an interior arcaded courtyard, a piazza, and extensive lawn and garden spaces with various shaded benches and a gazebo. Recreational facilities include a 60' oval swimming pool, a fully equipped gym, spa, tennis and basketball court, and bocce court. Individual suites are ample, luxurious, and private, although the public spaces are intended to draw everyone together for the community to form and flourish naturally. Such gatherings might include family reunions and special get-togethers, academic reunions, and retreats for groups united by special interests such as wine, cooking, art, architecture, music, history, biking, or corporate interests.


 

ACCOMMODATIONS

Casa di Borgo Cottage Calussa is one of four houses available for additional guests when renting the Manor House.
It is a beautifully restored, two bedroom home with a sound system and two full en suite baths, a small kitchen with a fridge and stove, a dining area with seating for four and a living room with fireplace. French doors open to the terrace, the perfect place to relax and enjoy the spectacular views. There are two double bedrooms on the ground floor, both with king beds. The bathrooms have double sinks, tubs and showers.

Sleeps 4

2 Bedrooms

2 Full Baths


ROOMS

Living / Dining Room, Kitchenette, Terrace, Courtyard, Garden,

2 King Bedrooms with en suite bathrooms

2 en suite Bathrooms with showers and tubs

FACILITIES

Stove, Refrigerator, Phone, High Speed Internet Access, Wifi Internet, 27000 song iPod

AMENITIES

Private Inground Pool, Jacuzzi, Tennis, Air Conditioning, Fireplace, Central Heat, Maid Service, Breakfast Included, Views, Basketball Court, Bocce Court, Full Staff consisting of general manager, concierge, wait staff and housekeeping, Mini bar stocked with snacks, non-alcoholic beverages and wine, Daily breakfast buffet with fresh pastries, breads, torts, fresh fruits and eggs made to order at Borgo Rinato Manor House, Tempur-Pedic mattresses
PRIVATE PARKING
DISTANCE TO PARKING: on premises

 

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LOCATION
NEAREST AIRPORT: Florence 90min, Rome 150min
NEAREST TRAIN STATION: Siena, 30min
CITIES AND TOWNS: Montalcino 15min, Siena 30min, Florence 75min, Rome and Pisa 2.5hr
SERVICES: Grocery Stores and Restaurants 5min