Villa Platea

Villa Platea is a magnificent Tuscan country house, located in arguably the most picturesque setting of Italy, the Val d'Orcia area of Tuscany. The setting is ripe with the astonishing rolling hills and the wine country that Tuscany is so well known for.

Set on a wonderfully private piece of land, this area was the exact setting for the Oscar winning movie The English Patient and the breathtaking panoramic countryside scenes from the Gladiator.

Here you are in an area rich with the best that Tuscany has to offer as you are set in a superbly strategic location. This is some of the best driving and sightseeing country around. You have amazing areas all through the Val d'Orcia (Pienza, world-famous for its town and cheeses, Montalcino and Montepulciano, arguably Italy's most important wine territory) all between a 15 and 30 minutes drive. The drive through Acquapendente and Pitigliano are some of the most beautiful in Italy, period. Siena is certainly a day trip, San Quirico d'Orcia, a beautiful little nook of a town is only 15 minutes away, Lake Bolsena is near, even Orvieto is only an hour away. Arezzo and Cortona are only an hour and 15 mins away and Perugia, 90 minutes. Here, you are in sightseeing heaven.

This is also Golfer’s and Spa enthusiast’s dream location. You have the luxury of Italy’s two premier Spa’s no more than 30 kilometres away as is the Val di Chiana Golf Club (nine holes). The Lamborghini Panicale Golf Club (nine holes) is 50 minutes and the 18 hole Perugia Golf Club just a little bit over an hour away. Simply stated, this is the perfect rental property.

The property is located down an immensely private driveway. There is a semi-private driveway, about a five minutes drive worth, located off of the main state road. The private driveway leading to this house is less than a kilometre into the large hillside where the property resides.