Lux Villa Annete

Villa Annete is a typical historical Tuscan villa with exclusive swimming pool and it’s built in the second half of the 18th century, is located on the last western slopes of Mount Albano, approximately 250mt. above sea level. Originally it was composed of two farm houses which have been joined together (maintaining however a total independence if required during the Winter season). The external walls are covered with typical local stone as are almost all the surrounding houses, conserving the original aspect of the building, when it was constructed.
The pool, large 8×16 mt and depth from 1.35 to 2,50 mt , is exclusive to the guests of the villa; it is an infinity pool with a very large hydromassage area for 8 guests. Under the pool there is a large changing room with 2 showers and WC.
The night lighting of the pool and its surroundings is particularly suggestive.
The cleaning system of the pool insures utmost hygene and eliminates any possible inconvenience caused by the chloride. The swimming pool has an automatic system for maintaining the correct values of the PH and of the chlorine.
The pool is open from mid April to mid October (under normal climatic conditions).
Around the pool there is a large sunbathing area with umbrellas, chairs, tables and sunbeds. Further down the pool there is a relaxation place with an antique marble table and chairs in an a suggestive stone little “theatre”. There is also a children’s corner.
The villa looks out over typical Tuscan countryside – hills and olive groves, woods of chestnut and oak trees – all immersed in an oasis of silence.
Interior design it’s furnished the villa with pieces acquired from antique dealers, auction sales or antique fairs. Some of the more particular pieces are the beautiful doors in each room. Particularly the two doors in the central lounge and the one of the green bedroom on ground floor. All of 17th cent.
The kitchen has a double marble sink, 250 years old and a collection of 12 ceramic tiles with zodiac symbols of the beginning of last century, over the stove.
Worth notice is a big 17th cent chestnut plaque over the wide stairs down into the big lounge/dining room. In this spacious room there is a magnificient set of 10 chestnut Florentine chairs of the 17 th cent and a spectacular and remarkable stone fireplace from the Northern part of Italy, which dates back to the 16th cent. In the master bedroom a double painted 18th cent. door from a noble palace in Naples and a 17th cent. chest. In the red bedroom a very fine Louis XV wardrobe. There are many antique prints on the walls from different parts of Italy (Venice, Rome, Naples, etc.). Objects d’art can be seen throughout the villa. All the rooms have Persian carpets. Many other pieces, more or less important, have all been chosen in the spirit of tracing our roots back to the past. Also in the garden one can find stone pieces, as well as old terrracotta Tuscan vases.
Villa Annete is in an area called the Valdinevole, as yet not ruined by mass tourism, and presenting all the characteristic natural and artistic aspects of the Tuscan countryside.
The villa is most strategically placed: away from the chaos of the cities but with easy access to Tuscan “musts”. In fact, 95% of the symbolic Tuscan landmarks can be reached within an hour and a half by car.
Montecatini Terme (5km.) 50 mins. to Pisa and 50 mins. to Florence by train. Monsummano Terme (2km.) is the nearest town and has 20.000 inhabitants and all necessary facilities and shops etc.
Within a range of approx 15/20 mins. by car there are many places of interest to visit – the Giusti Grottos with their hot thermal baths, One of the most fsmous in Italy, the Monsummano quarries, the Pistoia hills and mountains (skiing in the winter), the Svizzera Pesciatina, innumerable Romanic churches, the Fucecchio swamplands (of great interest for the local flora and fauna) and many small tipical Tuscan villages, like Montevettolini, Larciano, Lamporecchio, Vinci (where Leonardo was born), Montecatini Alto, Montecarlo, etc.).