Farmhouse with an olive grove for sale in Val d’Orcia

Brief description

Property in Tuscany, between the Val d’Orcia hills, including a 290 sq.m farmhouse with living areas on the ground floor and 4 bedrooms and bathrooms on the first floor, and a 47 sq.m outbuilding that can be used as a garage. 1-hectare plot of land with a garden and a small olive grove. Adding a swimming pool is a possibility.

Geographic position

When you think about Tuscany, the first image that comes to mind is the beautiful landscape of Val d’Orcia. Rolling green hills lined with cypress trees leading up to stone farmhouses epitomise the very idea of the Tuscan countryside, an ideal place to live immersed in nature, history, and a human-scale pace of life.

Casale Val d’Orcia is a typical farmhouse, including a large garden with olive trees blending with the beautiful surrounding landscape.

This property is in a quiet but not isolated area. It can be accessed from the white road (in excellent condition), which from the paved road leads to the farmhouse after just 500 metres, continuing through the hills as far as the eye can see.

In about 10 minutes, you can reach Campiglia d'Orcia (6 km) and Bagni San Filippo (8 km) and in 15-20 minutes, you can be in Castiglione d'Orcia (13 km), San Quirico d'Orcia (14 km) and Pienza (20 km).

Siena (60 km) can be reached in about one hour. Perugia (80 km) and Grosseto (85 km) in one hour and 20 minutes, respectively.

Moreover, Orbetello, a wonderful town in the Argentario area, is 105 km away and can be reached in one hour and a half.

Val d’Orcia is ideal for those who love outdoor sports. Here, you can enjoy excursions, trekking or practice mountain or gravel biking. But you can also explore plenty of charming towns.

Golf enthusiasts can choose between two clubs, both less than one hour away: Castiglion del Bosco club (18 holes, 39 km away) and Golf Club Lamborghini (9 holes, 49 km away).

The airport of Perugia is the nearest one (96 km away, meaning one hour and a half by car). All major airports in Central Italy – Florence (158 km), Pisa (176 km), Roma Ciampino (196 km) and Roma Fiumicino (212 km) – are two hours away.

Description of buildings

This property includes a 290 sq.m farmhouse and a 47 sq.m outbuilding, which can be used as a garage, for a total gross area of 339 sq.m plus a 9 sq.m portico on the farmhouse’s first floor.

The farmhouse

The farmhouse develops over two floors. All rooms on the ground floor have access to the garden and are connected by large arches. Here we have the living room with a large fireplace, the dining room, the kitchen, and a sitting room with a staircase leading to the first floor.

The ground floor also includes a utility bathroom and a storage room.

The first floor includes four bedrooms, one of which has an en-suite bathroom and another one, currently used as a study, has a fireplace and independent access to the portico.

A wood-burning oven is in front of the farmhouse.

The outbuilding

A 47 sq.m outbuilding near the entrance gate can be used as a garage.

State and finishing

Casale Val d’Orcia has been renovated and is in excellent condition.

It has maintained the typical characteristics of Tuscan farmhouses: stone walls, tiled roofs, handmade terracotta flooring, and ceilings with beams and tiles.

The living room on the ground floor includes a large fireplace, whereas the wood-burning oven is outside the building. There was a time when all farmhouses had one to bake bread and pizza.

External areas

A 1-ha plot of land surrounding the farmhouse can be transformed into a garden with fruit trees and an olive grove.

Three cypress trees outline the driveway in perfect Tuscan style.

Building a swimming pool is an option but you need to obtain the required authorisations first.

Use and potential uses

This property is ideal for those who would love to live in the heart of Val d’Orcia. It is located in a quiet yet convenient position near beautiful towns, such as Pienza, Bagni San Filippo and Bagno Vignone. Florence and Rome are just one and two hours away, respectively.

All these reasons make this property perfect for the international weekly rental circuit when not in use.

Distances and location

Tuscany - Italy

Neighboring regions: Umbria, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Lazio and Tyrrhenian sea

Main centers: Florence, Siena, Arezzo, Pisa, Lucca, Grosseto, Livorno

 

Characteristics: bathed by the Ligurian Sea in the north-central part and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the south,  has a predominantly green and hilly inland territory, rich in vineyards and olive groves, while the coast has mostly low and sandy beaches, except for some major promontories such as Argentario, Ansedonia, Punta Ala, Castiglione della Pescaia.

Located in Central Italy, Tuscany is one of the most popular and loved regions from tourists from all over the world, rich of famous historical centers and small and fascinating medieval villages (such as San Gimignano, Volterra and Montepulciano), with a territory rich in natural beautiful parks including that of Val d'Orcia, the Park of the Tuscan archipelago (with the islands of Capraia, Giannutri, Gorgona and Montecristo, part of the island of Elba and Giglio and the island of Pianosa), the Maremma Park and the many others that, along with the protected areas, helps to preserve intact the charm of this region.

 

Property offer: in Tuscany is possible to buy typical farmhouses brilliantly renovated, in the areas of Chianti, Valley d'Orcia, the Crete Senesi or historic mansions in the old villages and the sea of Forte dei Marmi, Camaiore Lido, Viareggio, Capalbio, Porto Ercole, Punta Ala, Orbetello, but also luxury apartments in historic centers of Florence, Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Cortona, Montalcino, San Gimignano.