3 bedrooms house, 360 m²

Pratovecchio Stia, Arezzo (province)

Built in 1992 on a 650 mq lot, this spacious, light-filled villa is located in Pratovecchio, a small Tuscan village 450 m above the sea level, gateway between the Casentino Valley and the National Park of Casentino Forests, half way between Arezzo, small art city, and Florence.
The villa is composed of two independent units, both with large patios featuring gorgeous views of the Romena hill and medieval castle.
Unit 1 (upper level) - 135 mq, 3 bedrooms, 2 full-size bathrooms; living room with modern fireplace; the unit has a fully usable 90 mq attic with multiple skylights and one full-size bathroom, ideal for guests or for a spacious home office;
Unit 2 (lower level) - 135 mq; still to be finished
Surrounded by a lovely garden with fruit trees, the villa has two independent single-car garages and a ground floor bonus room, all together featuring additional 150 mq of space.
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The Casentino is the lash valley in which the Arno river originates, rich of Romanesque churches (such as the Pieve di Romena) and of Middle Ages castles (such as the Castello di Porciano) and villages (such as Poppi and Ortignano Raggiolo).
The valley is surrounded on the West side by the Pratomagno mountain range – with beautiful hiking trails up to the mountain top, which offers an amazing view on both the Casentino and the Valdarno valley – and on the East side by the mountains of La Verna, the mystic place when Saint Francis of Assisi spent the last part of his sacred life, and whose Sanctuary houses an admirable representation of the Annunciation made by Della Robbia.
Part of the Casentino’s forests comprises the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, one of the most beautiful natural parks in Europe. Within the park, Camaldoli is remarkable for the Hermitage founded by the Benedictine monk San Romuald and for the ancient Apothecary within the Monastery.
Winter sports lovers can enjoy the Campigna ski resort at La Burraia, at walking distance from the source of the Arno river.
Pratovecchio – as the whole Casentino – is also known and loved for its culinary traditions, deeply-rooted in the excellence of local ingredients, such as the Grigio del Casentino pig – with the outstanding prosciutto and charcuterie derived from it – the Pecorino Abbucciato and the Ricotta del Casentino cheese, the Rossa di Cetica potatoes, the wild Porcini mushrooms, the chestnut flour, the Quarantino corn flour, and the amazing varieties of organic honey. Several local food festivals celebrate and preserve these traditions all around the year. Dishes typical fo the area include: the tortelli da patate and tortelli alla lastra, the spinach and ricotta chease ravioli, the polenta di patate with ricotta cheese, the scottiglia meat stew, the ribollita, the cinghiale (wild boar) in umido.
Distance from : Aeroporto A. Vespucci – Firenze – 43 miles;  Aeroporto Galilei -Pisa – 84 miles ; Aeroporto L. da Vinci – Roma Fiumicino- 180 miles.