Emozione Toscana, Altopascio - Lucca

Sehr schönes Anwesen, absolut herzliche Gastgeber, die sich um alles kümmern, direkt vor Ort sind und gleichzeitig sehr unauffällig und diskret sind. Ein paradiesisches Idyll, geschmackvolle Einrichtung, top Ausstattung. Der Name des Hauses ist sehr treffend.

Der Pool und die weitläufige Gartenanlage auch sehr beliebt bei den Kindern. Bezaubernde kleine Ortschaften sind z.B. Montecarlo und Vinci. Lucca ist auch schnell erreichbar.

This is a pretty country house set in lovely gardens, where the owners grow their own fruit and veg. The owner is an artist and the villa has a quirky feel, full of his art. There is a great pool area with space to sit in the shade and relax. The owners can provide lunches and dinners on request! Great hospitality! The villa is excellently located to visit all the major attractions in the area.

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Alberto en zijn vrouw zijn schatten van mensen
Er stonden hapjes prosecco jus klaar een warm welkom.
Geen moeite teveel het huis is echt schitterend en het zwembad groot en mooi
De bbq de pizza-oven het enorme overdekte terras het was een super fijne vakantie
De eigenaar Alberto Nativi is kunstschilder in de stijl van van Gogh heel boeiend en mooi zijn schilderijen hangen in de villa schitterend

Lucca een hele mooie stad livorno havenstad en marina di Pisa onverwacht verrassend schitterend strand met spierwitte stenen Restaurant in montecarlo pierantonio forassiepi wat een belevenis

Wir hatten eine sehr heisse Woche mit Temperaturen immer um die 35 Grad erwischt. dadurch haben wir uns prktisch nur drauseen aufgehalten. Am bzw. im Pool, oder auf einer der Terrassen ums Haus herum.
Einziger Nachteil ist, dass das Haus innen relativ dunkel ist. Aber wie gesagt, dank des tollen Wetters, hat es uns nicht gestört.

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Alberto and Rosella were very welcoming. They had even set out a supper with a bottle of wine on our arrival, and provided us with baskets of tomatoes and fruits from the large orchard/garden. We loved the rustic Tuscan charm of the house and would happily return. Alberto kept the stunning pool spotlessly clean. There were 2 bikes and archery equipment too.

We mostly ate at home using the BBQ and oven. But this is a great area to explore Tuscany. We visited Florence by car (about an hour), Monte Carlo, Pistoia, San Gimignano, Lucca and Pisa. Great biking around the city walls in Lucca. Good restaurants in Altopascio (5 mins drive) are La Dispena Osteria, and Il Gelso. The local bar/shop/pizzeria called Gelsa is great too.

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Prachtige locatie, met heel veel privacy. Zeer groot terrein met bomen en kruiden (basilicum, oregano etc).
Wij waren met 4 volwassenen en 4 kinderen in de leeftijd van 13-15 jaar. De kinderen verbleven vaak op "hun eigen terras" aan het zwembad. Bij het zwembad zijn voldoende ligbedden en speelmaterialen voor in het zwembad. Verder is er een prachtig terras aan beide kanten van het huis waar je heerlijk in de schaduw kunt zitten.
De eigenaren zijn aardig en gastvrij.
Het huis binnen is wat donker en druk maar daar ben je weinig.
Al met al zeer tevreden over dit huis!

Bezienswaardigheden: Lucca, Viareggio, Montecarlo, San Gimigiano

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Almost the best part of this villa holiday were the owners, Alberto and Rosella, who had removed to a small property in the grounds during our stay. They were friendly and generous hosts who left us in peace but were always available if we had any queries. We enjoyed gifts of vegetables and fruit from their garden and the lads were able to borrow their bikes so that they could cycle to the village grocery shop. The villa was quirky and full of character; the pool area excellent. Although Emozione Toscana is in the middle of farmland it was relatively easy to reach some of Tuscany's well known tourists sites either by car or by train from the station at Altopascio.

As well as a station with direct links to Florence and a good supermarket, the nearest small town Altopascio (4km) has an attractive old centre and a couple of good restaurants (La Loggia and M?). Florence is beautiful of course, we enjoyed the Boboli Gardens, the Ponte Vecchio as seen from one of the other bridges over the Arno and the Cathedral Baptistery (Paoli restaurant just off the Duomo) but so crowded. We preferred walking along Lucca's shady walls. Montecarlo, a small hill village with an ancient fortress, was voted the best place we visited (terrace Pizza restaurant overlooking the valley.

Leider extrem viele Mücken; zum Glück hatten wir Moskitonetze über Betten und Sitzgelegenheiten auf der Terrasse mitgenommen angebracht. Würden wir immer wieder mitnehmen

Überragendes Restaurant in Monte Carlo ( Empfehlung des Ehepaares vor Ort)