Just beyond the walls of the Old City, minutes away from central Florence and the Duomo, a majestic villa dates back to the Renaissance when it was designed by architect Leon Battista Alberti. The grand apartment is built wrapping around an internal courtyard with arched walkways and a central fountain.
On the ground level is a "party" area with dining table, extra kitchen, two ensuite double bedrooms, and off to one side the staff quarters. Above, on the main storey of the villa, the piano nobile as it is known in Italian, are the large reception rooms, the family kitchen, and the three villa bedooms each with ensuite bathroom, as well as a study that can be converted into a fourth bedroom (for a child or caretaker). The entire indoors is sunwashed thanks to French doors and high ceilings with countless windows. All is tastefully decorated with plush furnishings, and the parquet wooden floors, built-in closets, boiserie linings and long curtains bestow the villa with a fresh and airy yet cosy home feeling.
The apartment accesses a beautiful rose garden with dinner awning, Italian gardens with low-rising labyrinth and a private swimming pool. Ample parking is available, as well as a full time gardener to tend to the house and grounds. On request is a butler, alternatiely room for one's own staff to be housed in their separate apartment.
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