Casa Gioanna ContempoRusticBarnPoo14mMedParco

Modern flair/Period Features Kitchen Galley Equipped for Gastro Dinner Al Fresco.Lavender and Rosemary Terraces leading to Pool. 20min WalMarket Town/River swimming. Direct Trains to CinqueTerre5k to Station. Intimate retr Modern flair/Period Features Kitchen Galley equipped for Gastro Dinner Al Fresco. Lavender and Rosemary Terraces leading to Pool. Designed by former restaurateurs and Italofiles (with 30 years of local residence), the location and style facilitates an Intimate Retreat and experience of a Rural Tuscan Lifestyle. Terracotta/Stone/Chestnut Wood. Open plan Living Area. Kitchen Overlooking Garden and Terraces. A Shooting Star and Fire Fly Observatory! Swimming Pool with Apuan Alp Views. 14x7 Swimming Pool set in Landscaped Med Garden Terraced Rosemary and Lavender. Fruit and Olive Trees...please help yourself! Two Private Terraces with Outdoor Furniture. "On call" help with Holiday...From Booking Restaurants to Directing you to the Best Vineyard or Cheese Artisan...Secret Rock Pool Maps in the House Book!! 20min. Walk into the medieval market town of Bagnone which offers Local Trattorie, Pizzerie and Fine Dining…Fresh Fish from Cinque Terre House Aperitivo’s in the Piazza! Although the Land itself, Woodland and Wildlife is a Foragers Paradise! Our Local Restaurant (10min. on foot) is shadowed by the Medieval Malgrate Castle (en-route of the "Via Francigena" the infamous Pilgrimage from Canterberry to Rome), here you can Enjoy the Local Vino in Local Tuscan Hillside Company. River Swimming in Bagnone is at its best with an Array of Rock Pools and Hidden Waterfalls up stream to discover... Local Village Eno/Gastro Festivals are also in abundance. 5K to Train Station with direct trains to Cinque Terre and Florence and Pisa / 20 min. to La Spezia where you may catch fast trains (EuroStar/Intercity) to anywhere in Italy. Taxi Service. The 15 min. drive to motorway exists connect easily with the cultural cities of Florence(1. 30), (Lucca 50 min.), Pisa (60mins), (Genova 60mins), Parma(60mins), Bologna and Milan 2. 1/2 hours. The great Tuscan and Ligurian coastal destinations are also well under the hours reach. “La Terra” ... the shell shape surrounding land with a 14m swimming pool centrally set provides a natural Amphitheatre to enjoy in all seasons. The garden continues into the forest, where deer graze, first thing in the morning they will push themselves onto the lawns enjoying the more succulent shrubs - Eagles fly above you and lime green Geckos will startle you as you walk to the pool past the landscaped terraces of Lavender and Rosemary - a small vegetable patch always offering produce for light lunches by the pool a choice of sun blushed warm tomatoes and basil - the land itself is a foragers paradise: fruit trees overflow in abundance...Pears, Figs, Peaches, Plums, Raspberries, Blackberries, Wild Mushrooms and Nuts... A flavour of what you may explore and enjoy!