Our agency offers villas for vacation rental throughout Tuscany. We`ll help you choose the area and the best villa that suits your needs. We propose in this page the best
villas in San Casciano in Val di Pesa preceded by a brief introduction to the town and its surroundings.
San Casciano in Val di Pesa is the first village of Chianti you meet coming from Florence. It is a small town that still preserves the fourteenth century walls and it is located on top of a hill a few kilometers from Florence.
This area offers many small charming towns with breathtaking views such as Mercatale Val di Pesa, Bargino and Cerbaia besides many castles and villas surrounded by vineyards of `
Chianti Classico `.
We recommend you to visit the Cassero, the Collegiate Church of San Cassiano and the oldest church of the area, the Santa Cecilia a Decimo Church.
For lovers of castles, San Casciano in Val di Pesa offers
magnificent old castles such as Castello di Bibbione, Castello di Gabbiano, Castello di Pergolato and Castello di Montefiridolfi.
Besides the castles, there are also many villas in San Casciano in Val di Pesa. Among those historical, we suggest Villa Le Corti, Villa Antinori del Cigliano, Poggio Torselli, Villa Borromeo and Villa Mangiacane, which was also a property of Niccolò Machiavelli.
Despite being a fairly small, the town`s museums host magnificent works of art. In Museo d`Arte Sacra there are pieces by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Coppo di Marcovaldo, by Maestro di Cabenstany and many other important artists. In the archeological area there is the famous Archer Stone from the 7th century BC.
In the museum Museo della Misericordia you find an amazing wooden crucifix by Simone Martini from about 1325 and various works from the fourteenth century.
Works of art and a magnificent scenery await you, if you decide to rent one of our villas in San Casciano in Val di Pesa.
