Borgo Bernardini

The impressive Borgo Bernardini luxury villa to rent in Tuscany, dates back to before the 1700s, and was originally the hunting lodge retreat of Count Cosimo Bernardini of Lucca. The luxury holiday rental is situated on a family run estate, ten kilometres south of Lucca, with magnificent views over hill terraced olive groves. It is the largest and grandest of six villas available to rent on this huge estate, offering the highest levels of luxury, comfort and services as individual rentals for holidays for families or groups of friends. Alternatively, if rented together, they can provide suitable accommodation for conferences, as well as weddings and other special celebrations.

The villa rental’s 12 individually styled double bedrooms all have individually controlled air conditioning/heating, a central music system and telephone. There are several lounges including a domed music room, a sun lounge with library, and a formal living room with satellite TV/DVD, which has doors leading out to the ornamental pond and fountains. There is Banquet hall, card and billiard room, and wine tasting room with a private selection of Tuscan wines, as well as a fully equipped Tuscan kitchen. There is also a fitness room, equipped with cardiovascular and weight equipment. Further amenities within this luxury villa to rent in Tuscany include a centralized music system, computer facilities, wireless internet access and a surveillance system.

Within the Italian gardens (2000m2) with gazebo, there is a large swimming pool (16 x 8m) which is floodlit at night. Meals can be taken al fresco in a genuine Italian piazza, or beside age-old fountains and ornamental ponds. This luxury vacation rental has two additional one bedroom apartments which can provide accommodation for a further four people, on request. Every villa on the estate will have access to the shared tennis/football/volley fields as well as balls and rackets. Because the sports’fields are shared, they will need to be reserved to ensure they are available. Borgo Bernardini is a 2 minute drive from these facilities.

Fully equipped kitchen. Formal dining room. Drawing room with fireplace, satellite TV and video. Office. Music room with piano and fireplace. Card and billiard room. Wine library. Workout room with cardiovascular and weight equipment. Sun lounge/reading room. 4 guest WCs. Service area and laundry room.

Bedrooms: 4 twin bedrooms (can be made up as queen-size beds) with en-suite bathrooms. 8 double bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms.

Services Included:

Daily Chef service for preparation of breakfast and one meal (lunch or dinner) 6 days a week (Wednesday day off)

Daily maid service in the morning 6 days a week (Sunday day off)

Concierge service on call and on site

Gardener

Pool Attendant

Heating/air-conditioning, electricity, water and gas

Linen change on Saturday and Wednesday

Internet wireless connection 30MB available in every room

Heating/air-conditioning, electricity, water, gas

There is also a porter service for luggage on both arrival and departure

Extra services on request:

Additional chef, maid and staff service

Activities and excursions

Driver service

Event fee (3000€ in case of big events/weddings)

Personal grocery shopping

Cost of food and beverages: guests will be charged 12 euro per person for breakfast and 40 euro per person per meat menu meal and 45 euro per fish menu meal.

Extra beds

Extra rollaway bed

Crib

The impressive Villa Borgo Bernardini, dates back to before the 1700s, and is the largest and grandest of six villas available to rent on a huge family-run estate, 10 kms south of Lucca. The villa offers the highest levels of luxury, comfort and services as individual rentals for holidays for families or groups of friends. It is also suitable for weddings and other special events.

Lucca: 10 minutes drive|Pisa: 30 minutes drive|Beaches of the Versilian Riviera: 30 minutes drive|Lerici (from where boats leave for Portovenere and the Cinque Terre): 40 minutes drive|Florence: 1 hour|Siena and Chianti villages: 1 hour 30 minutes

€23,200 - €31,000 per week