The Home
In summary
Santa Croce is located in one of the most exclusive private country estates in Umbria, owned by the same family for generations. Renowned for its thousands of hectares of immaculate woods and olive groves, and for its superb valleys, lakes and rivers, it is the perfect place for a relaxing and tranquil holiday, offering impressive levels of comfort and elegance.
This three bedroom villa, perched on the very top of Monte Santa Croce, is an example of flawless restoration on an exceptional site. Perhaps Santa Croce’s real name should be “the-villa-on-top-of-the-world” thanks to an extraordinary location with 360° views over the estate and Umbria. One of the most impressive villas on the estate, Santa Croce impresses with its fine interior design and large infinity pool that seems to float above the valley.
Indoors
Two spectacular king size double bedrooms, each with a spacious ensuite bathroom.
One superb double bedroom with four poster bed and spacious ensuite bathroom.
A well-equipped kitchen complete with dishwasher, oven, two fridges and microwave oven.
Spacious laundry room with washing machine, iron and ironing board
Large LCD TV with Sky Italia television and sports channels
DVD player
iPod docking station
High speed WiFi internet access throughout the villa, garden and pool area
Air conditioning throughout the villa
Hairdryer in every bathroom
Cradle, child’s high chair and baby bathtub on request
Central heating (on request and subject to separate payment)
Outdoors
Luxury heated private infinity pool
Sun-beds, tables and parasols available around the pool
Separate furnished terrace for breakfast located just outside the kitchen
Armchairs and sofa with parasol on the terrace in front of the living room
Spectacular terrace with dining table and chairs seating eight in front of the dining room, perfect for unforgettable dinners at sunset
Barbecue area with beautiful panoramic terrace complete with table seating six
Superb teak hammock
Private fenced and landscaped garden
Characteristics of pool: 13m x 5m x 1.5m deep with built in steps. The pool can be heated.
Location
To reach the villa there are 3km of white gravel road. Please note that the roads are in good conditions but occasionally steep and with little stones as all the country roads, so they are not suitable for low-height cars.
We usually advise to rent a 4x4 (just because driving would be more comfortable) but neither our staff or our usual guests ever rent it, unless they have their own. As a matter of fact, even if the roads are white gravel roads, a standard car is usually more than enough.
Villa Santa Croce has the unique advantage of being situated in the very centre of Umbria, an area where the simple pleasures of country living embrace art, history and architecture offering wonderful food and wine in nearby towns throughout the two adjoining regions of Lazio and Tuscany. Florence and Rome are within two hours’ drive of the estate and Siena, Arezzo, Assisi, Gubbio, Todi and Orvieto are all nearby. The region’s capital city Perugia is just 20 minutes away and offers a wealth of cultural activities. Other spectacular hilltop towns include Cortona and Preggio, the latter with its annual classical music festival, as well as the annual Montone Film Festival which attracts an international audience.
Notes
- Altitude: 569,724m / 1,869,175 feet
- Ping pong weekly rental 80€
- Pool heating 4.20€ per cubic metre
- 20% discount on the rates of the Antognolla golf (our 18 holes championship golf course within the estate at 3-4 minutes drive from the villa)
- Villa heating 4.20€ per cubic metre
Children
Entertainment, well-being & sports
- DVD player
- Flatscreen TV
- Internet access (wifi)
- iPod dock
- Jacuzzi
- Outdoor private swimming pool
- Satellite or cable or Internet TV
For your comfort and convenience
- Air conditioning
- Central heating
- Dining room with dining table
- Hair dryer
- Living room
- Lounge chair(s)
- Sofa(s)
- Terraces
Kitchen & Appliances
- Dish washer
- Fully equipped kitchen
- Iron
- Microwave
- Oven
- Refrigerator
- Washing machine
Nearby
Outside
- Barbecue
- Garden
- Outdoor dining areas
- Outdoor dining table
- Pool lounge chairs
- Terrace(s)
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What is Included
Included in rates
- Bed and household linens
- Change of towels twice weekly
- Concierge service
- Daily housekeeping (except Sundays and holidays)
- Electricity, water, gas
- Garden maintenance
- Housecleaning upon departure
- Internet WIFI
- Pool maintenance
- Toiletries
- Weekly change of linens & towels (2 weeks stay min.)
- Welcome hamper
Not included in rates
- Bike rental
- Breakfast service : starting from 50.00 EUR Per Day
- Butler : starting from 120.00 EUR Per Meal
- Cancellation insurance
- Central heating
- Cot + High Chair
- Delivery of meals : starting from 20.00 EUR Per Delivery
- Exclusive service of a chef to cook 1 dinner or 1 lunch at the villa (8 people) : starting from 200.00 EUR Per Meal
- Extra change of bath towels : starting from 8.00 EUR Per Person
- Extra change of bed linen : starting from 5.00 EUR Per Room
- Extra change of pool towels : starting from 3.00 EUR Per Person
- Extra hours of housekeeping : starting from 25.00 EUR Per Hour
- Extra house cleaning time
- In-house massage service
- Ironing : starting from 25.00 EUR Per Hour
- Late check-in
- Pool heating : starting from 80.00 EUR Per Day
- Pre-stocking of the house
- Service of a chef to cook dinner and lunch (8 people) : starting from 350.00 EUR Per Day
- Shopping service with a car : starting from 50.00 EUR Per Hour
- Table tennis table rental : starting from 100.00 EUR Per Week
- Tourism development tax
- Wood for the fireplace : starting from 15.00 EUR
Rental conditions
- Car recommended
- Children must be supervised by an adult at all times when using hot tub, pool, sauna or hammam
- Children welcome
- It is not allowed to organise events in the property without prior approval by Villanovo
- No safety fence around the pool
- Pool has no swimming guard
- The access road to the property is long and steep, not suitable for sports cars or any other low-height car
- The pool is open from May to September
- Language spoken by staff : English - Italian
- Check-in :
16:00 h - Check out :
10:00 hReservation conditions
- Guarantee deposit charged by Villanovo upon reservation :
40 % - 2nd payment
45 Days to arrival day :
60 % of total amount of reservation is due to Villanovo.
- The reservation price does not include optional incidentals or on-request items which will be added to your final bill.
Cancellation policy and cancellation fees
- Any booking modification or cancellation must be sent to us by email
- Cancellation policy is applied according to villa local time
- For all cancellations, the initial guarantee deposit is non-refundable.
- Cancellation occurs less than
45 Days to arrival day :
100 % of total amount of reservation is due to Villanovo.
- No show
100 % of total amount of reservation is due to Villanovo
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The Area
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Distance from
Montepulciano (64 KM / 60 Minutes by car)
Rome (211 KM / 150 Minutes by car)
Cortona (48 KM / 45 Minutes by car)
Gubbio (35 KM / 35 Minutes by car)
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