The essence
A working olive estate in the hills above Lucca, producing one of Tuscany's quieter great oils. The farm is visibly a farm — tractors, frantoio, harvest in November — and the house sits comfortably within it rather than apart from it.
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The distinction
Why this villa
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Working farms at this standard, where guests are invited to participate rather than observe, are uncommon. Olive harvest in November is a genuinely unrepeatable experience.
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The frantoio is on site and presses for several neighbouring estates. During harvest the smell of fresh oil reaches the house.
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Position: the cool side of the Apuan Alps, ten degrees lower than Chianti in August, an hour from the Versilia coast.
The house
Architecture & restoration
A nineteenth-century manor house with adjoining farm buildings, restored in stages since 2001. Eight bedrooms across the main house and two annexes. Working kitchen, pantry, and a small private chapel.
The setting
Land, view, context
Sixty hectares of olive grove and woodland on the southern slope of the Pizzorne plateau. Lucca, twenty-five minutes; the beaches of Forte dei Marmi, an hour. The estate's own oil, wine, and vegetables are at every meal.
Living here
Breakfast on the long table in the kitchen. A morning ride if you ride — there are horses. Lunch on the terrace with the estate's oil and bread baked that morning. Lucca for the afternoon, walking the walls. Dinner cooked by Marina, who has cooked here for twenty-two years and whose ravioli alone is reason to come.
Pricing
Weekly, by season.
- LowApr · Oct · Nov€24,000 / week
- ShoulderMay · Sep€30,000 / week
- HighJun · Jul · Aug€40,000 / week
Rates exclude tourist tax and optional services. Minimum stay seven nights, Saturday to Saturday. Other arrangements considered.
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