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Description

In 1996 we moved to the Crete Senesi and we fell in love with the Molinello: Etruscan origins, medieval mill, peace and tranquillity.
That�s why we decided to share it with our guests and their four-legged friends.

The farm keeps the whole family busy: Alessandro (biologist, nature guide and Sommelier), Elisa who looks after the administration, Mauro and Paola, retired but full time busy on the farm. And we hope that in the future even Emma and Guido will give us a helping hand.
We produce vegetables and fruit, olive oil and truffles from organic agriculture.

For our guests we organize a rich programme of initiatives discovering the colours and flavours of the Crete, wine tasting in our cosy winery and excursions by bike guided by Alessandro who is fond of cycling.
Only 4 km from our farm there are the thermal baths of Rapolano which grant special discounts to our guests.

The guests find accommodation in 5 fully equipped apartments, provided with sheets and towels, independent heating and TV:

Apartment 1801 - It�s the largest apartment (140 square metres). It has got 3 double rooms with a double bed, a spacious and bright living room, kitchen, bathroom with shower and bath. It�s situated on the 2. floor of the main building and its windows overlook the beautiful village of Serre di Rapolano and the evocative Sienese countryside.

Apartment 1802 - Its position right in the heart of the medieval farm makes it the most fascinating apartment. It has got 1 double room with a double bed, a living room with sofa bed, kitchenette, bathroom with shower.

Apartment 1803 - The apartment has been recently renovated and is furnished with sober elegance. It has got 1 double room with a double bed, living room with double sofa bed and fireplace, kitchen, bathroom with shower (suitable for disabled people). The apartment is equipped with satellite-TV and has got a large, independent and fenced garden.

Apartment 1804 - The apartment has been recently renovated and is furnished with care. It has got 2 double rooms, kitchenette, living room with fireplace, bathroom with shower. The apartment is equipped with air-conditioning and has got a large, independent and fenced garden.

Apartment 1805 - Recently renovated, this apartment has got 2 double rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen and a private, fenced garden. It can be rented completely or divided up into a two-roomed apartment and a bedroom with bathroom.

Location of holiday rental in Asciano, Siena Province, Tuscany

Location description

Welcome to the world�s most photographed panorama! There is indeed no piece of this landscape left that has not already become a snapshot. A wide sea of clay spreads out over the countryside Southeast of Siena: one evocative, soft hill follows the other, the few forests leave space to the endless stretches of wheat fields and grassland, able to change their colours with the succession of the seasons.

The Crete Senesi are indeed a quite different world. Someone has defined them as �moonscape�, but only because he hasn�t seen them in spring, when the explosion of nature makes the fields become green waves, caressed by the wind, or in autumn, when the farmers� ploughs bring the clay back to the surface, with its beautiful violet shimmer.

The Crete are, without doubt, a land of agriculture. In the first place a land of wheat and land of the shepherds. Not by chance it�s famous for its sheep�s milk cheese, unique like the unmistakable flavour of the wild herbs that give their aroma to the sheep�s milk. Land of olive groves that produce the fine �Terre di Siena� oil with guarantee of origin (Dop). And right here in the area of the Crete one of the rarest and finest white truffles of Italy can be found.

In this clayey region with its endless horizons we do not find a lot of stone. Almost everything is made of bricks and therefore made of clay: the beautiful farmhouses that stay isolated on the top of a hill, lined by high cypress trees; the magnificent monuments that mark the territory like cardinal points, from the Abbey of Monte Oliveto (spiritual headquarter of the Crete Senesi, with a marvellous cloister with 16th century frescoes by Sodoma and Signorelli) to the fortified medieval storehouse for wheat Grancia di Cuna, from the castle of San Giovanni d�Asso to the city walls of Buonconvento.

Only around Rapolano, land of the hot springs and the travertine, stone is a protagonist. Stone and bricks meet harmoniously in Asciano, chief city of this territory centuries ago, where we can admire side by side the Sienese city walls of the 14th century, the Romanesque architecture of the Basilica of Sant�Agata and the artistic treasures of Palazzo Corboli, a glorious medieval city palace that today houses a rich museum.

Directions

At Km 28 of the motorway Siena - Bettolle (E78) you have to exit at Serre di Rapolano. You must turn to the right towards to village of Serre di Rapolano. At the roundabout follow for Serre di Rapolano. Go the length of 2,6 Km (always the main road) going along the ring road around the village. You will arrive to a crossroads near a power plant, to turn to the right. You must now go the length of about 300 metres turning to the left near a large crossroads. After 1,4 Km you may see on the right hand a sign indicating the direction of "Il Molinello". You must go along this road and after 500 metres you will have arrived. Welcome!

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