Casale Lavinia - country house with swimming pool and magnificent oversight wifi
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9.5Outstanding
(37 Ratings)
"The Pucetti family are truly wonderful hosts! Friendly, helpful and great fun and happy to leave us alone if required.
The house is perfect for a relaxing holiday.
The view from the patio is sublime a..."
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About this apartment rental
Casale Lavinia has been created on a stable of the XVI century. It is furnished in the typical Country Tuscan Style and offers all the modern comforts. Swimming pool is right next to the apartment. Location offers a magnificent oversight on the valley of Lucca, Pisa and Leghorn. It has a very big garden including swimming-pool itself.
Location: Situated on Lucca Hills, it is 15' away from the centre of town. It is recommended for people who wish to enjoy the peace and relax offered by Nature but that, at the same time, would like to visit cities of historical interest such as Florence, Pisa, Leghorn, Barga, Bagni di Lucca in around an hour or less. Also easy to reach, there are Garfagnana. It is our wide Mountain Region which offers several magnificent Natural Park. Besides, Versilia is the Rivier known for sandy beaches and night life.
Events: All Lucca's area offers, by night and day, many attractions and historical/cultural events.
Amenities at Casale Lavinia - country house with swimming pool and magnificent oversight wifi
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Top rated by guests
9.5Outstanding
(37 Ratings)
"The Pucetti family are truly wonderful hosts! Friendly, helpful and great fun and happy to leave us alone if required.
The house is perfect for a relaxing holiday.
The view from the patio is sublime a..."
Casale Lavinia has been created on a stable of the XVI century. It is furnished in the typical Country Tuscan Style and offers all the modern comforts. Swimming pool is right next to the apartment. Location offers a magnificent oversight on the valley of Lucca, Pisa and Leghorn. It has a very big garden including swimming-pool itself.
Location: Situated on Lucca Hills, it is 15' away from the centre of town. It is recommended for people who wish to enjoy the peace and relax offered by Nature but that, at the same time, would like to visit cities of historical interest such as Florence, Pisa, Leghorn, Barga, Bagni di Lucca in around an hour or less. Also easy to reach, there are Garfagnana. It is our wide Mountain Region which offers several magnificent Natural Park. Besides, Versilia is the Rivier known for sandy beaches and night life.
Events: All Lucca's area offers, by night and day, many attractions and historical/cultural events.
Amenities
Family friendly
Things to know
Additional fees to expect
Cleaning & other feesWe include all stay related fees in the Cleaning Fee line, which may include cleaning, property manager, resort, tourism and other stay related fees. All Vrbo properties are professionally cleaned after each stay.
Service feeThis helps Vrbo provide a safer and more secure booking experience.
TaxesTaxes on accommodation such as Occupancy Tax, VAT, or GST. May also include tourism fees.
Customer support
Customer support is handled by our partner Vrbo
Ratings and reviews
9.5 / 10.0
Outstanding(37 Ratings)
10.0 / 10.0
Wonderful!
Wonderful!
The Pucetti family are truly wonderful hosts! Friendly, helpful and great fun and happy to leave us alone if required.
The house is perfect for a relaxing holiday.
The view from the patio is sublime and as the light changes the detail evolves, mornings and evenings are particularly delightful!
10.0 / 10.0
Wonderful stay
Wonderful stay
Such a wonderful position , views to die for. Everything was perfect thank you and sorry for delay with the review
5.0 / 10.0
We stayed one week at the house. We really enjoyed the place, quiet, beautiful vieuws. We used the swimming pool every day. Ideal place for visitting Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Cinque Terre. The house and garden are well kept, very clean, complete. Swimming pool cleaned every day. Supermarkets, restaurants, shops enough in Lucca. Owners very friendly and helpfull. We absolutely recommend this house for a visit at Tuscany.
Fam. Burggraaf, Holland
8.0 / 10.0
Lovely place!
Lovely place!
Lovely place in the mountains, quiet and calm. The city and beach of Lucca are a bit far from the house, the shops are located 11 km away. The house owner lives next to the house, helping in everything that is needed.
10.0 / 10.0
Stunning location, views and villa
Stunning location, views and villa
We stayed for 9 nights in June, myself, my wife and 2 young children. I cannot emphasise how beautiful first of all Tuscany is but the villa, gardens and the views at casale lavinia are just second to none. It is just far enough away from everything to feel like you are away from it all, but in reach of everything.
The main town close by is lucca and out of all of the town's we visited (pisa, Florence, viareggio etc) this was by far our favourite and only a 20 minute drive. A local supermarket does amazing bread, and a great deli for all fresh food you will enjoy. The villa has all sorts of herbs growing and fresh lemons, so if you like I did enjoy cooking you will not be disappointed! They also produce wine from their own vines, and also make olive oil
Lastly the hosts, Edo, Maurizio and ilene and just lovely people, you are very much left alone with your privacy to get on with your vacation but I enjoyed their friendly chats when we did bump into them. Thanks so much guys
100 percent would recommend the villa, if you want a slice of Tuscan life for some days. I and my family will remember this holiday forever.
Ps - watch the fireflies at night when it gets dark. Amazing spectacle along with soaring birds of prey and the odd bright green lizard running around
10.0 / 10.0
Super property in beautiful setting
Super property in beautiful setting
Our family of four had a warm welcome from Edu and family despite our late arrival. The property has three good sized bedrooms which are traditionally furnished. The two shower rooms are modern and very clean and the kitchen is well equipped. The reception room is open-plan into the kitchen and overall this space is good but probably not big enough for more than four if you were stuck inside due to bad weather. Outside there is a covered area with a large table and chairs where up to eight could eat and drink comfortably. The outside areas are great; well-maintained with enough seating and sun loungers. The pool is superb; a good size and, again, well-maintained with the owners cleaning and checking the water every evening.
The views of the surrounding hills from the property are great and you can see all the way to Pisa on a clear day.
We loved the location in the hills, for the views and for the general peacefulness. However, due to the road up to the property (quite narrow in places and twisty) it generally takes up to 20 minutes to the nearest small shop and 35 minutes approx. into Lucca with its large supermarkets. Pisa is about one hour away. This was not a problem but worth bearing in mind if you run out of provisions or decide to supersize your rental car.
Edu and his family live in the property behind the rental property, but you would not know that they were there unless you needed them. We found them to be very friendly and helpful and would highly recommend their property.
8.0 / 10.0
Very enjoyable
Very enjoyable
Very picturesque.very clean and just how it looks in the pictures had a relaxing and enjoyable break with my family.Only down side is the journey up to the property and time it takes to get into Lucca,which you need a good twenty minutes to get to even if it is only 10km.However once you are at the property it is worth the journey.Very friendly owners.
Loved the evenings eating outside on the patio.Thankyou would definitely visit again
10.0 / 10.0
Peaceful location with stunning views. Property maintained to a high standard.
Peaceful location with stunning views. Property maintained to a high standard.
Castle Lavinia provided a wonderful holiday for us. The views are the best we have ever had and I never tired of just sitting and taking it all in (on a clear day the leaning tower of Pisa can be seen).
The property and grounds are very tidy and well maintained (pool cleaned daily with the house cleaned and linen refreshed after the first week).
There is plenty to see and do in the area and we certainly feel we could spend another two weeks here without many (if any) repeat activities.
The road to the property can initially be a little hair-raising to drive up (very narrow in places with steep drops) but is fine when you get used to it.
The small supermarket at Sant Alessio is only 15 minutes drive and does great fresh focaccia and other essential items. Lucca itself is also beautiful and has a number of larger shops.
I would say that the drive to Lucca is realistically more like 25 minutes than the 15 mentioned in the details but that's not much of a hardship when you consider the location of the house and the views you get in return.
Owners are very helpful and friendly and were always on hand if needed but we never felt overlooked by them.
Overall a perfect holiday house and location. Usually we like to try different places for our stays but feel Castle Lavinia is so nice we would seriously consider staying here again when we undoubtedly return to this part of Italy.
10.0 / 10.0
Wonderful Tuscan escape
Wonderful Tuscan escape
Six of us returned yesterday from a fortnight at Casale Lavinia, which proved to be a wonderful base from which to explore Northern Tuscany. Edo and his family are outstanding hosts; helpful without being obtrusive, and they were so kind to us throughout our stay. The house itself is beautifully maintained, and we spent a lot of time in and around the garden and pool area, which had the breeze to mediate the heat which some of the towns lower down in the valleys didn't during the current heat wave. As a mark of the care they devote to the place, the pool was cleaned every day, and was pretty idyllic as a place to keep cool and enjoy pool volleyball or just ploughing up and down trying to work off the pizza, pasta and Chianti. We also enjoyed sitting out on the terrace at night in the warm evening breeze, usually with all the outside lights turned off watching shooting stars and enjoying the sounds of the mountains and forest at night (lots of wildlife around - saw wild boar, many foxes, buzzards and some beautiful large butterflies).
A couple of tips - there is no air conditioning in the house itself, and so the bedrooms can become quite hot. It may be worth taking a portable fan or something similar just to get some sort of breeze through the rooms at night (open windows result in mosquitoes getting in). Secondly, the nearest supermarket is a 20 minute drive down the spectacular mountain road so if, as we did, you arrive late on the first evening, it is probably worth doing a food shop in Lucca before you head up the hill to the villa.
A couple of recommended trips...Lucca generally is beautiful, and we had a particularly lovely afternoon cycling around the city walls, which is a really popular pastime and allows you to see the city whilst keeping cool and getting some gentle exercise. Also, a place near Bagni di Lucca (40 min drive) has just recently opened called Canyon Park....stunning gorge adventure place with zip lining, high ropes, and paddle boarding up the gorge. Sounds intimidating but isn't, and has the most stunning opal coloured waters to swim in and clamber up the rocks and jump in...we had several teenagers with us and they, and we, loved it, although the water is cold so takes some getting used to.
Overall, a wonderful place to stay, with lovely hosts and an idyllic setting.
Four adults and two teenage girls in our party stayed for a blissful week in May 2017. Our hosts were kind and most helpful, providing board games and DVDs to keep girls occupied some evenings. Lovely large bedrooms and nice kitchen. Gardens and pool was excellent, well kept and watered and cleaned daily.
We ate outdoors every meal under the covered patio area.
The only slight drawback was that the lounge was a bit small for six people but given the lovely weather this did not prove much of a problem for our party.
Thank you for sharing your lovely home with us.
8.0 / 10.0
We had a fabulous 5 night stay at Casale Lavinia!
We had a fabulous 5 night stay at Casale Lavinia!
our party of 5 had a great stay. the property is top notch. we were impressed with the quality and detail of the construction. new living space within a historic farm building. clean and comfortable. our hosts were available when needed and were very interested in making our stay comfortable and special. we took day trips to Cinque Terre, Pisa, San Gimignano and Lucca. the views from the property (and right out the window) are fantastic! we would highly recommend a stay at Casale Lavinia. the road from Lucca to Casale Lavinia is hilly, narrow and windy, so allow plenty of travel time .
10.0 / 10.0
12 days in Paradise
12 days in Paradise
The house and surroundings are perfect. The first impression on arrival is breathtaking. The garden , pool and all areas from the parking place down to the house itself are well kept, colourfull and tidy. The host family were there to say welcome and show us around. A bottle of their own wine and one of olive oil were placed on the kitchen table on arrival.
We were able to comfortably be 6 people in the house. We could make food each evening on a grill provided and relax and enjoy the quiet warm evenings around a table just outside the kitchen door.
The pool is large enough for a swim and is well maintained each and every day. Many quiet hours were spent here of course. However if one wishes to explore the surrounding area this is easy and there is so much to see.
Therfore, in conclusion, the house and surrounding area has everything.
This was our second visit to the house, and hopefully not our last.
10.0 / 10.0
All very neat, well maintained house. Delicious!!!
All very neat, well maintained house. Delicious!!!
It was wonderful, the location of the House is in 1 Word top. Sure if you like the calm of you rest. You are fully equipped, very complete home and very well maintained. The garden is also beautiful. I can recommend it to everyone!
The only tip I have for the homeowners is placing screens for the windows and doors.
10.0 / 10.0
Beautiful family holiday location.
Beautiful family holiday location.
What a fabulous holiday home in a beautiful location. For our two week stay we booked the main house for our family of 7 and the smaller property too, which comfortably accommodated our daughter and son in law. We used the pool daily (it was cleaned every day by the owners) and visited Lucca (try the K2 restaurant for dinner and "Grom" for dessert) Pisa, Florence (Vesuvio pizzeria is the best!) Viareggio and Montecatini Terme to name just a few. The owners couldn't have been more helpful and friendly, making our stay as enjoyable as possible and Illene speaks wonderful English. It's worth mentioning that the road up from Lucca to the house is pretty narrow at various points, but we took a land rover and a pick up truck up and down each day without any problems and the views from the property are well worth the drive! We had a fantastic time and we will definitely be returning in the future.
8.0 / 10.0
Bella Casale Lavinia
Bella Casale Lavinia
We stayed one week with our family at Casale Lavinia. What a wonderful week we had !!. The owners are hospitable people and always willing to help, in case you needed anything. The house (Italian style) was very nice, fantastic view, great swimming pool (private). The village "Lucca" is nearby (15 minutes drive). You can also reach Pisa and Florance easily by car.
I highly recommended Casale Lavinia.
10.0 / 10.0
Formidable semaine !
Formidable semaine !
Formidable semaine dans un endroit magnifique ! Location tres propre et une piscine entretenue dont les dimensions permettent de nager . L' accueil , la gentillesse et la disponibilite de toute la famille nous ont fait chaud au coeur et nous en gardons un grand souvenir ! Daniel
10.0 / 10.0
In the heart of a Tuscan Vineyard
In the heart of a Tuscan Vineyard
We loved our stay at Casa Lavinia. The location and views are superb and our Hosts very friendly and helpful.
Travellers need to know they must have a car to reach the location which is up in the hills but within easy distance of the local attractions.
The house was clean and thoughtfully presented. Thank you for the wondeful home cooked meal on our last evening.
10.0 / 10.0
Perfect Tuscany vacations
Perfect Tuscany vacations
We spent 7 days there in the summer of 2014. Although the place is slightly difficult of access (~20 minutes drive from Lucca) in a narrow street, once you get there, it is really worth it, as the place is beautiful, quiet and very well maintained. The owners are very welcoming and careful of there guests, always available to help. Kids enjoyed playing with Lavinia, the owners daughter.
The place offers a beautiful view on the valley. We enjoyed walking the owner's plantations of vines, oliveries and gardens. Rooms were large enought for our family of 4 adults and 2 children. The washing machine and bathrooms (2) were super clean and well functionning. The kitchen was fully equiped, although don't forget to buy all spices as nothing is provided. We also enjoyed the pool and patio area.
The place near Lucca is well located for a lots of day-trip. We actually did and enjoyed Vareggio for the beach (40 min), Pisa for the tower (40 min), Florence (1 hour) and the beautiful city of Lucca (20 min)!
Also worthed mentionning, the place is a real paradise for road bikers like me. The place is surrounded with cols.
4.0 / 10.0
Stunning house and views
Stunning house and views
We came to Casale Lavina for a family holiday, after spending 2 weeks at the wonderful location we can’t praise both the house and location high enough. The house is roomy and immaculate throughout. The 3 bedrooms are all well-furnished. Both bathrooms are modern with plenty of fresh towels to hand. The kitchen is well appointed with more than sufficient crockery and kitchen utensils.
The house is set in beautiful gardens with a lovely pool which are all kept to a very high standard by the family who own the house. The family are quite exceptional, they are all warm and welcoming, nothing is too much trouble for them but they are not intrusive in your stay.. Ilene speaks exceptionally good English and was very helpful with advice relating to restaurants and local information.
This wonderful holiday home is located at the top of a wooded mountain which is accessed by a very scenic mountain road . Once at the house the stunning views and tranquillity of the area is more than worth the drive.
We holidayed here with our grown up children (28-17) however the lovely gardens do have a small play area which smaller children would enjoy. Hopefully we will return for further holidays at this exceptional house. We would have no hesitation to recommend the house to our friends and families, indeed we would say everyone should experience the Casale Lavina experience at least once.
Thank you to Edo and your family for our wonderful holiday.
10.0 / 10.0
truely a 5 star holiday
truely a 5 star holiday
This is a 5 star location. Stunning views with very well maintained gardens and pool.
10.0 / 10.0
a beautiful place in Tuscany
a beautiful place in Tuscany
My family and I (two children) have experienced a fantastic time in the hills around Lucca.
The owners are very friendly and helpfull with respect for privacy.
The house and grounds were very clean and well maintained.
Also the pool was maintained daily by the owners.
We will definitely go back again.
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Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Casale Lavinia - country house with swimming pool and magnificent oversight wifi. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.
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We didn’t find pool listed as an amenity for this apartment. It may be worth double checking if a pool is important for your stay.
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