Villa dell’Angelo

For almost 50 years the owners have cultivated their passion for antiques and have furnished the villa with pieces acquired from antique dealers, auction sales or antique fairs. Some of the more particular pieces are the beautiful doors in each room. Particularly the two doors in the central lounge and the one of the green bedroom on ground floor. All of 17th cent. The kitchen has a double marble sink, 250 years old and a collection of 12 ceramic tiles with zodiac symbols of the beginning of last century, over the stove.

Worth notice is a big 17th century chestnut plaque over the wide stairs down into the big lounge/dining room. In this spacious room there is a magnificient set of 10 chestnut Florentine chairs of the 17th centuty and a spectacular and remarkable stone fire place from the Northern part of Italy, which dates back to the 16th century. In the master bedroom a double painted 18th cent. door from a noble palace in Naples and a 17th century chest. In the red bedroom a very fine Louis XV wardrobe. There are many antique prints on the walls from different parts of Italy (Venice, Rome, Naples etc). Objects d’art can be seen throughout the villa. All the rooms have Persian carpets. Many other pieces, more or less important, have all been chosen in the spirit of tracing our roots back to the past. Also in the garden one can find stone pieces, as well as old terrracotta Tuscan vases.

Ground Floor

Large lounge-dining room which seats up to 14 people and has a large fireplace with lounges and armchairs. There is also a lovely view of the garden and pool area as well as views looking up to the old town (the original town) of Monsummano Alto. Another sitting come lounge room which leads to the big Tuscan kitchen with its own fireplace and antique style oven. On this floor there is a bathroom decorated with an antique basin and floor but with modern design shower . There is also a double bedroom which gives onto a covered verandah with table and chairs (actually church pews) for eating overlooking the pool and hillside towns.

First Floor

They are furnished with antique furniture, paintings and Persian carpets. From the entrance there is a stone staircase leading to the bedrooms It has a beautiful wrought iron 17thC bannister. On the floor of the middle and top landings of the staricase there are cotto tiles dipicting the Florentine lily. On the ceiling there are cotto rosettes painted in imitation bronze. One main bedroom (30 sq.mtrs.) with its own bathroom with Turkishbath/shower and a lovely view up to Monsummano Alto which is lit up at night. Another bedroom which is a little smaller and has a view over the valley, olive groves, woods and pool. It shares a bathroom (with a Jacuzzi bath and shower with light and aroma therapy) with the third bedroom which has two single beds which, on rerquest, can be put together to form a double bed. This also has a pigeon hole window which looks up to Monsummano Alto (Alto means “on high”). All the upstairs bedrooms have antique cotto floors and beams, which have been restored with taste and care by the owners.