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Situated at the foot of Amiata Mountain, the Etruscan Olympus, Cortevecchia, with its 2.300 hectares estate, was part of an ancient domain that spread from Maremma to the triangle formed by SIENA, GROSSETO, and ORVIETO.
The Fiora river crosses it.
Its position is unique: only 12 km from Saturnia and its thermal waterfalls, 25km from Pitigliano, 22km from the medieval village of Sorano, 18km from Sovana and just 1 hour drive from the sea.
Since time immemorial, Cortevecchia has been a great farming estate which, up to the 70s, gave work to about 6oo countrymen, providing nursery and primary schools for their families.
Nowadays Cortevecchia is a unique biological oasis, the home of wild animals like boars, fallow deer, mouflons and foxes and also a stock farm breeding cattle, sheep and horses.
Among its products you can find: Pasta and wholemeal bread made with biological wheat,Biological extra-virgin oil (from 8.000 olive-trees), Hams, sausages honey and excellent home made jams.
Last but not least, Cortevecchia offers accommodation for country life lovers in
16 of its 60 farm-houses a big country house or "Villa" a small palace or "Palazzina" The "Palazzina" and the "Villa" as well as the 16 farm-houses (offering accommodation for about 150/170guests), have been fully renovated... but that's not all in addition to stables and stores there are: 60 farm-houses, a big country house,the small palace.
The small palace and the country house as well as 16 farm-houses have been fully renovated.
Cortevecchia also offers: 3 restaurants,
3 swimming-pools (with heated water too),
2 congress rooms, tennis court and mini-football, riding school with competition ring, stables, squash, The "Verzura" Theatre, archery ground (under construction) minigolf.
Tuscan properties were divided into smaller units called "poderi", ach unit was assigned to a single farmer and his family, who were in charge of tilling the soil and breeding the cattle.
They lived in "cascine",or farm-houses which have now been restored to their original style.
The houses are equipped with up to date household appliances and provide excellent accommodation for our guests. |
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Tenuta Cortevecchia
Località Cortevecchia
Semproniano - 58055
Grosseto
Web: www.tenutacortevecchia.it
GPS Coordinate:
latitude 42.729914 (42° 43'
47,69'')
longitude 11.540671 (11°
32' 26,42'')
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