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If you're looking for Tuscany vacation possibilities, this home rental (sleeps 10) near Lucca, Tuscany, Italy, provides a marvellous marriage of comfort and tradition.
La Palazzina sits on a hillside overlooking the Lucca valley: on clear days you can see the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Versilian coastline. Locals spend their days off enjoying this beautiful area with extensive vineyards, olive groves and dense chestnut woods.
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All the famous Tuscan cities are within comfortable reach, which makes this house a perfect outpost for cultural trips. The Versilian coast, with Forte dei Marmi and Camaiore, is only a short drive away. Or you can spend your days sitting under the pergola and gazing at the lovely view. This very charming house, along a typical Tuscan road that meanders between the hamlets of Pieve S. Stefano and Vecoli, was restored some 15 years ago preserving the original feel.
[ local map | map of Tuscany ]Some of the former stables are still in their original state, and don’t be surprised if one day the shepherd with his flock passes your house, because the 550 hectare estate is still in full production. Renowned for its olive oil, it also produces fine wines and other products like honey and olives.
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The story of Forci probably began in the fourteenth century with the Buonvisi family, who were known for four centuries before that, in the time of the German Emperor Otto III. The comet on the coat of arms and the motto 'Each day I intend to do good' sit well with the family's history. They were to be councillors of state, silk merchants with houses and warehouses all over Europe, bankers and cardinals who over the centuries enjoyed the friendship of kings, philosophers and men of letters. Michel de Montaigne, who visited Forci, wrote of the loggia, the aviary and the fine summer dinners. After a long period of decline, Count Vincenzo Giustiniani purchased the property and changed its agricultural direction. Today his grand-daughter, Diamantina Scola-Camerini, carries on the work, backing up the sale of the estate's produce with the rental from the farmhouses.
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