Il Mulino di Monteromano in Sestino, Arezzo Area, Tuscany, Italy
Il Mulino di Monteromano is in Sestino, in the eastern most point of Tuscany, surrounded by le Marche. It is a 200-year-old stone structure that was once a water-powered mill-- or a “mulino” in Italian. The Mulino sits in an own private valley in the foothills of the Apennine Mountains. Our driveway is a national hiking trail that leads up to the Parco Naturale del Sasso Simone e Simoncello. The Mulino is within a 30 minute drive of Urbino, Urbania, Sant’ Angelo in Vado, Mercatallo sul Metauro, Carpegna in the Province of Pesaro Urbino in the Region of Le Marche. The city of Arezzo and numerous tourist sites in Umbria and Tuscany are within 1 to 2 hours drive. This is a region that globalization has not yet touched. It reminds us of the Italian phrase “the best wine comes in small bottles.” The relaxed pace of the region also makes it a safe, easy place to vacation with children. Our young children love to go hiking, fossil hunting, and boulder hopping in the creek below the house.
Sestino, Sestino, Sansepolcro area, Arezzo Area, Tuscany, Italy, Europe
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Nearest airport:
Rimini at (68 kilometres)
distance from the nearest beach
(45 kilometres)
Nearest train station:
Pesaro at (65 kilometres)
Nearest motorway:
E-45 at (45 kilometres)
Car
recommended
Il Mulino di Monteromano is on the 'Piero della Francesca trail' in the foothills of the Apennines of East Tuscany.
The Mulino is within a 30 minute drive of Urbino, Urbania, Sant’ Angelo in Vado, Mercatallo sul Metauro, Carpegna in the Province of Pesaro Urbino in the Region of Le Marche. The city of Arezzo and numerous tourist sites in Umbria and Tuscany are within 1 to 2 hours drive. The Adriatic beaches such as Rimini are less than 1 hour by car.
Rental rates for the Il Mulino di Monteromano in Sestino, Arezzo Area, Tuscany, Italy
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Dates
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per week
per weekend night
per mid-week night
minimum stay
Long term off season
1 Oct 2008
31 Mar 2009
1 Month
* All information without guarantee. Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.
Notes to the rental rates: These rates may be negotiable, depending upon availability. These rates include electric utilities for hot water, gas for cooking and water. The house is heated by an automatic wood-pellet stove on the first floor and two wood stoves on the second floor. The cost of fuel for these stoves is not included in the rental rates. Pellets are available at local hardware stores, and firewood is available from the caretaker. A four-wheel drive vehicle is needed to navigate the 600-meter driveway which is currently too rocky for passage by a two-wheel drive automobile. While staying at the Mulino, our guests are welcome to use our four-wheel drive Opel for this purpose.
The master bedroom is decorated with antiques from our family. A crib that can also serve as an open sided child's bed is available in that room as well.
The sleeping balcony has two new single beds.
The downstairs bedroom has a fold out couch.
The ground floor and the upper floors are accessible by a circular staircase, or by walking up the hill outside.
Bathroom:
1 shower
Bathroom 1 (full) - 1 toilet, 1 shower enclosure, 1 bidet, New in 2006
Like the rest of the house, this bathroom was installed completely new during the extensive renovations that were completed in December, 2006.
Floor Area:
90 m² (1 sq m aprox. = 10 sq ft)
Accommodation type:
self-catering
Location type:
mountain
rural
Theme:
away from it all
budget
General:
central heating
Kitchen:
4 ring stove
freezer
fridge
grill
Living / family room:
tiled stove
comfy seating for 6 people
Dining:
child's highchair
dining area
eating seating for 6 people
Outside:
barbecue
car
child's swing
garden
6 garden chairs
Suitability:
children welcome
long term renters welcome
pets not allowed
Notes
We make our automobile available for use by short-term tenants to navigate the 600-meter gravel driveway, as the road can be too bumpy for rental cars. Long-term tenants are able to use our automobile for daily local transportation.
The pleasures of this area remind us of the Italian phrase “the best wine comes in small bottles.” After the grandeur of Rome or Florence, many of the experiences in this region may seem small-scale, but they are personal, memorable and relaxing.
Some of the experiences that come to mind include: dining in San Leo on home-made pasta followed by a plate of local cheese that has been aged under a layer of oak leaves; hiking up to the medieval tower to watch the sunrise over the hills; cooking hand-made sausages from the butcher shop in Sestino on a camp fire in the yard of the Mulino; and listening to a cloistered choir singing evening vespers in a convent outside Urbania.
The relaxed pace of the region also makes it a safe, easy place to vacation with children. Our young children love to go hiking, berry picking, fossil hunting, and boulder-hopping in the dry creek. The beach is an hour away, and there are numerous old fortresses and other sites to explore in the area.
Exploring local villages
There are many quaint villages nearby. The best of these include Frontino, Mercatale sul Metauro, and San Angelo in Vado. Here is a short tourism itinerary for some of the towns closest to il Mulino:
Urbino is the home of the Ducal Palace of the Duchy of Urbino, one of the finest collections of Renaissance art and architecture in all of Italy. Urbino is about 45 kilometers from the Mulino and should not be missed by any visitor.
Within one hour drive are: San Leo, San Marino, and Pesaro to the East.
To the West in Tuscany and Umbria, are San Sepolcro, Arezzo, Anghiari, Gubbio, Perugia and Florence, all within 45 minutes to 2.5 hours by car.
Outdoor activities are plentiful
Our driveway is also part of a hiking trail that leads up to the Parco di Sasso Simone e Simoncello. The park's website has mountain bike and horseback tour itineraries. A local guide is available to give you an ecological tour of the park. For information on these activities, contact the Sestino tourism office by e-mail: centro.visita@comunedisestino.it.
Both the tourism associations of the Metauro Valley and of the Macerata Feltria area have published hiking and biking maps that allow you to hike or bike on trails and country roads through the region while staying at bed and breakfasts (“agroturismo”) along the way. The “HappyBike” company in Urbania arranges bike tours of the region and rents bicycles.
The Mulino has some of the best astronomical star watching in all of Italy, as it is in the top ten darkest places -- the star-filled sky is stunning on a clear evening.
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