Accommodations at L’Aiaccia consist of the villa, which has four bedrooms and four full baths, and “La Porcilaia”, formerly a pigsty, now a beautiful one-bedroom guest apartment, located directly across the courtyard from the main house.
Ground Floor
Originally the farm’s stable, the ground floor is built in a U-shape around the central entrance loggia – now one of the villa’s two alfresco dining spots. All rooms on the ground floor have doors opening to this open-air loggia. Directly outside the kitchen and dining room, there is a beautiful wisteria-covered alfresco dining area overlooking the formal garden – a particularly lovely spot to enjoy at all times of the day or evening.
The ground floor includes:
- Front entry loggia/ alfresco dining area
- A fully-equipped modern kitchen
- Dining room with large chestnut table
- Family room with a 55” HDTV with SKY Italia satellite TV and DVD player with DVDs
- Library with a large collection of books including many about Italy
- A wisteria-covered alfresco dining area with large travertine table
- Stacked-stone tile bathroom with shower
First Floor
The first floor – the original family living quarters – has a large central living room with a massive working fireplace, an open-air loggia with beautiful views across the countryside, three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. All of the bedrooms are very private and quiet, separated not only by layout, but also by the thick stone walls of the house. Each bedroom has its own individually controlled air-conditioning and heating unit.
The first floor includes:
- Living room with fireplace
- Open-air loggia with large window seat and wicker armchairs with ottomans
- Il Cigno bedroom (The Swan) with king-size canopy bed
- Il Cinghiale bedroom (Tuscany’s ubiquitous wild boar) with two full-size beds
- Il Palio bedroom (Siena’s famous horse race) with two full-size beds
- Hall bathroom with tub/shower
- Mosaic-tiled bathroom with shower and dressing area
Second Floor
From the first floor loggia, stairs lead to Il Torre (The Tower) bedroom. This air-conditioned room has a king-size bed, and features a striking chestnut-beamed vaulted ceiling and an arched window with views across the countryside to Castagnoli. When originally built, this floor was accessible only by ladder and the space was used for storage and for its unique “pigeon windows”: the four tiny windows set in the room’s thick stone walls. These tiny window nooks provided birds a protected place to nest, and provided the farmer easy access to their eggs.
Il Torre includes:
- A king-size bed
- An en-suite bathroom with shower
- A reading nook with lovely hand-embroidered Florentine pillow
Guest House – “La Porcilaia”
Located directly across the courtyard from the main house, the front door of La Porcilaia opens to a lovely living room with a large fireplace. Special furnishings include a traditional Tuscan bread chest and a coffee table made from an antique wrought-iron gate. Down three steps is a lovely king bedroom and a full bathroom.
La Porcilaia features:
- Living room with large fireplace, sofa and 2 armchairs
- Air-conditioned bedroom with a king-size wrought iron bed
- Travertine bathroom with a large shower with bench and handrails to accommodate less agile guests