Luxury Villa With Heated Infinity Pool & Air Conditioning, Tuscany Umbria Border
Fonticchio di Sopra is a superb luxury villa finished to the highest standards and with stupendous views across the Niccone Valley and Tuscany Umbria border. It has 6 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.
Fonticchio has air cooling and heating throughout the house, and also heating for the swimming pool. These are powered as much as possible by climate-friendly solar panels and heat pumps.
Fonticchio Di Sopra, Villa Description
Fonticchio di Sopra
Recently restored to the highest standard, this luxury villa will meet your highest expectations. The position above the Niccone Valley offers privacy and incredible views which the infinity edged pool takes full advantage of.
Large Luxury Villa
It has 6 bedrooms and 6 en-suite bathrooms. The villa has a modern, fully equipped kitchen, a large dining room with folding doors that can be opened to connect it to the garden and a comfortable living area.
Villa Layout
Fonticchio di Sopra comprises two buildings, the main house and a small annexe with a bedroom and bathroom.
Main House
Main House: Ground Floor
Kitchen, dining room, living area, library, bedroom 1, en-suite bathroom wheelchair access, wc + washbasin.
All the rooms on the ground floor have access to the garden.
KItchen: The kitchen is large, modern and equipped with everything you need.
Dining Room: Adjacent to the kitchen is the spacious and light dining room surrounded by folding glass doors that allow you to open the room up to the garden in good weather. You can lift off the top of the dining table and convert it into a snooker table.
Bedroom 1: an en-suite double bedroom with wheelchair access is off to one side.
WC & Washbasin: Near the ground floor front entrance there is a separate WC with washbasin.
Living Room/ Library Study: At the back of the house there is an open plan living area with comfortable sofas, fireplace and large, flat screen TV. External doors lead out onto a shady seating area with more comfortable seating. Inside, this living room flows into the double height space below the staircase, there is a small table and four chairs here. Beyond the stairwell is a comfortable library / study with built in bookshelves, desk and two reading chairs. This room can be closed off from the rest of the living area.
Main House Upper Floor, Bedrooms 2, 3, 4 & 5 each with en-suite bathroom
The internal stair case winds up from the ground floor around a double height space allowing access to the following bedrooms:
- Bedroom 2, double bed, en-suite bathroom with large walk in shower
- Bedroom 3, double bed, en-suite bathroom with large walk in shower and free standing tub, from this room there is access to a covered terrace with views of the garden .
- Bedroom 4, twin beds, en-suite bathroom
- Bedroom 5, twin beds, en-suite bathroom
Annexe
Annexe Lower Floor, Utility Room with washing machine and dryer
Annexe Upper Floor, Double bedroom with en-suite bedroom
The annexe can be used as a separate TV room or the sofa can be converted into a double bedroom with en-suite bathroom (shower).
Garden and Pool
The grounds around the house are planted with mature trees, immediately at the front is a formal garden with flower beds and shrubs. The gravelled parking area is beyond this.
At the back of the living room there is a shaded outdoor seating area with comfortable sofas, coffee table and chairs, a short walk across the lawn is a large pergola and outdoor dining area with magnificent views.
The infinity edge pool is just a little further, it has a wide cotto tile surround and another pergola with more seating.
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Villa Location
The secluded location in the hills of the Niccone Valley offers you privacy and incredible views across to nearby Tuscany.In the summer (late July / August) the village of Preggio has a classical music festival, as well as classical concerts an opera is held outside in the grounds of the church, see our Events in Tuscany & Umbria page, also, if you are here later in the autumn, don’t miss the Preggio Chestnut Festival. Preggio has an enoteca (wine bar), a bar, a small supermarket and a restaurant called La Castagna. The Niccone Valley has many Restaurants and there are shops and bars in the villages of Mercatale di Cortona and Lisciano Niccone as well as the closest town of Umbertide. The is also a nearby winery, I Girasoli di Sant’Andrea where you can buy local wines and eat at the adjacent restaurant.
Visit Tuscany & Umbria From This Villa
Umbertide is the nearest town and there are small shops in Mercatale di Cortona and Lisciano Niccone, two nearby villages. Lake Trasimeno, Cortona, Perugia and Città di Castello are all around 30-40 minutes’ drive. Assisi, Spoleto, Montefalco, Sansepolcro, Arezzo, Montepulciano, Siena, Orvieto and Florence are all easily visited as day trips from Fonticchio di Sopra.
Our party of five couples enjoyed a first rate holiday at Fonticchio in May. Everything about the house is exceptional, from the beautiful drive through the countryside to reach it to the stunning views from every angle and the well planned,comfortably furnished interior. There was plenty of space so that we never felt overcrowded. The local area has some great restaurants too. Fonticchio is highly recommended for friends and families. We had a fantastic stay at Fonticchio! The villa was well equipped, and perfect for our group. We thoroughly enjoyed it. We loved our time at the villa. The house and the grounds were amazing. It was all lovely and so peaceful and quiet. We will keep very happy memories of our week there. Stupendous Views in a Stunning Location We had high hopes for our stay in Fonticchio di Sopra, and our expectations were surpassed in every way. The house is simply stunning! I will never forget the first time I looked out across the hills from the pool terrace; I am fortunate to have visited many renowned places, but the view there is utterly remarkable. I would have to say that it is the best I have ever seen. The property is completely perfect, stupendous outlook from every vantage point - especially the pool area from where I am typing this ???? We had high expectations before we arrived, but the while group is agrees that the place is extraordinary. Fonticchio di Sopra is a stunning property in a fabulous location. It is extremely comfortable and catered for all our needs, we loved the outside sitting area at the back of the house, great for evening drinks and the infinity pool has unforgettable views. It would be hard to find a better property at the price, I am already thinking about booking it again next year.
A big thank you to Emma and Martin for being incredibly responsive and helpful beyond just the villa logistics but also for all your advice and guidance/ recommendations. We wouldn't have had as good an experience if it wasn't for this.
Martin - a special thank you for your restaurant and vineyard recommendations. The food everywhere was excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed the wine tasting day (particularly Pardi).
Tecla was also great - very responsive and helpful. Her husband even helped one of our cars get up to Fonticchio as there was a handbrake issue.
We loved our stay in Fonticchio di Sopra. It is such a comfortable, well-equipped property with wonderful views over the Niccone Valley. The peace and tranquillity was a welcome relief from the hustle and bustle of London life. The bedrooms and bathrooms are big and the house is a terrific venue for large groups.
We live in a rural part of England and enjoy a tranquil environment, but at Fonticchio there was literally no man made noise to intrude upon the feeling of truly splendid isolation.
Within the house, the room layouts were perfect. The outdoor dining area had most use, although we did use the garden room, and the kitchen bench too. The loggia was a great place to sit and enjoy a drink right at the end of the night, and we had a few evenings using the pool table.
All of the bedrooms were extremely comfortable – good sizes, and the bathrooms were great. I even had a need to use the library for a day’s urgent work, and found it a very comfortable and effective place to make calls and write my documents.
My brother, who is a designer, was very pleased by the high quality furnishings (as was I, but he knew the names of the chairs and sofas). The property is described as “finished to the highest quality inside and out” but I think it would be completely legitimate to find an even more superlative expression! The property is a clear attempt to reach perfection, and in my opinion, it has achieved the aim.
Lastly, before we booked, I swapped mails with Emma about our potential concerns that there would not be enough to keep our youngest nephew fully occupied. These worries were proved to be completely unfounded. As suggested we took a trip to Perugia, which was wonderful. Then 2 trips to Lake Trasimeno – including lunch on the Island at Da Sauro which was very good, to Montepulciano (stunning), Bagno Vignoni (beautiful) , Siena and Gubbio. Travelling was very easy (although I was very pleased that the car had satnav!)
Luxury villa near Preggio, Tuscany Villa with Infinity Pool, Luxury holiday Niccone Valley, Luxury Villa Mercatale di Cortona
- 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms + wc
- Sleeps up to 12 adults + 3 children
- All adult beds in main house king size, annexe, queen size
- Luxury villa with air conditioning
- Washing machine and drier
- Infinity pool, incredible views
- Snooker / pool table
- Outdoor living room
- Location: Niccone Valley near Preggio, Reschio, Bastia Creti, Mercatale di Cortona, Lisciano Niccon
- Please see our Terms and Conditions
- £500 returnable damage deposit
- A deposit of one third of price secures booking
- Rest payable two months before the start of your holiday
- House heating and air-conditioning available
- Pool heating available
- Near Umbertide, Cortona, Perugia, Lake Trasimeno
- Also visit Assisi, Gubbio, Arezzo, Montepulciano, Spoleto, Orvieto, Florence
- Pool Heating £40 /day
- AC / Heating £45 / day