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This typical Tuscan farmhouse,
situated between Lucca and Collodi (Pinocchio’s village),
dates back to XIX century. The current owner, a journalist
whose family home it used to be, has recently and lovingly
restored it into a holiday home. A conservative renovation
has been carried out to preserve the charming rural Tuscan
architecture. The half stone painting tecnique has been applied
on external and internal walls. Most of the rooms have beamed
ceilings, cotto-tiles, bricks-walls, stone staircases, fireplaces
and one also newly-restored decorative frescos. The colours
– pink, green, violet, yellow – are redolent of
the endless nuances of the Tuscan countryside.
The Casolare del Lauro, at the feet of gentle Lucchesi
hills, dotted with vineyards and olive groves, was originally
in three parts and today converted into independent holidays
apartments. Casa Elsa is the former old stable. The
Fienile was both the cellar and, on first floor, the
hayloft which was once reached with a steep ladder. Even the old pig-house,
with the adjoining chicken-run, has been maintained. They
are all in the “corte”, the typical inner court
still in use in many little Tuscan villages – in this
case the “corte Menchino”, an ideal place
in which to relax and for children to play in.
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