3 bedrooms detached house, 120 m²

Pescaglia, Lucca (province)

On the outskirts of the medieval village of Colognora di Pescaglia, La Marginetta is a restored stone barn with a floor area of around 120 sqm and 6000 sqm land (about 1.3 acres) with permission for an in-ground swimming pool. Olive trees, cherry trees and apple trees.

La Marginetta is built over 2 levels and comprises fitted kitchen and lounge with fireplace on the ground floor and 3 bedrooms and shower room upstairs.

Access is along an accessible 400m track.

The beautiful medieval stone built village of Colognora, a UNESCO World Heritage Centre and home of the famous “Chestnut Museum” (http://www.museodelcastagno.it – in Italian but the pictures in the photo-gallery speak for themselves) is only 20 km north of Lucca, and about the same from Bagni di Lucca.

A bread van comes every day, fruit and vegetables twice a week and general grocery van once or twice a week. You can buy fresh eggs and chickens from the locals and there is a café/restaurant in Vetriano, about 1km away.

The bustling village of Diecimo (10 minutes drive) has a good variety of shops (including 3 grocers, bakery, flower shop, hardware shop) and restaurants as well as a small railway station on the main Pisa/Lucca to Aulla line. The easy drive to the beach (Viareggio) is 50 minutes and the excellent ski resort of Abetone is just over an hour away.

Pisa airport is 1 hour away.