Its the little touches
Your Tuscan Room
All our rooms are totally unique and individually designed by us, using traditional materials of Tuscany. Each inspired by a different animal of Tuscany, with a grand showpiece of a hand crafted, beautiful mosaic in each bathroom. The chairs and furniture in all the room are individually crafted, using our inspiration, by local and international artisans. All rooms are equipped with super fast wifi, smart TV, complimentary minibar, heated bathroom mirror, heated bathroom floor, and modern intelligent lighting. Your stay is eco-friendly with energy efficient on-demand heating and cooling system, a heat recuperating system and all water that you use in the sink, shower and bath is cleaned on site and recycled for toilets and other purposes in the house and garden.
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Century
Tower
Accessible
Private
Outdoor
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Bathtub
Panoramic
Views
Breakfast
We know that breakfast makes the whole day better. At La Torre the day starts with our seasonal breakfast, served daily from 8am to 10am in our garden portico. Serving a selection of cold choices, cereals, smoothies, juices and pastries, buffet style, plus on demand, freshly cooked hot dishes from our kitchen. Organic eggs, fruits, vegetables & honey from our farm, together with produce such as ham and cheeses from other local farms, are part of the daily offering.
All Rooms Include...
Organic Vineyard & Olive Growth
The house is situated in a valley surrounded by our 6 hectares of Organic Vineyard, bordered by 180 olive trees. When we purchased the property the vineyard was abandoned, so from 2020 to 2024 we have painstakingly repaired and replanted. The rewards will be reaped in 2025 when we will make our first vintage, using our fully restored wine making room with all the latest technology for making the best possible wine. Then 3/4 of the wine will then be put for barrel ageing in our newly built underground wine cellar. At that point we will be offering wine tasting in our special wine tasting room and terrace overlooking the farm. Stay tuned for updates as we continue to prepare for our first wine.
A bit of privacy?
Private Events
We love an event, no matter whether it is a special occasion for your 40th birthday to share with a small group of close friends or a romantic wedding that can host over 100 guests. And what’s more, we love an event that your guests will be talking about for the rest of their lives. After all, we celebrated our marriage in Iceland, with 60 guests joining us, all planned from overseas without ever visiting the country before! Some say ‘mad’, but we say, ‘why not?’.
The house, gardens and swimming pool area will be all yours, so each meal can be customised, each event designed exactly for your liking and every detail designed with our personal touch. We have a ton of ideas how to make your private stay incredibly unique; a once in a lifetime experience for you to share with your friends and family, for a very special treat.
Bees of La Torre 🐝
Together with our friends Andrea and Giacomo from 'Apicoltura Il Sentiero' we have 19 boxes of beautiful bees on site. When they installed the bees on our farm, we made a commitment to them that we will make our farm as 'bee friendly' as possible. It compliments what we are already trying to achieve with our organic farm, as it allows us to pursue innovative ways of farming. Because of the bees we have planted 1500 new lavender plants, 140 new trees, and another 1200 bee friendly bushes, shrubs and plants. We know the bees are grateful, due to the large amount of organic honey they produce, which you can taste during breakfast or purchase on site. We can also arrange an educational tour.
Onsite Tasting & Tour
We were amazed the first time we did honey tasting and a tour of the bees.
Top Bar Bee Hive
We have one traditional top bar bee hive, to show how bees make their home naturally.
Andrea and Giacomo have hundreds of bee hives all over Tuscany. A honey tasting session with them is an absolute must.
The Environment - Towards Off Grid
From the beginning we both had wanted our house and farm to be as environmentally friendly as possible. It is why we opted for organic farming techniques even though they are particularly difficult. We are super proud of what we have achieved so far, we still have huge ideas and plans for the future towards our goal of complete off grid.
Producing Our Own Electricity
We have 110 red solar panels, which produces just under 40kW, carefully integrated into the roofs of our buildings so not to distract. Together with our 100kWh battery system we will be producing enough electric for our farm, house & swimming pool!
Waste Water Recycling On Site
All the water from the guests rooms showers and sinks, as well as the washing machines is cleaned on site, and re-used in our toilets, cleaning water, irrigation and swimming pool. This system reduces our water consumption by 50%
Energy Recuperation
We have used the latest technology, of energy recuperating heat pumps, meaning, when we cool our guest rooms in the summer, waste heat is produced which is recycled back into our hot water system and swimming pool. Likewise when we heat in the winter, cool waste is produce and re-used in our wine making cellar.
Solar Thermal Panels for Hot Water
To help reduce our electrical need we have Solar Thermal Panels on the roof, allowing the hot water for our bathrooms and swimming pool to be virtually heated for free. Whats more is our whole farm system is integrated, so the heat energy can be directed where it is needed.
Batteries for Solar Electric Accumalation
We have 100kWh of batteries to store energy during the day which we can use during the night. It's just the right size for our panels as we often over produce in the summer months.
Let us host your Wedding or Ceremony
With a purpose built ceremony garden, that can sit up to 120 people we would love the opportunity to host your big day. Our ceremony garden was specifically designed, giving a beautiful walk passed mixed Italian hedges, though arches of rose and grapes and then finally though the vineyard to access the area. Together with inbuilt speakers, lighting and ability to add rose arch for a backdrop, it's guaranteed to be instagram worthy and very special for you and your guests.
We have a wedding venue license so we are able to perform civil ceremonies on site, with a celebrant from the local commune.