Farmhouse rental Casa dell`Ambasciatore
Vivo d'Orcia TuscanyLight and airy house - CLASS LISTED / LANDMARKED BUILDING
Overview
Casa dell’Ambasciatore is a charming house standing on its own on the edge of the hamlet, surrounded by a garden and wide stretching views onto open fields and the Monte Amiata in the background.
The entrance over the terrace with pergola and dining table leads straight into the large living room with a large fireplace and open plan kitchen. The room is generously furnished with two large sofas and a dining table. French windows lead onto the terrace to one side and into the garden to the other side of the room.
A few steps lead down to the two bedrooms and bathrooms. These rooms can be turned into doubles or twins according to the wishes of our guests. Both bedrooms have French windows into the garden.
The pool of the estate is 2 minutes on foot from the house.
Service available
- Household on demand
- First shopping
- Baby equipment
For a detailed description of each service, click here
- Hifi stereo
- Satellite TV
- Pool
- Fireplace
- Dogs welcome
- Parking Whithin the estate
Floorplan of the villa

1 large living and dining room with open plan kitchen
2 double / twin bedrooms
2 bathrooms, one with shower, the other with a tub
garden :
Table and chairs for al fresco dining
Fenced pool, 6 x 10 m, can be reached in 2 minutes by foot and is shared with other tenants.
Map & Getting there
- Abbadia San Salvatore 12 minutes
- Pienza 35 minutes
- Montalcino 45 minutes
- Montepulciano 47 minutes
- Orvieto 1 hour 25 minutes
- Siena 1 hour 30 minutes
- Florence 2 hours
- Rome 2 ½ hours
Guest reviews
We had the most wonderful time at Vivo d'Orcia. It was all peace and beauty, and I would urge anyone who wants to see the 'real' Tuscany to go there.
It is very isolated, and so not suitable to everyone's taste. You need to have some adventure in your soul to go there!
The Casa dell'Ambasciatore is beautifully restored to a very high level. It has everything one needs for comfort, and the meal we had ordered was one of the best we have ever tasted. Jonathon Radford, the head gardener at Vivo was there to help with any questions or issues and is a wonderful asset to the visitor.
Thank you so much for helping us with this holiday. We look forward to our next adventure with you!
Joy Travisano, UK, October 2008
Dear Trust and Travel
I just wanted to write and tell you what a wonderful time we had at Vivo D'Orcia. My wife says it was the best holiday she has ever had.
From the moment we arrived, it met - and exceeded - our high expectations.
The house and location are beautiful, it was clean and well-stocked with food for us, and all the arrangements for our late arrival went very smoothly.
We were very impressed with the way your company handled the booking, and all communications were very comprehensive and clear.
Put us down as two very satisfied customers.
The only glitch - and it was our fault - was that we had to make several trips to the bank because we hadn't noticed the warning that they only take cash.
I know it was on one of the briefing sheets you sent, but we missed it.
Jonathan - who looked after us at Vivo D'Orcia - said other clients had also arrived under the misunderstanding about credit cards being acceptable. My only suggestion for an improvement would be to put the 'cash only' message in bold type on all correspondence.
We have wonderful memories, wonderful photographs - and we are already talking about returning to Vivo d'Orcia.
When we do, it will certainly be with your company.
Thanks to all your staff for helping make our trip so memorable.
N.E. Canada, September 2007
Guten Tag Frau Trautmannsdorff,
Die Unterkunft in der Toscana war in einem guten Zustand. Der „Betreuer“ ist immer erreichbar gewesen. Beschreibung, also Prospekt angaben, stimmten mit der Realität überein. Das Haus wurde in einem sauberen, guten Zustand übergeben. Wir waren sehr zufrieden. In den ersten Tagen fehlten 2 Liegestühle die aber dann gestellt wurden. Wir hatten nur ein Problem: am Anreisetag fand ein 24stündiges Mountainbike rennen statt. Die Anfahrt vom Ortskern war total blockiert. Nur mit Hilfe einer netten Italienerin wurden wir dann mit erheblichen Aufwand durch Organisationshelfer durchgelassen. Es wäre zu überlegen ob solche Veranstaltungen den Mietern im voraus zur Kenntnis gegeben werden bzw. die Organisatoren müssen über Anreisende informiert werden.
Mit freundlichem Gruß Dieter
G., Deutschland, August 2008
Our family enjoyed staying at the Casa dell’Ambasciatore. It was a lovely house, beautiful setting and we had a pleasant , restful time. It was also great that Vivo d’Orcia was about 6° cooler than the valley itself, as we were here during a heatwave.
Thanks you all so much for your help.
Mrs. M, USA-New York, June 2007
We will be back. Please keep this place the way it is. Beautiful, mellow, inspiring, magical. Perfect. We look forward to seeing Jonathans new creations and having home-deliveried 5 course meals again when we return.
Christine, Tim, Enrik, Anneke, Basel,Switzerland, June 2007
Une semaine trop vite passée dans un cadre somptueux, la nature, le soleil et surtout le calme qui nous fait un bien fou! Merci à Daria pour son aide lorsque nous nous sommes retrouvés enfermés dehors ü Merci aux hôtes du Domaine pour nous avoir si bien conseillé pour les restaurants. Notre meilleur souvenir reste „La Porta“ à Monticchiello. Notre plus belle visite : Sienne assurément!
Famille Ch., Belgium, Août 2008
......and the only thing we did was to sit on the terrace, in the garden or at the fire place and looked at the landscape, the Monte Amiata and enjoued the beautiful house + estate. Next time we have to see Tuscany.
Irene, Netherlands, April 2007
Eine wunderschöne Woche in diesem traumhaften Ferienhaus verging leider viel zu schnell.
Stefan, Nicoletta, Moritz und Anton, Deutschland, September 2006
Nous avons énormément joui de ce séjour. La „Casa dell’Ambasciatore“ et son entourage ont de loin excédé nos attentes. Nous y avons trouvé le calme, la beauté de lieux, une maison aménagée avec goût et soin. Un grand merci pour l’acceuil chaleureux.
Patrick, Valérie, Arnaud et Thibault, Belgique, Août 2006
Nous sommes partis avec la société Trust and Travel en Aout 2008 et gardons un excellent souvenir de ces vacances, tant point de vue organisation avant notre départ qu'une fois sur place, la maison louée correspondait exactement aux photos présentées sur le site, même mieux! Nous sommes partis à 4 dont deux enfants de 8 et 10 ans, tout s'est très bien passé, nous avons étés très bien entourés, il s'agissait pour nous d'une première expérience de réservation via internet et nous pensons certainement refaire un voyage avec Trust and Travel prochainement, nous conseillons leur société sans hésitation.
Stéphanie Chenet et Christophe Gustin, Belgique, Août 2008
Unser 1-wöchiger Aufenthalt im Casa dell'Ambasciatore hat unsere Vorstellungen bei weitem übertroffen. Es war paradisisch - ein wahrer Genuß für Augen und Seele! Ein absoluter Traum, den wir alsbald möglich wiederholen möchten. Ein perfekter Urlaub!!
N. Burghagen, Deutschland, August 2010
Rates
(rates in €/week)
2012Beds> | Low season | Mid season | Mid season 2 | High season |
| 4 | 1000€ | 1225€ | 1440€ | 1665€ |
* Low season : 01 January 2012 - 31 March 2012, 03 November 2012 - 31 December 2012
* Mid season : 31 March 2012 - 19 May 2012, 29 September 2012 - 03 November 2012
* Mid season 2 : 19 May 2012 - 30 June 2012, 01 September 2012 - 29 September 2012
* High season : 30 June 2012 - 01 September 2012


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