Restored mill transformed into a wonderful elegant boutique hotel in Tuscany, near to San Gimignano, with 16 bedrooms. pool, gardens, professional kitchen. Good commercial opportunity in a touristic location.
Restored mill San Gimignano Tuscany.
A short 10-minute drive from the Tuscan medieval town of San Gimignano is this former 14th-century mill converted into an elegant villa and boutique hotel with 16 bedrooms for sale. The property (over 600 sqm in total) has been entirely renovated preserving its traditional features and characteristics combined with updating with modern systems and all necessary amenities. Standing in 3,500 sqm of gardens with a 14 × 7 m swimming pool, as well as 4.8 hectares of farmland.
The property is reached via a short stretch of unpaved road (about 700 m) in good condition that connects directly to the municipal road system. The town of San Gimignano, with services and amenities, can be reached in about 10’ by car. Towns and cities such as Siena, Florence, Monteriggioni, Pisa… can be quickly and easily reached.
The villa has a surface area of 630 sqm – 6,779 sqft and dates back to the 14th century and was originally a watermill which was later converted into a stately home during the 17th century.
The current appearance of the structure retains many of its original features and is the result of a careful restoration carried out by the current owners in 2012, after almost forty years of neglect, when the property was renovated, remodelled and adapted for tourist accommodation use.
– Basement floor: historic cellars (including the milling area) and storerooms;
– Ground floor: reception, professional kitchen with pantry, breakfast/restaurant room with large veranda, service bathroom for guests, independent bedroom with private bathroom, dressing room for employees with bathroom and technical rooms for the villa’s facilities;
– First floor: A large suite with a living room, bedroom and bathroom plus eight bedrooms each with a private bathroom.
– Second floor: A large suite with a living room, bedroom and bathroom with access to the turret plus five bedrooms each with a private bathroom.d
Around the villa, there is a canopy for outdoor events (40 seats), accompanied by an oven with a barn (11 sqm – 118 sqft), and a small storage room (11 sqm – 118 sqft) for tools.
The villa is surrounded by a mature garden of 3,500 sqm dotted with ornamental flowers and bushes. A few metres from the building is the 14 × 7 m swimming pool surrounded by a terracotta and grass sunbathing area.
In a corner of the garden, near the warehouse, are four solar panels for domestic hot water production.
Beyond the garden, the property has about 4.8 hectares (11.9 acres) of agricultural land, largely free of trees that can be used as parking for guests and/or for planting vines or other crops typical of the area.
- TYPE: Restored 14th-century mill converted to make a boutique hotel
- CONDITION: Restored (2012)
- LOCATION: Open and sunny
- ACCESS: Unpaved road (700 m)
- MUNICIPALITY: San Gimignano
- PROVINCE: Siena
- REGION: Tuscany
- INTERIORS: 652 square metres (7,015 square feet)
- TOTAL ROOMS: 23
- BEDROOMS: 16
- BATHROOMS: 19
- ANNEXES: Barn, storage
- MAIN FEATURES: Stone and brick walls, wooden beams, terracotta and stone floors, restaurant veranda, old millstones, historic cellar, professional kitchen, event area, garden, swimming pool, solar thermal system
- EXTERIORS: 5.1 hectares (12.6 acres)
- GARDEN: Yes, well maintained
- SWIMMING POOL: 14 × 7 m
- ELECTRICITY: Already conected
- WATER SUPPLY: Mains water + private well
- TELEPHONE: Already connected
- ADSL: Yes
- GAS: Natural gas
- HEATING SYSTEM: Radiators + air conditioning + solar panels
- CLOSEST CITIES AND TOWNS San Gimignano (5km; 10’), Casole d’Elsa (18km; 20’), Monteriggioni (21km; 25’), Castellina in Chianti (22km; 30’), Volterra (30km; 35’), Siena (37km; 35’), Gaiole in Chianti (41km; 1h), Greve in Chianti (43km; 45’), Florence (52km; 55’), Montalcino (74km; 1h 15’), Pienza (88km; 1h 30’), Pisa (94km; 1h 25’), Montepulciano (97km; 1h 20’), Cortona (107km; 1h 25’)
- CLOSEST AIRPORTS Firenze A. Vespucci (63km; 55’), Pisa G. Galilei (91km; 1h 20’), Grosseto C. Baccarini (107km; 1h 25’), Bologna G. Marconi (144km; 1h 40’), Perugia San Francesco (151km; 1h 50’), Roma Ciampino (279km; 3h), Roma Fiumicino (293km; 3h 5’)
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