IL RIPOSO

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Il Riposo

Interior

Want a fold out sofa in the living room? A camp-bed in the dining room? Tiny bathtubs with greyish shower curtains and plastic fittings?  Oops. Wrong house!

Neither effort nor expense has been spared to make Il Riposo special.  More than privacy, more than tranquility, Il Riposo is also luxury.  Thus, double-door bathrooms open onto sunken baths, stone set corner tubs and two-person showers.  Feather pillows and duvets rest on comfortable mattresses framed by 4-poster and wrought iron bed frames.

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From the sitting room three internal steps lead up to this romantic bedroom. To the left of the room a stable door opens onto the flower-lined private terrace with its views of the surrounding hills and lake and direct access to the gardens and the pool.

To the right of the Terrazza Bedroom, double doors lead down to the en-suite bathroom that has been built into what was once one of the house's chestnut drying towers. The tower structure, with its high sloping ceiling, gives added emphasis to the sunken tub and shower that are set into the stone-flagged floor. The bathroom is decorated with hand-glazed Venetian tiles and classical Michelangelo busts.

Reached via the internal stone staircase this bedroom and its en-suite bathroom are situated alone at the top of the house. The largest of the three master bedrooms, the Torre boasts a four-poster wrought iron bed, twin matching wardrobes and spectacular views from its large double arched windows.  

The en-suite bathroom has, in addition to its marble shelves and sink surround, a two-person tiled shower, complete with built-in tiled bench and large enough for two! 

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Located on the ground floor of the house, the tranquil Giardino bedroom has its own private stable-doored access to the courtyard and the garden beyond.

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Giardino Bathroom

The image of the garden is continued from the Giardino bedroom through  the double doors that lead into the large en-suite bathroom where stone floors step up into a semi-circular tub flanked by candles and set in a stone surround. This fanciful image of an outdoor bath is decorated with Neapolitan tiles of ivy and flowers.

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Gemelli

Situated at the front of the house and accessed from the sitting room, these charming and cozy rooms are furnished with wrought iron twin beds and all the finishing touches of the larger double bedrooms.   From the windows of both the Gemelli, views look out and over the pergola below directly down the valley to the lake.

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Gemelli Bathroom

The Gemelli Bedrooms share a bathroom with shower and tub set in a tile and glass surround.

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The Public Rooms

Each of the public rooms at Il Riposo, be it the kitchen, dining or sitting room, has, like the bedrooms and bathrooms, been designed and finished to ensure comfort and elegance whatever the season.  

Kitchen

The beam, brick and polished granite kitchen is rustic in decor but fully modern in content with dishwasher, large fridge-freezer, 6 burner cooktop, electric oven, microwave, coffee-maker, hand food mixer, double-sink, washing machine and storage space in the hand-made teak and chestnut cupboards.   Seating scattered around the kitchen ensures that the cook isn't side-lined, while the party rages in another room. Located on the ground floor, the kitchen stable-door opens directly onto the kitchen courtyard, which is ringed with flowers and herbs.  The kitchen is also convenient to the adjacent dining room and the lovely shaded pergola dining area at the front of the house.  

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Sitting Room

On the first floor of the house and accessed by both internal and external staircases, the sitting room features the original large open-hearth stone fireplace, exposed chestnut beams, terracotta ceiling tiles and hand-hewn stone sink (now a cushioned window seat), together with the more modern conveniences of satellite TV, VCR, DVD and telephone.  

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Dining Room

The long solid stone and wrought iron table of the large internal dining room seats ten (with elbow room to spare).  The mirrors on the walls reflect candlelight by night and, by day, the stunning views through the double arched glass doors that open onto the outside dining terrace beneath the pergola.  The dining room also features a small secondary sitting area and a CD player.

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Pergola

Here, beneath the shade of the vine-clad and lavender bordered pergola, overlooking views down the valley to the lake and hills beyond, outside dining can be enjoyed.  With the external bread oven and BBQ area just off to one side of the pergola, and with direct access to the inside dining room, it is also conveniently located for all types of indoor and outside cooking…by day or by night.  

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Kitchen Courtyard

From this patio courtyard, beneath the breakfast table umbrella, the views stretch away and across central and southern Tuscany, down the valley, the plains and to the far mountains beyond.  

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