Villa Daniela – Italian Luxury Villa

Details

Type:: Villas
Area:: Lucca
Bedrooms:: 16
Bathrooms:: 18

Features

Accommodation & Reception on Site
Air Conditioned
BBQ
Central Music System
Computer Facilities
Daily Cleaning Service
Dishwasher
DVD Player
Full Staff
Gardener and Pool service
Hair dryers in every bedroom
Heated Pool
Luxurious
Safe
Satellite TV
Security/Surveillance system
Staffed
Stereo
Telephone
Washer and Dryer
Wifi Internet
Workout Room with Cardiovascular and weight equipment

Property Description

Villa Daniela is a sumptuous eleven bedroom air conditioned luxury Villa located only seven Kilometers from the fabulous walled city of Lucca. This historic and newly renovated 15th Century regal estate has absolutely everything one could wish for – including spectacular Italian gardens, luminous and spacious rooms, marvelous frescoes, a huge professional kitchen, an interior elevator, a brilliant pool and a tremendous location! You can see we’re running out of superlatives and we haven’t even started to describe this sensational villa!

Like many Italian villas, Villa Daniela has a remarkable history. Built originally in the 15th century as a summer home by a noble Luchese family, it remained in the same family until the 19th century when it was given to an order of monks left homeless when Napoleon seized all church property in the region. The monks added a secondary school that was attached to the villa. The current owners bought the property and spent the past 14 years restoring it to its original beauty, including hiring their own “Michelangelo” to restore the beautiful frescoes!

Villa Daniela has all the modern amenities, including air conditioning and Wifi internet. It also features a beautiful heated swimming pool. Guests receive a welcome dinner, daily breakfast service, and three hours daily of maid service as part of the rental price. There is also one bedroom and bathroom which are handicap accessible. The villa’s charming owner lives on site in the west wing of the ground floor. She has her own private entrance and parking area. Guests have total privacy – but the owner is there to arrange any questions or arrange any special requests they might have!

Beginning in 2020 Villa Daniela will be including daily breakfast for the villa’s guests as part of the price and between 2021 and 2022 it will be turned in a 16 bedroom villa with 5 more bedrooms built starting in October 2021.

If you are interested in Villa Daniela please check availability here!

GROUND FLOOR: On the ground floor there is a beautiful, spacious and bright salon with chairs, sofas and coffee tables in a charming Italian style. It is furnished with satellite television and games, and there is a door to a full equipped study (PC, printer, copier) and wireless broadband internet access. Adjoining the salon is a large painted ceiling dining room, with a table large enough to seat all guests. Also on the ground floor is a magnificent modern kitchen well-furnished and equipped to a standard which would satisfy the most exacting cook. Next to the kitchen is a laundry room, fully equipped with washing machine, dryer, iron and a half bathroom. To complete the ground floor there are two guest bathrooms with handicap accessible toilets and an elevator for the convenience of bringing luggage up and down from the bedrooms.

FIRST FLOOR: Accessible from either the elevator or the stairs. There is a hall running along the north side of the villa; across from the elevator is a bedroom with a queen sized bed and en suite bathroom with a shower. Down the hall you have four, one bedroom suites – which are identical in layout. You enter through a foyer with a full bathroom with a bathtub, and a large wardrobe with a safe. From the foyers are living rooms with a sofa bed and mini bar. In each suite there is a staircase leading to a loft bedroom which can either have a king sized bed or be divided into two twin beds. Each of these bedrooms has an armoire, a writing table, a second mini bar and a fully equipped bathroom with a shower. Continuing up the north hallway and up a short flight of stairs leads to the last bedroom suite, furnished like the previous suites, except that both bathrooms have showers. Each of these suite is elegantly furnished and decorated with individually hand-painted frescoes on the ceilings. All the rooms have their own individual thermostats to control the air conditioning or heat.

SECOND FLOOR: Accessible by either the elevator or the internal staircase. The first door to the left of the elevator leads to a bedroom, featuring a king sized bed with an en suite bathroom with both a shower and bathtub. The next door leads to a brilliant suite overlooking the formal gardens. In this suite there is a formal study, a bedroom with a king sized bed, an en suite bathroom with a shower. Further down the hallway is a cozy living room, adjoining a bedroom with a king sized bed and an en suite bathroom with a shower. Finally there are two bedrooms, with matrimonial beds overlooking the formal gardens, which share a large bathroom between them.

As with all formal Italian villas, the immediate area around the house has fine gravel leading to the sprawling well planned gardens. There are tables and chairs which can comfortably accommodate 40 guests under a large white canopied gazebo. A paved path or a flight of steps takes you to the walled formal gardens replete with a magnificent fountain from the 1600’s. The views from the gardens look out over the valley and over a quaint village. Adjacent to the formal gardens is the large swimming pool area, surrounded by banks of roses and jasmine, citrus and herb plants. The swimming pool can be heated if the clients wish at an additional cost. There are ample sun umbrellas and pool furniture, and this is a truly magnificent way to relax!

Lucca – 7 Kilometers
Pisa Airport – 52 Kilometers
Forte dei Marmi – 52 Kilometers
San Gimignano – 76 Kilometers
Florence – 77 Kilometers
Cinque Terre – 92 Kilometers
Siena – 142 Kilometers
Venice – 310 Kilometers
Milan Malpensa Airport – 344 Kilometers
Rome Fiumicino Airport – 378 Kilometers

2023 Prices (Price includes daily breakfast!)

High Season – 27 May – September 16

1 – 14 Guests (7 bedrooms) – 12,690 Euros per week
15 – 22 Guests (11 bedrooms) – 14,565 Euros per week
22-32 Guests (16 bedrooms) – 20,300 Euros per week

Mid Season 1 April – 15 April (Easter), 29 April – 27 May & 16 September – 14 October

1 – 14 Guests (7 bedrooms) – 11,440 Euros per week
15 – 22 Guests (11 bedrooms) – 13,320 Euros per week
22-32 Guests – (16 bedrooms)- 19,880 Euros per week

Low Season – 4 March – 1 April & 15 April – 29 April & 14 Oct – 11 Nov

1 – 14 Guests (7 bedrooms) – 10,200 Euros per week
15 – 22 Guests (11 bedrooms) – 12,000 Euros per week
22 – 32 Guests (16 bedrooms) – 17,500 Euros per week

Villa Daniela rents exclusively on a weekly basis from Saturday to Saturday

INCLUDED IN THE RENTAL PRICE:

Rental of the entire property except for Limonaia and its garden utilities (swimming pool, ping pong)
Breakfast
Welcome Buffet on arrival day
One frigo bar pre-stocking in all the bedrooms
Daily maid service (4 hours per day) except Sunday
Gardener/Ground maintenance
Bed Linens (weekly change)
Toilet set (toothbrush, shower gel, soap)
Household linen, bath and pool towels (2 weekly change)
Hi Speed wi-fi connection
Final cleaning
Utilities (except heating and air conditioning and heated swimming pool)

EXTRAS

Heating & AC (by meter reading)
Pool heating (by meter reading ) – approx 100-150 euros per day
Cook
Laundry service
Additional maid service – 18 euros/hour
Cooking classes
Luggage porter on arrival and departure (50 euros each time)
Wine tasting

Air Conditioning – billed on usage basis as per meter reading
Heat for villa – billed on usage basis as per meter reading
Heat for swimming pool – billed on usage basis as per meter reading
Extra Maid Service – 15 Euros per hour (4 hours maid service daily included in rental price)
Extra bed 100 Euros
Chef Service
Wedding Planning Service
Car Rental
Guided Tours to Lucca, Florence and Siena
Guided Tours to Cinque Terre
Limousine Service