Imagine waking up to a view of sprawling vineyards, or taking evening strolls amongst olive orchards or along cypress-lined roads, with a glass of wine in hand. Castello di Casole is a luxury resort and residence club that lets you own a fraction of restored Italian farmhouse villas (casali), dating back to the 17th century.
Occupying an area of 4,200 acres, this bucolic estate lets owners experience what estate developer Timbers Resorts calls, the “Tuscan lifestyle”. Each stone-walled casale is luxuriously decked with Italian designer furnishings, plasma TVs, outdoor fornos or wood-burning ovens and infinity-edge pools with commanding views of the Tuscan countryside.
There is also a castello (castle) that is currently undergoing a makeover into a boutique hotel with 41 suites, a world-class spa and restaurants, and is scheduled to open in the summer of 2009. Shared ownership of the villas starts at €345,000 (USD 498,000) for a 1/10 interest while whole ownership starts at €7,775,000 (USD 11.2 million) for a 7500 sq ft villa.
