Country house with pool on the hills of Ambra

At the top of a hill above Ambra, reached by a private gravel road, this late-nineteenth-century country house was restored in 2018 with a contemporary eye: light walls, stone left exposed where it matters, wide openings onto the landscape.

The ground floor holds a double living room with fireplace, a kitchen with island and a glazed dining room overlooking the Val d'Ambra. Upstairs are five bedrooms and four bathrooms, three of them en-suite. Under the arched portico is the summer dining area.

The 14×6 metre pool is surrounded by rose beds and a terracotta sun deck. The one hectare of land includes the garden, an olive grove of 70 trees and covered parking. A heat pump and 6 kW of solar panels keep running costs to a minimum.

Ambra is five minutes away, Bucine and its station ten, Siena and Arezzo about forty.