Villa Guinigi - Borgo di MatraiaSuburb/Area: LUCCA
Country: Capannori
State: Lucca
Price: Contact UsDescription: Villa Guinigi Estate, including Borgo di Matraia, offers an international and exclusive private residence, open all year to Owners who decided to establish their Tuscan residence and to guests who had choosen this location for their holiday. All facilities around the Estate complete the unique offer of Villa Guinigi : airports, Art Towns, Beaches within an hour drive.The Estate offer 42 units, spread among 9 different buildings, with some private depandance , most of them with exclusive gardens and different architectural styles, according with local tradition and modern lifestyle. A full selection of five star hotel services guarantees guests to use their residence all year, with no worries about maintenance of a house abroad.
Villa Guinigi, a private resort
Since the 15th century, the Estate of Villa Guinigi is set among the "Lucchesi" hills along the wine road, dominating the town of Lucca and its valley with style and privacy, sorrounded by farmhouses, wineyards, and olive plantations. Unspoiled landscape is the first thing that visitor appreciates walking around the estate , immediately feeling a sensation of tranquillity. Villa Guinigi has been re-introducted among the best "Ville Lucchesi" thank to a great and accurate restoration project. The new Owner/Company reached the best compromise to give value and importance to the Estate, saving a unique piece of the Local and National Heritage. Nowadays, Villa Guinigi Estate , including Borgo di Matraia , offers an interantional and exclusive private residence, open all year to Owners who decided to estabilish their Tuscan residence and to guests who had choosen this location for their holiday. All facilities around the Estate complete the unique offer of Villa Guinigi : airports, Art Towns, Beaches within an hour drive. The Estate offer 42 units , spread among 9 different buildings, with some private dependance , most of them with exclusive gardens and different architectural styles, according with local tradition and modern lifestyle. A full selection of five star hotel services guarantees guests to use their residence all year, with no worries about maintaininance of a house abroad. An external swimming pool, clay tennis court , fitness centre with indoor heated pool, spa and gym are the state of the art extra features offered by Villa Guinigi, available during any season all year. The property usability is the first concept alt Villa Guinigi. Security and management are controlled by a trained staff which id in charge of the reception 24 hours. All units available are differently designed according to orginal destination and modern lifestyle. Guest will have a various choice to find the suitable solution as residence or holiday home. An accurate restoration revealed all the typical style of the area , living back to each unit the classic Tuscan feeling of a country home, same for the nobility of the 16th century Villa Guinigi. New technologies have been used to manage and monitor the complex with a perfect integration with classic buildings features. All services and utilities can be managed by the reception such as heating, water, electricity, indoor pool climate and humidity level, external lighting , CCTV , alarms and security. Each unit is provided with Satellite TV , telephone, broad band internet connection an electronic metering system for utilities. Historical background Villa Guinigi construction is dated 1546 when Tommaso Guinigi decided to locate his country Palazzo on Matraia hills, overlooking Lucca, his town. An important trace of the job done by Tommaso Guinigi consist in a Matraia stone plaque which testifies Guinigi's will to create and important location in the area. The Borgo , a complex of productive buildings, find its origin from the huge extension of Guinigi's family territories, mainly olive plantations and wineyard. Numerous frescoes have been revealed by the restorers work in the Noble Floor of the Villa with four differerent period under the paint which covered them for the last 60 years. A beautiful example of fresco can be admired in the “Salone delle Feste” where 12 different music instrument adobe the ceiling. Historical registry shows evidence that only 4 families owned Villa Guinigi for long periods during almost 500 years, this helped a lot the work of restoration , bringing back all the sites to their originality: it seems time has never passed. Nowadays Villa Guinigi is perfectly integrated into the territory and keep constant relations with a lot of cultural organizations to improve events and social life to improve the image and knowledge worldwide of one of the oldest and most beautiful "Ville della Lucchesia".
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