This gorgeously-restored historic property sits on the crest of a hill overlooking Lucca 7 kms to the east and the Ligurian sea to the west. At one time it formed the heart of an enormous country estate belonging to Lucca's most powerful noble family, the Mansi. The countryside of Lucca is dotted with dozens of their former estates such as the beautiful Villa San Martino.
The main house dates from the 17th century and features the typical Luccan architectural device of an exterior double staircase leading to the main entrance on the upper floor or piano nobile. The current owner, a Luccan physician, carried out a very sensitive restoration which mindfully paid tribute to the structure's old charm while adapting it to a comfortable home for his large family, incorporating a love for modern architectural elements. The Mansi chose this site due to the presence of a source of thermal water. Hundreds of years later, the naturally-warmed waters are still bubbling up through an ancient stone grotto but now also form a dashing decorative element.
Wishing to remember the estate's original agricultural purpose, the modern resoration extended to an adjacent drying house which - thanks to the absence of any interior articulation - could be transformed with striking modern details like enormous stretches of glass wall that permit unhindered views of the surrounding lush green hills, woods and olive groves.
The estate lies just a short walking distance from the charming village of San Martino in Freddana with grocery shops, supermarket, bar, gas station, post office, pharmacy and pizzeria.

Accommodation Details: 7 bedrooms /7 baths
MAIN FLOOR: Large entry hall/ reception salon with central staircase and a sitting room with fireplace. A studio, and a room with satellite TV, dining room, kitchen, bathroom with shower and a laundry room.
FIRST FLOOR: Large central living room .Double bedroom with en suite bathroom with shower and another double bedroom with a bathroom with a tub and hydromassage. A third double bedroom is convertible into a twin. It has its own bath with shower. Two additional bedrooms have standard-size double beds and en suite bathrooms - one with a tub, the other with a shower.
SECOND FLOOR; Living room ,one double bedroom and one twin bedroom each with en suite private bathrooms featuring showers.
OUTSIDE AREAS:There is a very beautifully-landscaped swimming pool with a charming gazebo behind the house. There is a small gym and a great outdoor dining area as well as the very atmospheric limonaia - or greenhouse - where enchanting indoor/outdoor dinners and parties can be held.