Rental basis: Entire house or apartment
Number of bedrooms: 1; Number of other rooms with beds: 0
Number of bathrooms: 1
If you cause damage to the property during your stay, you may be required to pay according to YourRentals’s property damage policy.
Intimate villa located inside an 18th century convent in the historic heart of Carrara, the city of marble.
The Villino degl'artisti is located below the mountain, in a silent context suitable for families and animals, or as a place for meditation and relaxation, with a private terraced garden of approximately 250m2 full of fruit plants and turtles.
The Villino dell'acquilotto was the old bread oven located in the center of the convent itself, built entirely of stone with wooden beams and ancient terracotta floors, it will welcome you from the atrium, which was the historical entrance to the convent,
It has two main entrances, from which you can reach the inside of the house or the outside of it.
It consists of two floors on the 1st floor with a hallway with a non-habitable kitchen, but large for cooking complete with every smart comfort with a window overlooking a large private terrace equipped in summer with: dining table, sofas and music of your choice.
A small French bathroom but with a bidet complete with every comfort.
On the second floor, a multifunctional and delightful double bedroom, embellished with bricks hand-painted by esteemed local artists, with attention to the smallest details with a sliding wardrobe consisting of a double bed and a
solid wood mezzanine with single bed.
The double bedroom is equipped with some Smart technological comforts, with an antique marble fountain created in the niche of the flue of the old oven.
From it you can access the 30m2 terrace and the quiet garden; which can be reached from an enchanting marble patio with a low wall built with recycled material such as ancient mortars for pesto.
The double bedroom is bright, equipped with 2 large skylights with a view of the stars and a new generation window and French window.
The charming Villino degli Artisti is an eclectic furnished Villino.
Possibility to use washing machine and dryer with a small surcharge paid on site.
Possibility to park near the house.
Access for guests
The Jacuzzi can only be used during certain periods of the year at the additional price of 100 euros.
Inside the Bubble Room you will have additional blankets.
Other things to keep in mind
A location suitable for visiting the surrounding areas How to:
Carrara
Pisa
Forte Dei Marmi
Lerici
The Cinque Terre
What to visit in Carrara
A center of great historical and artistic interest is Carrara, known internationally as the "city of marble", surrounded by the white bastion of the Apuan Alps, where the extraction of the stone takes place. In addition to valuable monuments that include the Duomo and its Romanesque-Gothic façade, the 16th-century Cybo Malaspina residence, and the majestic Palazzo delle Logge, Carrara also offers educational excursions regarding local marble at the Museo Civico del Marble and sculptors and artists workshops present nearby.
aware of the depopulation of this precious species for the entire ecosystem".
The composition of the sound artist Alessio Mosti makes Impollinèmesi the first multimedia eco-mural in Italy.
By approaching the work and framing the Qr codes, the visitor can listen to a particular "soundtrack", that of the bees: a completely new composition based on a soundscape resulting from samples collected directly in the apiary - with the collaboration of the beekeeper Martina Bigi – collected with experimental field-recording techniques.
alessio Mosti soundartist at work for Impollinemesi_photo by Maura Crudeli
“Through the aid of modular synthesizers and machines dedicated to the production of electronic music” – explains Alessio Mosti – “i reworked the sound material to the point of introducing properly harmonic and rhythmic parts. The result was a composition, Resisto, in three movements: a first that tells the story of the function of the bee as a vehicle of pollination, of love; in the second movement the balance of the swarm is upset by an element alien to the ecosystem, the velvet wasp. The conclusion in this case sees the victory of the colony over external threats, reflecting globally on how the bee is a necessary element even for our very existence on this planet".
