We are a group of 10 -- 4 couples and two singles all in our 40's and 50's
. We would like a villa in Tuscany near Florence for the week of September
20-27-2003. Max budget of $4500 for the week. We would require 6 bedrooms
all with private bath....any suggestions? Many Thanks.

Laura Philben

"Laura Philben" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > We are a group of 10 -- 4 couples and two singles all in our 40's and
50's
    > . We would like a villa in Tuscany near Florence for the week of
September
    > 20-27-2003. Max budget of $4500 for the week. We would require 6
bedrooms
    > all with private bath....any suggestions? Many Thanks.
    > Laura Philben
We had good luck renting from this site, http://rentvillas.com You might
check it out for location and pricing. Our particular location was near
Sarteano, and we took the train in nearby Chiusi to visit Florence. Our
villa slept 14, with 7 bedrooms, all with private bath. We did hire a cook
for evening meal every night, so our weekly cost was somewhat high, but well
worth it. We stayed in the Casa L'Etrusca, which now shows rental per week
at $4425 at the time you are planning. The villa is in the South Sienna
portion of the browse map.

Joe Pessarra in Texas

Laura:

try
www.florencevillas.com

and be sure to write to them and not just browse the website:


[email protected]


They have an ever increasing inventory of properties and should have exactly
what you need, even if it is not shown on their web pages. I work with these
people and they are very VERY nice. You can probably get a property very near
to Florence.

Debbie

Laura Philben wrote:

    > We are a group of 10 -- 4 couples and two singles all in our 40's and 50's
    > . We would like a villa in Tuscany near Florence for the week of September
    > 20-27-2003. Max budget of $4500 for the week. We would require 6 bedrooms
    > all with private bath....any suggestions? Many Thanks.
    > Laura Philben

"Laura Philben" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > We are a group of 10 -- 4 couples and two singles all in our 40's and
50's
    > . We would like a villa in Tuscany near Florence for the week of
September
    > 20-27-2003. Max budget of $4500 for the week. We would require 6
bedrooms
    > all with private bath....any suggestions? Many Thanks.
    > Laura Philben
You might try http://www.parkervillas.com

Laura,

Try these people, they advertise a lot in the UK Sundays. I have used them a
couple of times without problems.

http://www.summersleases.com/

You could always try googling 'Tuscany Accommodation Vacation' and see what
you get. There are zillions of them at it now.

"Laura Philben" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > We are a group of 10 -- 4 couples and two singles all in our 40's and
50's
    > . We would like a villa in Tuscany near Florence for the week of
September
    > 20-27-2003. Max budget of $4500 for the week. We would require 6
bedrooms
    > all with private bath....any suggestions? Many Thanks.
    > Laura Philben
You might want to consider the Villa Saulina at Lastra a Signa near
Florence. The villa with its own private pool is on a large estate where
there are also a couple of outlying buildings that have been redone as
apartments. We stayed in one of the apartments in the pink houses a few
years ago. I haven't seen the interior of the villa, but our apartment was
charming and the location is perfect - about 10-12 km from Florence. Their
website is http://www.villasaulina.it/default.php .

GG