Tuscany Villa in Volterra near Siena

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Your private villa in the heart of Tuscany

Rows of grapevines set gently on soft hills.
Fragrance of fields and olives.
The shade of ancient cypresses.
Small villages rich in history and traditions

Villa di Ulignano overlooks this magical frame, situated in the middle of the triangle formed by the cities of Pisa, Siena and Florence.
It is the perfect base for any Tuscan vacation.

Surrounded by a magnificent garden with centuries old trees, the villa extends over an area of 3 hectares between Volterra, the closest town, and San Gimignano.
The accomodation is extremely spacious and ideal for large groups.

The history of a unique and suggestive place

Built in the XVII century by order of the governor of Leghorn and Admiral of the tuscan Navy Jacopo Inghirami (1565-1623) it was designed by the architect Gherardo Silvani (1579 - 1675).
It seems that Napoleon Bonaparte stayed in the Villa as guest of the Inghirami family during his sojourns in Italy and for this reason two of the rooms in the villa bear his name.

At the end of the 1960s the famous Italian film director Luchino Visconti, in Tuscany to search out filming locations for his film Sandra, came across the Villa di Ulignano and immediately fell in love. He suggested to his producer, Franco Cristaldi, purchasing the villa. Thus began a new page in the history of the villa, with the villa now a place where great minds came to think, breathe and make films in an environment of carefree and creative harmony: la dolce vita was no longer solely a Roman phenomenon.
Within the walls of the villa numerous film scripts were born, and among them films that characterized this glorious period in Italian film making. The big names of Italian and international cinema became children once again upon arriving at the villa, dividing their time here between play and work.

Love and memories bind those of us who work with the villa to this place; there is a certain passion and devotion that keep the villa alive, combining the past and the present in a delicate balance to create a magical atmosphere.

We do hope that this atmosphere will permeate your visit here, so that the days you pass at the Villa di Ulignano will become part of the rich and distinctive history of these walls...