Casa Garuda

Casa garuda si trova nel centro Italia, proprio sul confine tra toscana ed Umbria, all'interno della Antica Tenuta Le Coste, 600 ettari di verde, boschi, campi coltivati, uliveti. La posizione unica del casale offre un panorama che ricorda antichi dipinti del Perugino natio della vicina Città della Pieve. Casa Garuda is located in the heart of Italy, half way between Rome and Florence, on the Um

bria/Tuscany border. Dating to the early 1800's, this traditional Umbria farmhouse was part of the estate's sharecropping enterprise, and was originally restored in the 1990's and then again in 2003. The panorama afforded by its hilltop location reveals the ancient Etruscan village of Chiusi, the famous hotsprings village of Chianciano terme, Montepulciano surrounded by its vineyards, Cortona far to the north, and then in Umbria, the lake-side village of Castiglione del Lago, and Città della Pieve, a vibrant walled city and home to Perugino, teacher of Rafael. The estate itself consists of rolling fields of grain or sunflowers, forests and innumerable olive groves. There is a thriving year-round community here and plenty of wildlife: pheasants, wild boar, deer, and more ...