Self Catering Accommodation Tuscany

Tuscany Holiday Accommodation in Maremma

If you have just done a search for "self catering accommodation Tuscany" and landed on this page, then you are in for a real treat. You have just found a part of Tuscany that many have never heard of but which will capture your imagination and heart like no other: la Maremma, Italy's best kept secret. And this is your menu page for the wealth of wonderful self catering accommodation that you will find here.

Maremma may be unheard of in most American and the English households, but it is the weekend and vacation home for the city dwellers of the bordering provinces of Pisa, Firenze, Siena and Roma, and consequently provides an established and expansive range of holiday accommodation.

Your Maremma in Tuscany Self Catering Accommodation Choices

The self catering choices are those of agriturismo farmhouses, campsites, holiday villages, residential hotels, vacation apartments and houses, and Tuscan villas.

Tuscany Self Catering Accommodation with a difference...

Just to wet your appetite, this first link is to a page with self catering accommodation that is nothing like that which you had probably imagined renting in Tuscany, but which will ignite an excitement about arriving like no other... Describing them as unique doesn't even cover it! Tuscany self catering accommodation with a difference...

Maremma Campsites

Maremma's campsites are nearly all located in the pinewoods backing her stretches of sandy beaches, or if not, very close by. And, they are very much family affairs, with three generations of a family returning year after year to the same spot within them for the weekends from "pasqua" (Easter) until September and the whole of the month of August "ferie" (holiday). What that means is that, although they readily also cater for visitors - either with tents, caravans, or camper vans - the ambience that you will find within them is like that of an extended family.

If camping isn't quite your thing, but the though of accommodation right on the beach - especially if you have youngsters in your family - is enticing, take a look anyway as many also offer self-contained bungalow accommodation. Maremma campsites in Italy.

Tuscany Farmhouse Accommodation

Maremma self catering accommodation Tuscany: Farmhouse accommodation in Tuscany

If the idea of "agriturismo" accommodation in Tuscany conjures up images of farmyards, tractors and farmhouses with accommodation, then you will be right as "agriturismi" are just that. But in Maremma - where livelihoods are very much based upon the land - you will find an incredible range of farmhouse accommodation that cannot but appeal to all tastes: from those for whom the idea of helping to feed the local breed of Maremmano horses is just what they are looking for, to those who seek the ambience of an old wine estate with book in hand by the pool...

From purpose built chalets with private terraces set within fruit orchards close to some of the very best beaches in Italy, to restored rustic Tuscan apartments within medieval farmhouses with walls as thick as the span of your arms and original beamed ceilings... to magnificent Medici villas with vineyards and olive groves, multiple swiming pools, private fishing lakes and in-house restaurants... the choice is simply unending. Best start with a location or two and go from there! Farmhouse accommodation Tuscany.

Tuscany Holiday Villages

Maremma's holiday villages - villaggi turistici" - usually offer a choice of studio or apartment accommodation in purpose built bungalows or accommodation blocks, with a central activity area with tennis courts, swimming pools, and childrens play area, plus bars and restaurants. Most also have their own on-site small supermarket for your supplies, and some have private beaches either a a few metres away or accessible by complimentary min-ibus drop off and collection arrangements.

Residential Hotels

Maremma self catering accommodation Tuscany: Maremma residence

In Maremma's residential hotels you will find self-catering apartments set within a hotel complex - or even a whole restored and extended hamlet. Here you can remain entirely self-sufficient whilst enjoying the benefits of the hotels bar and swimming pools etc, but also take advantage of their in-house restuarant or two for those days when you don't want to cook and clean-up! ie when mum needs a rest!

Some of these hotels offer bed and breakfast options as well and are convenient short-stay considerations if you are looking to explore the area but don't want the expense of eating out every lunch time and evening. Residence Maremma.

Tuscany Vacation Rentals

Maremma self catering accommodation Tuscany: Tuscany vacation homes

There are a wealth of self-catering vacation rental possibilities in Maremma: in this page you will find small one-bedroom with kitchenette apartments perfect for those of you travelling alone or a couple, to large houses suitable for a two or more families. And the locations range from the historic centre of a medieval hill town to a cliff face with views of the crystal clear Tyrrhenian sea and a Maremma beach below... Maremma in Tuscany vacation rentals.

Looking for something larger, or always dreamed of staying in a Tuscany villa...

A Villa in Tuscany

Maremma self catering accommodation Tuscany: rental villas in Tuscany

Then this page is for you. Here you will find private summer residences of noble Florentine families, restored estate villas set within protected nature parks where horses still run wild and boar root and roam right down to the sea, middle ages castles with private chefs and staff... Maremma villas in Tuscany Italy.