luxury furnished house for sale Miglionico, Italy

This unique 10.6 ha Country Estate is located at 20 kilometers away from Matera, near the border of Basilicata and Puglia. 1 hour drive from the nearest international airport of Bari. The property includes: 7.6 hectares of land cultivated with vegetables and olive groves - 3 hectares of English style lawn, five homes – divided in 11 apartments – all with front patio surrounded by green, a swimming pool, a Bbque area, a former stable used as a reception, a children's play area, a five-a-side football pitch, a restaurant surrounded by olive trees and a large building - originally used as stables - with a surface of 1.200sqm and a front yard of 1.500sqm, turned into a laboratory for organic vegetables preservation. The property have hosted the renowned Agriturismo “L’ORTO DI LUCANIA”, which was picked by Alastair Sawday of Sawday's guides, among 15 places to stay in Italy where the food is as wonderful as the surroundings, and described it on the Guardian as ..a place where you can enjoy food grown on the spot and as honestly as is possible – organic too, the final arbiter of high quality. And what value! Rare red aubergines are a treat in store at this organic family farm. The owners grow produce using time-honoured methods and serve farm-fresh meals by the fire, or out among gnarled olive trees. Apartments have full kitchens, terrace doors and open fires. Opt for breakfast and it's a homemade, homegrown feast. Swim up an appetite in the large parasol-ringed pool, borrow a bike or arrange horse riding. This area of Basilicata, on the Puglian border, is an undiscovered delight with heaps to see and do. The Times included L'Orto di Lucania among the Five of the top Italian farm stays: In the little-visited deep south in the “arch” of the boot of Italy, L’Orto (which means kitchen garden) grows artichokes, aubergines, tomatoes and peppers. Work up an appetite for dinner in the restaurant (or cook your own from farm produce) by cycling or walking to picturesque villages and archaeological sites.

We offer for sale a spectacular five-storey villa, on the outskirts of Matera. The Villa is comparable to a modern Castle, distributed in a network of halls and rooms, including an underground bunker, recently used as cold rooms and warehouses. The entrance to the Villa leads to the private garden, which offers visitors a glimpse of the unforgettable works of art from all over the world (the globe from Tunisia), the revolving table from the East, the star from Eastern Europe. The interior of the Villa is also a work of art. An entire floor with onyx floors, a second floor with Russian marble and gold floors, add a touch of elegance, while stucco ceilings and pure gold and Swarovski taps give it a regal feel. Gold chandeliers and mother-of-pearl and gold-leaf furniture complete the luxurious décor. The property presents itself in all its majesty with the sumptuous halls embroidered with hand-decorated stuccoes, the loggia and the external courtyard on which it houses two Olympic swimming pools. One of the various fireplaces was built by a local craftsman for cooking pizza, in fact the room on the ground floor welcomes up to fifty guests for unforgettable events. A walkway runs along the entire perimeter of the high walls from which the whole valley is dominated. About 9000 sqm of land surrounds this luxurious property, with olive groves and ornamental plants. These figures are purely indicative and do not constitute contractual elements.

PUGLIA - BARI - ALTAMURA - GRECIULLI DISTRICT In the heart of Puglia, a 17th century fortified farmhouse is offered for sale, carefully renovated with typical materials, located on the Murge plateau, on the border with Basilicata and bordered by the Via Peuceta of the Cammino Materano. Surrounded by vineyards, expanses of fields and centuries-old olive trees, the property is characterized by a timeless atmosphere capable of transporting you eight hundred years back, when these lands were crossed and inhabited by the Knights Templar and loved by emperors such as Frederick II of Swabia. The careful renovation has preserved traces, still visible, of the old structure with signs that reveal an ancient church, perimeter walls and some underground cavities. The property, currently used as a tourist-hotel facility, consists of a hotel on the ground floor with reception area, two restaurant rooms and kitchen, rooms on the first floor and services and storage on the second; two reception rooms, kitchen, bar area, various storage areas, services and ancillary rooms, rooms for conferences or to be used for other activities, a chapel, porticoes and equipped outdoor spaces. The entrance consists of a large circular room with a large fountain in the centre, a meeting point between the two large and splendid rooms: the Cupola Room, characterized by its oval shape, classic and refined style and the beautiful frescoes that adorn the walls and the dome located in the center of the room, and the Templari Room, characterized by its size, the brightness of the large windows, the soft colors and the square shape. All rooms have been renovated in perfect harmony with the style of the structure and to ensure maximum comfort. The property is suitable both for high-level commercial investment and for residential use as a luxurious private residence.