Villa d'Arte Agriresort hosts weddings, meetings, presentations and conferences in a sixteenth-century villa at Pontassieve, a few kilometers from Florence, with 22 bedrooms on site. A couple or a company can take the whole property, including the gardens, the dining rooms and the bedrooms.
Seminars and company events
The official site offers the villa's rooms for meetings, presentations, conferences and congresses for companies, organizations and research centers. Whiteboards, projectors, stationery and Wi-Fi are provided. The team handles setup, coffee breaks, meals and accommodation, so a multi-day event can run without outside suppliers. The site does not publish room names or seated capacities, so ask for the layout that fits your group size.
Weddings and receptions
On the wedding day the whole property can be reserved for the couple alone: gardens, dining rooms and bedrooms are all available for guests. Civil ceremonies can be held in the garden or in one of the villa's halls, and religious ceremonies in the small church next to the villa. The couple is offered the best suite for the night. Menus are designed with the chef and rely on produce from the estate's farm and partner producers.
Rooms and capacities
The site does not give guest numbers for its halls. The dining room is the restaurant Le Sale del Gusto, on the ground floor, open to the public as well as to hotel guests. Outdoor areas include a century-old park, a swimming pool and a tree-house terrace.
Accommodation
The villa has 22 bedrooms and several suites, each different, with period furniture, terracotta floors, wooden window frames and beamed or coffered ceilings. Rooms look onto the gardens and the valley. Each has electronic key, air conditioning, flat-screen TV, satellite channels, Wi-Fi and a safe. Pets are accepted. A spa offers massages and treatments.
Catering
Le Sale del Gusto serves Florentine cuisine based on seasonal produce from the estate. For meetings, breakfasts, lunches, dinners and coffee breaks are prepared in-house, without external caterers.
History and setting
The villa has a history of more than 500 years. The Del Rosso family, one of the old Florentine houses, owned it from the mid-sixteenth century. The building took its present form around the middle of the eighteenth century, with a square plan typical of Tuscan farmhouses and a dovecote tower. The Libri family inherited it and kept it until 2012. It stands in the Valdisieve hills, among olive trees and cypresses.
Getting there
The address is Via Aretina 90, 50065 Pontassieve (Florence). The site places the villa near Florence, Arezzo and Siena and has on-site parking. Phone: +39 055 831 3814 or +39 333 686 9744.
