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Lucca
A historic Tuscan estate of six independent villas on Via di Coselli, just outside Lucca — sleeps 101 across 51 bedrooms when rented as one, or book any single villa for a smaller stay.
The Coselli Estate sits on Via di Coselli in Capannori, just outside the walled city of Lucca. Six separate villas spread across one historic Tuscan estate — six entirely independent residences with their own gates, gardens, kitchens and staff, but on the same grounds. Sleeps 101 across 51 bedrooms when the whole estate is rented as one.
Each villa stands alone and books on its own — the estate's clever architecture means a four-bedroom couple's escape (Villa Frantoio), a 24-guest twelve-bedroom family reunion (Borgo Bernardini or Villa Controni), or every villa rented together for a wedding party of one hundred all work within the same estate. All within a ten-minute drive of Lucca's medieval walls.
A converted medieval hamlet — 12 bedrooms across the village houses, sleeps 24, the largest single residence on the estate.
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Sleeps 24 across 12 bedrooms — a grand 18th-century villa with a private chapel and a large heated pool.
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Sleeps 15 across 8 bedrooms — the estate's former farm-manager residence, fully restored in classical Tuscan style.
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Sleeps 16 across 8 bedrooms — the 1624 country residence of Count Cosimo Bernardini, with frescoed ceilings and a piano in the salon.
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Sleeps 14 across 7 bedrooms — a 19th-century villa surrounded by olive groves, once the workshop of the engineer who co-invented the internal combustion engine.
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Sleeps 8 across 4 bedrooms — the smallest villa of the estate, in the converted olive press (frantoio) with its original beams and arched ceilings.
View villa →Resident staff at each villa: a housekeeper at minimum, with chef and butler service available on request. The estate-wide concierge handles cooking classes at the family kitchen, winery tours on the nearby Lucchesia hills, and ferries to Forte dei Marmi on the Versilian coast.
The Coselli Estate is a historic Tuscan estate just outside the walled city of Lucca, on Via di Coselli in Capannori. Six separate villas spread across the property — each with its own gate, garden, kitchen and staff — but on the same grounds.
Together, the estate sleeps 101 across 51 bedrooms. The villas range from a four-bedroom couple's retreat in the converted olive press (Villa Frantoio) to twelve-bedroom grand residences for 24-guest family reunions (Borgo Bernardini, the converted medieval hamlet; Villa Controni, the grand 18th-century villa with its private chapel). Two further villas at eight bedrooms each (Casa Del Fattore and Villa Lenka — the 1624 country residence of Count Cosimo Bernardini) and a seven-bedroom 19th-century villa (Casa Felice Matteucci, named for the engineer who co-invented the internal combustion engine) fill out the rest.
Each villa books on its own. The whole estate can also be rented together for weddings and large family gatherings, with the flexibility of separate entrances, private gardens and individual staff at each villa — a hundred-guest celebration where everyone still has their own bedroom in a freshly restored Tuscan villa.
Resident staff at each villa: a housekeeper at minimum, with chef and butler service available on request. The estate-wide concierge organises wine tastings at the family cellar, cooking classes in the family kitchen, winery tours in the Lucchesia hills, day trips to Forte dei Marmi on the Versilian coast, and Lucca-walls bicycle rides at sunrise.
Lucca is a ten-minute drive away — the medieval walled city, its bicycle-able ramparts, the Puccini house, the Friday-morning market, the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro for dinner. Florence, Pisa, the Cinque Terre and the Versilian coast are all within an hour.
All utilities (electricity, A/C, heating, water, gas) and final cleaning at each villa
Resident housekeeping at each villa (hours vary by villa)
Mid-week change of bed linen and bath towels
Welcome basket on arrival
Unlimited Wi-Fi at each villa
Private heated pool at each villa (most heated June–September)
Estate-wide concierge: wine tastings at the family cellar, cooking classes in the family kitchen, winery tours, day trips
Chef and butler service available on request at each villa
Private parking at each villa
Bicycle rentals for the Lucca walls available on request
Cook service via the villa management team (no third-party caterers)
Six villas on the estate — each villa has its own entrance, its own pool and complete privacy
The volleyball and tennis courts are shared across the estate
Saturday-to-Saturday rentals (7-night minimum)
Check-in 4:00 pm; check-out by 10:00 am
Each villa can be rented on its own — see the individual villa pages for specs, room layouts and rates
The entire estate can be rented as one for weddings, milestone birthdays and large family gatherings (sleeps up to 101)
Children welcome at every villa
No pets
Non-smoking villas
Italian Visitor's Tax (approximately €1.50–€6.00 per person, per day for the first ten days) is payable locally in cash
Your concierge can help arrange unforgettable experiences tailored to your stay.
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Rent a bicycle at any of the shops just inside the walls and ride the full four-kilometre circuit. Best at golden hour with the city below.
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Puccini's birthplace in Lucca holds intimate piano-and-voice evenings most nights in summer. A drink, an hour of arias, dinner after.
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Tortelli lucchesi, hand-rolled pici, the family ragù — half a day at a Lucchesia farmhouse with a nonna and a long lunch.
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The Lucchesia hills just north of the city have a quiet wine country of their own. A morning at a small family producer, the Colline Lucchesi DOC, lunch with the vineyard.
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Thirty minutes west to the most chic stretch of the Tuscan coast. A private beach club, lunch at La Capannina di Franceschi, dinner at Bistrot in Forte dei Marmi.
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Forty-five minutes north into the Apuan Alps. Hike, swim in a mountain pool, lunch at a malga.
A walled medieval city in northwest Tuscany — bicycle the ramparts on top of the four-kilometre walls, climb the Torre Guinigi with the oak trees growing from its roof, visit the Puccini House where the composer was born, and dine in the oval Piazza dell'Anfiteatro, built on the foundations of a Roman amphitheatre.
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