Villa Palagione offers accommodation for up to 50 guests. The Villa features 11 double rooms and on single room, all with its own shower, toilet and heating. Almost all of the rooms here feature murals, vaultings and terracotta floors.
The Arcades Building features 8 double rooms, 1 single room, and 3 apartments, again with their own toilet, shower and heating. The rooms here are less opulent than those at the Villa, however almost all again feature vaultings and terracotta floors and offer beautiful views on the surrounding landscape.
All of the rooms are furnished individually.

Arcate:

Bright rooms with terracotta vaulting and arched glass doors leading directly to the porch.
Small room: 4.70m² x 7,50m² = 35,25 m²
Big room: 4.50m² x 10.60m² = 47.70 m²

Our biggest, most representative conference room situated on the "master floor" of the villa, decorated with beautiful frescoes and murals.
6.9m² x 10.60m² = 73.14 m²

Also located in the villa, this conference room built in neogothical style again features beautiful frescoes and murals.
4.85m² x 8.70m² = 42.20m²

The simple but beautiful chapel attached to the villa offers marble floors and a calm, meditative atmosphere. The altar can be divided from the rest of the room, as it is not available for seminary purposes:
4.60m² x 5.83m² = 26.81m²
Total space: 6.76m² x 5.83m² = 39.41m²

Closed, roofed-over rooms with big glass doors and a porch, specially suited for painting, pottery or sculpturing courses. No heating available.
Serra I: 2.60m² x 8.20m² = 21.32 m²
Serra II: 2.60m² x 8.60m² = 22.36 m²

Travelling Time

Tuscany is suitable for seminaries and study trips throughout the year. The main travelling season is from late March-June and September/October. From November to March there are few tourists and the cities and museums can be viewed at one's leisure. Concerning the weather, the following summary will give you an overview of average temperatures and precipitation.

An Example of the Programmes on Offer for Your Study Trip

Villa Palagione is at close distance of many historically and culturally interesting cities. We are happy to advise in your specific choice of programme. In the following we present you an example for a week of cultural events:

• Trip to Lucca, the town of the "99" churches. Guided tour of the city.
• Trip to Pisa and it's "Square of Wonders" (Piazza dei miracoli), featuring the Leaning Tower, the Dome and the "Campo Santo"
• Guided tour to the villas and Renaissance gardens of the Medici around Florence.
• Trip to Pistoia. Guided tour of the city.
• Excursion to the birth house of Leonardo da Vinci and the attached museum, showing many of his inventions
• Trip to the Isle of Elba, visit to the summer residence of Napoleon as well as the small fishing villages Procchio, Porto Azzurro and Marina di Campo
• Trip through the Crete of Siena. Visit to the abbey Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore and guided tour of Pienza, the city designed by pope Pius II.
• Trip to the geothermic power station Larderello, situated in the "Valley of the Devil". Visit to the museum,on-site demonstration of the forces of geothermic power. Further visit to Sasso Pisano and Monterotondo where you can watch the bubbling "lagoni" and warm sulphuric steams coming up from the chasms.

   

  Special Courses for your Participants

 

As an additional treat we can offer specially tailored courses for your participants, such as Italian language courses, courses in painting and alabaster-sculpturing techniques, an introduction to Tuscan cooking and cuisine, courses on local culture, as well as guided hiking trips

 

• We offer special prices for groups from 10 persons onwards with a minimum lenght of stay of 5 nights and booking half board. There will be no further reductions for bus drivers and guides.
• To secure your reservation we will give you a contract along with your definite booking.
• The last 3 km approaching Villa Palagione lead over a curvy gravel road only suitable for busses with a length of maximal 10 meters.