Casale Località Tocchi, Monticiano

In 1100 the castle was used for the attendant to control people who came from the white road and to open the big door to access the inner courtyard. For years and probably for centuries, it has been the storage for hay and farm equipment, animal travellers' shelter and today, after years of careful restoration, Tocchi Tower has become an apartment on three floors which retains the charm of its history and the warmth that only natural materials like pink Sienese stone, the "trampled" terracotta floor and the wood can communicate. Where possible the walls in pink stone were maintained, the others have been plastered using the lime of Sienese quarries, with their particular yellow colour.
From the large and bright front door you access directly the dining room and kitchen and from here through a vestibule you enter another large room (the cacina) with a table with 12 seats or more. A cool and comfortable area with original stone walls for summer lunches. On this floor there is also a small bathroom with shower. A staircase leads to the living room with brick fireplace in the corner, two sofas (one of them becomes a bed for two). From the living room a nice window door leads into the small garden - terrace facing the outer walls of the castle, the woods and trails that lead to Petriolo. Going up the stairs, from the living room we enter the major bedroom with stone walls, high ceilings with beams on sight, two windows, one facing the door of the castle and one on a white road, light the room. On the walls two suggestive symbols of the history of this tower, and the original key and loophole" . On the other side of the bed two doors lead respectively to the wardrobe and bathroom with shower. Above, the spacious loft illuminated by a small window facing the green of pines and oaks with another bed.