Iconic Villa For Sale With Unique Views Of Florence

Villa Giramonte del Gallo is an exceptional 15th-century historic villa for sale in Florence, set in one of the city’s most panoramic and private locations. Surrounded by an extensive private park with centuries-old trees, Italian gardens and uninterrupted views over the historic centre, the property offers a remarkable outlook across Florence, its iconic monuments and the surrounding Tuscan hills.

This historic estate represents a rare opportunity within the Florence luxury real estate market: a prestigious private residence with absolute privacy, generous interiors, extensive outdoor spaces, important ancillary buildings and outstanding potential for repositioning as a world-class private home.

Over the centuries, Villa Giramonte del Gallo has been home to prominent international families of Russian, German and American origin, who preserved its historic character and architectural value. In the 1920s, the renowned architect Cecil Pinsent redesigned the gardens, introducing terraces, ponds, fountains, statues, scenic pathways and refined landscape perspectives, while also contributing to selected interior interventions.

The main villa is arranged over three floors plus a basement level and offers 7 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms. The interiors retain original architectural features of great charm, including timber ceilings, stone fireplaces, large windows overlooking the gardens, historic flooring and impressive reception spaces.

On the ground floor, the residence includes a main entrance hall, a grand hall, a triple reception room with direct access to the garden, a sitting room with fireplace, a dining room with pantry, a guest bathroom and a kitchen connected by stairs to the cellars and to an ancient kitchen with fireplace and wood-fired oven.

The first floor features 3 bedrooms, each with its own private bathroom, as well as an additional guest bathroom. The principal suite includes a walk-in wardrobe, an elegant bathroom clad in pink marble, a corner bedroom with a panoramic terrace overlooking the garden and the Florence Cathedral, and a library with balcony.

The second floor includes 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and an additional mezzanine bedroom with bathroom, offering excellent flexibility for family, guests or staff accommodation. The panoramic tower, with seven windows, provides a unique viewpoint over Florence and the surrounding landscape.

The basement level preserves an ancient cistern, a well and three cellars, two of which feature vaulted ceilings. These spaces offer strong potential for a wine cellar, service areas or atmospheric entertaining spaces.

The estate also includes several ancillary buildings. The caretaker’s house, measuring approximately 390 sqm, is arranged over two floors and includes a living room, kitchen, study, 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. The limonaia, measuring approximately 120 sqm, overlooks the rose garden and offers significant potential for conversion into a private wellness area, spa or indoor swimming pool. The property also includes a gardener’s house with four rooms and an adjoining greenhouse, as well as a hidden woodland tower with remains of period frescoes.

Including the main villa and the caretaker’s house, the property offers a total of 11 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, in addition to further accessory spaces, outbuildings and areas suitable for reconfiguration.

The private park ensures an exceptional level of privacy and features cypress trees, palms, Lebanese cedars, mature trees, natural pathways and formal gardens. The Italian garden is beautifully arranged and secluded, while the existing tennis court offers further potential for restoration.

The property requires modernisation and, in selected areas, more substantial restoration. However, its structure, location, architectural heritage and scale make it an outstanding opportunity to create one of the most prestigious private residences in Florence.

The location is one of the estate’s key strengths: the villa is set in a peaceful and highly private environment, just a short distance from Florence’s historic centre, the International School of Florence and essential services. Florence Amerigo Vespucci Airport is approximately 20 minutes away by car, Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport is just over one hour away, and the A1 motorway can be reached in around 15 minutes.

Villa Giramonte del Gallo is a unique proposition for buyers seeking a historic luxury villa in Florence, a panoramic private estate with parkland, a prestigious Tuscan residence or a landmark super-prime real estate asset in Italy.