03/11/2026 Tuscany | Pienza | Monticchiello

Country house amongst the cypresses of Val d’Orcia for sale.

In the heart of the Val d'Orcia, opposite the medieval village of Monticchiello and about four kilometres from Pienza, lies Podere La Piana — a Tuscan estate in one of Italy's most photographed landscapes, which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage. The house is literally next to one of Tuscany's most photographed viewpoints: the Punto Panoramico “Cipressi Zigzag di Monticchiello”.”

The main building, thoroughly renovated into its current form in 1986, consists of two volumes connected by a central portico. On the ground floor there is an entrance, hallway, study, a spacious living room with an open fireplace, kitchen, bathroom and utility room. An open staircase leads to the first floor, featuring a central living space, two bathrooms, four bedrooms and a terrace with views over the hills. Terracotta floors downstairs, parquet flooring upstairs, and natural stone and brick walls give the property an authentic character.

A detached single-storey guest house offers two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a small kitchen and a living room with a fireplace and stove — a great setup for guests or extra privacy, separate from the main house. A separate garage of over 300 sqm completes the built-up area.

Around the house is a fenced-in yard of 3,400 sq m with an entrance gate, and on an adjacent plot of 3,000 sq m is a kidney-shaped swimming pool of 68 sq m with a terracotta surround — offering panoramic views that the surveyor himself describes as particularly valuable.

The location within the protected landscape of the Val d'Orcia makes this an exceptional setting for a high-end holiday home, potentially with rental potential.

Points of interest
Several outbuildings (a baking oven and two lean-tos) have been built without planning permission within the protected landscape and must be removed; the costs for this have already been factored into the valuation.
The guest house shows some discrepancies that can be regularised.