It won't get you a dip in the Trevi fountain with Anita Ekberg. But, with views of the rolling Tuscan countryside, a swimming pool, six bedrooms, small chapel and lemon house, it offers a fairly good shot at La Dolce Vita.

An 18th-century farmhouse bought as a rural getaway by Marcello Mastroianni, one of Italy's most celebrated film stars, has been put up for sale for €1.2m (£0.9m) on the Italian property website Immobiliare.it.

Situated near the village of Pescaglia in northern Tuscany, about 100km north-east of Florence, the house dates from 1700 and is set in 24 hectares of mostly wooded land, according to the breathlessly-worded listing.

"Just walking through this magical place gives you the feeling of being on a film set, imagining all the stars who have stayed in the main villa over time," the advert, posted on Thursday, reads.

Mastroianni, arguably the most iconic star of Italy's vibrant 1960s cinema, died aged 72 in 1996, prompting the water of the Trevi fountain to be temporarily switched off.

The star of Federico Fellini classics La Dolce Vita and 8½, as well as Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce, Italian Style), reportedly bought the Pescaglia villa in the mid-1970s and used it to entertain glamorous guests.

The decision to sell it was taken by his daughters Barbara and Chiara Mastroianni, the news agency Ansa reported.

Chiara Mastroianni, herself an actor, is the product of a four-year relationship between the Italian heartthrob and French film star Catherine Deneuve. Barbara's mother was Flora Carabella, Mastroianni's only wife.