Insider guides (Ultimi inserimenti)

Nestled between the hills and the sea, the city offers many sights to visit: the narrow streets of the old town with its shops and restaurants with typical local cuisine and the wide promenade where you can stroll at sunset.

If you tasted our cuisine, join Villa Chicci's hands-on regional cooking course!

A few miles from Penna in Teverina, about 40 minutes drive from Sismano you can see, every afternoon how mozzarella is made. Absolutely a must! try also the ricotta and all the cheese made with the buffalo milk locally produced

The island's surface is alive with secondary volcanic activity consisting in hot water vapour outflows. The most important of these phenomena is the Favara Grande, on the sides of the Montagna Grande.

On November the 2nd, Sicily celebrates the Festival of the dead, when children receive gifts from their dead relatives. In the Eastern part of the island, traditional sweets are "the deads' bones": white dough sweets on a crunchy layer.

Perugia is a small jewel that appears slowly in front of the tourist. The center is like of a small village, the heart of the town in VI November square, the most beautiful square.

Elba is all about the sea: just 150m from the hotel lies the postcard-perfect Bay of Sant'Andrea, with its soft sand and shallow waters, and, just beyond, Cotoncello Point, with its rocky shore and limpid tide pools perfect for swimming

Punta Licosa is considered, rightly, one of the twelve most beautiful beach resorts in the world. Even more beautiful because here there can only be accessed on foot, enjoying the cool of the pine forest, the sounds of the waves, the quite.

In funicular railway to Ortisei (2132m) and then from there, with the Dolomites around, you can tobogganing down a track of 6 km between woods and meadows covered with snow.

Walking through the center of Anacapri, it's impossible to miss eclectic Casa Rossa. Don't stop outside! Inside,there are paintings of places that made the island famous in the 1800's and three Roman statues found into the Blue Grotto.

The medieval village of Itri overlooked by the castle, worth a visit both day and night. It is always exciting to discover alleys and stairways, old mills, stone portals and signs of the past. On August 13, you can not miss the Tarita Fest!

Bagno Vignoni and its thousand year old thermal tradition. Apart from its enchanting scenery Bagno Vignoni is also an ideal location for a thermal bath - for pure pleasure or for medical reasons.

Breathtaking views with Ponza, Palmarola, Zannone and Ventotene. Choose from leading Cetarola the angle of the coast where the sea is blue and dive into the waters of the Villa of Tiberius or Circeo in the footsteps of Ulysses.

Near Spongano among the many activities' you can take a dip into the past to rediscover the ancient crafts of yesteryear, such as weaving manual.

A place dedicated to peace, meditation, contemplation and meditative art and where you can pacify the mind and body and balance the energies in an atmosphere of wabi -natural- and sabi -transient beauty.

The "Ponente ligure" bike path of the coastal park is one of the longest in the Mediterranean area: it has a total length of 20 km. The route is fully accessible by the pedestrians and cyclists in both directions.

enjoy half day of learning how to make olive oil pasta and wines, learn the secret of the Mediterranean diet, like in an organic farm and cook with the owners all organic italian products. Visit the wine cellar and the olive mill.

A small historic jewel, the medieval village of Terravecchia, surrounded by a wide belt of olive groves, gets up from the Picentino Valley with its castle and ancient walls.

A Pool Bar is open for a light lunch under the Jasmine pergola in our garden solarium by the lake.

In San Quirico d'Orcia at Duemme Knitwear you can buy at the best price cashmere knitwear made by hand.

In a tub of warm water, surrounded by nature, at sunset with a tasting of organic products of the Sant'Egle organic farm

The grandmother, who had an organic farm, taught us so much ancient Tuscan recipes that we want to tell and share

From the square of Capri, follow the sweet scent of vanilla to the small Buonocore's ice cream shop .
For those with a sweet tooth: don't to miss the tulip (waffle cup, ice cream, whipped cream, and melted chocolate).

Olive oil, wine, pianos, accordions, pasta, boating, leather goods, hats, shoes, wood, iron, etc. ...

In summer there are many music festivals in our surroundings: Incontri in Terre di Siena; Estate Musicale Chigiana; Crete Senesi Festival; Harpsichord concerts by Piccola Accademia Montisi and the Opera Festival in S.Galgano Abbey.

Homemade honey directly from the little producer in the village of Ortelle to the consumer ... we will take you to discover the taste more 'sweet as it gets!

The slopes are suitable, experienced teachers and safe equipment: for children who want to learn about the snow and the mountains, this is the place!

Typical specialties of Marche, in a rustic chic restaurant