Tuscany: Insider guides (Ultimi inserimenti)

Have fun cooking a real organic pizza in our wood oven!
We will provide you the whole-leavened organic whole wheat pasta with dough for 48 hours and all the ingredients, including vegetables from our organic synergistic vegetable garden

San Gimignano includes among its wonders, even an ancient Roman villa. It is an old building dating back to between the fourth and sixth century AD for many years in a state of complete abandonment. Now is finally visitable

A small farm, a great Brunello.

The centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions. Siena is famous for its cuisine, art, museum medieval cityscape and the Palio, a horse race held twice a year

To create unique and delicious dishes. Saffron, special and precious ingredient can be purchased at the company Crocus Brandi in San Quirico d'Orcia, which cultivates it in the unspoilt Val d'Orcia, in Tuscany.

You may be on vacation, but you still need a little exercise! There are two well-kept tennis courts about 150 meters from the hotel, and two 9-hole golf courses about half an hour drive away, both with beautiful views.

Our popular ceramics called "cocci", are made with the traditional process that still work in the laboratory in the historic centre of Cortona, where several kind of products was born over the years according to the market needs.

The woodlands surrounding this small hilltop town are teeming with the most highly-prized white truffles in the world. Join a truffle hunt to experience the process and then head up to town to taste these heavenly - and costly! - morsels.

It opened on the new theater season "Leggieri d' Inverno" 2014/2015 which will last until April 30. "All ready for a big trip in a small theater" is the slogan of this year's festival.

The interesting exhibition of the "Biccherna" paintings inside the Palazzo Piccolomini in Siena (now State Archive). 105 wooden paintings used as covers of administrative registers: a journey through five centuries of history of Siena.

It's one of the Tuscany's little gems. Rich of art and culture, Lucca is famous for piazza dell'anfiteatro (roman heritage), the medieval walls, the cathedral of San Martino. Lucca is the ideal town for walking, biking and shopping.

A real gem, adorned with important artworks and surrounded by breathtakingly beautiful landscapes

Unique historical re-enactment: in one day the three districts of the village of Scarlino challenge each other in multiple races, from archery to the parade, the award for the best decoration of the districts to running-race in costume.

On the road with a Vespa, discovering the land of Chianti, enjoing the spectacular view of Tuscany hills and its ancient villages and tasting local organic products.

A Contemporary Art Gallery of painting and sculpture, realized by well-known artists and art-beginners, that organize events and theme exhibitions where the world of art meets social backgrounds, as in "Meet Art, Feed Art" exhibit.

If you like "The English Patient", you cannot miss the visit of S.Anna in Camprena monastery, just out of our hamlet. This was the location of all the Tuscan scenes of the popular movie. Also remarkable the refectory frescoed by Sodoma.

Local cuisine, good selection of wines, simple but very nice menu.

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

Three generations of wrought iron, here continues the historical research of materials and forms. And 'possible to order customized products and take home unique works.

Historical winery, here you can take guided tours, tasting and knowing the taste of good local wine

Osteria friendly, local cuisine

The peculiarity of La Polveriera is to be surrounded by a pine green and above all have a sea from the transparent water, shallow and almost always hot.

Home cooking cozy atmosphere

Roselle is one of the oldest archaeological sites in this area rich in Etruscan and Roman remains. The Roman theater is still well preserved and in the summer becomes a venue for theatrical performances.

Traversed by a wonderful "Wine road", which passes by the vineyards and farms where the region's excellent wine and oilve oils are produced, Le Colline Pisane are a must for both nature and wine lovers!

At a leisurely pace, or with a sense of adventure: everyone has a different style and can be satisfied with the biking on Elba, both on trail and off through shaded woods directly above the sea.

Trendy restaurant, seafood, friendly environment.

In San Gimignano is staging an exhibition of art of the highest level with the masterpieces of the twentieth century, Carlo Carra, Giorgio De Chirico and Renato Guttuso.

The nature reserve of Castelvecchio is located a few kilometers from the center of San Gimignano. It includes within the Poggio del Comune and extends up to the ruins of Castelvecchio from which it takes its name.