We will be doing day trips to Florence, Siena (city), Greve in Chianti, Monalcino and would like to stay in an area (prefer farmhouse) that is no more than an hour drive to each, but with nearby options for eating/drinking. Can anyone recommend a town and/or agritiurismo?
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Ventura, CA, USA
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Il Grepo just outside of Montepulciano. http://www.ilgreppo.it/index.en.php. We were there in 2003 and it was nice. Working winery with nice wines. It has been updated since then, but we enjoyed it.
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OP
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Thank you - i could be wrong but i think this is kinda far from Greve in Chianti and Florence, isn't it? We really don't want our day trips to be more than an hour, and less is even better.
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lexington, il
4105 posts
http://www.collelungo.com is centrally located in castellina in chianti
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We have not done this trip yet but we are staying in Castellini in Chianti on recommendations from a friend who has been to Italy 16 times. She loves Hotel Palazzo Squarcialupi in that small town. It is very centrally located to Florence, Siena, and Greve. We have been to Florence and Sienna so we plan to visit Volterra, San Gimigiano, and the towns in Chianti on this trip plus the hill towns to the south including Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino and others. We are staying in Montepulciano for our visit to those towns.
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Bradenton
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I love Frances' Lodge...ask for the yellow room....huge shower and right in the middle of an olive grove beautiful
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OP
38 posts
Thank you for all the suggestions. What i am really looking for is an Agriturismo/Farmhouse that has a restaurant and a nice view in the outdoor common areas that is fairly close to a main road for day trips, and hopefully under 90 or 100 euro and that is also close to a small town where in a short time we can go for drinks or a meal if we want to leave the property. I am thinking somewhere northeast of Siena since we also want to do day trips to Montelcino as well as Florence without having to drive more than an hour. Since we are not familiar we are spending a lot of time going in circles. Is Castellini in Chiani area a good choice? Keep the recommendations coming please. I found the perfect place but it booked already.