How to Spend a Week in Tuscany’s Wine Country
There is a version of Chianti that belongs to postcards: cypress-lined roads, vineyard-covered hills, stone farmhouses and a glass of red wine catching the late-afternoon sun. Then there is the Chianti you discover when you stay for a week.
It is waking to church bells somewhere across the valley. Driving a white road to a winery that has belonged to the same family for generations. Stopping in a village for coffee and finding yourself still there at lunchtime. It is a landscape best experienced slowly, because Chianti is not one destination or even one town, but a patchwork of vineyards, woods, castles, villages and working farms between Florence and Siena.
For travellers staying in one of our Villas in Chianti, the great advantage is time. Florence and Siena are close enough for a day out, but there is no need to spend the week rushing between famous sights. The pleasure of Chianti is learning the smaller roads, returning to the same bar for coffee and understanding how different one hill can feel from the next.
This is our guide to the Chianti region: the towns worth knowing, the wine estates and restaurants to book, and what a week here actually looks like.
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This city has an abundance of offerings, including a thriving culture and art scene, excellent food, exquisite handcrafted goods, and a vibrant young nightlife. The options are endless.
This guide has gathered all the essential information you need to maximise your holiday to Florence and experience all this city has to offer.
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