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There are so many appealing farm holidays near Florence that I do not know where to start. Once you have reserved your cheap flight to Italy, preferably landing in either Pisa or Florence, your dreams will begin to come true. I will recommend some divine places near Florence both to the north, including Prato and Pistoia and to the south, including San Gimignano, Arezzo and Siena. Agrotourism has opened many a person’s appetite to share their holidays among nature, culture and relax. The Tuscany area surrounding Florence had made sure that there is enough farm holidays near Florence for everyone to enjoy.
Divine Farm Holidays near Florence
First we will head southeast to the Aretine Chianti in the upper Valderno area between Arezzo and Florence. Here, just over half an hour’s drive from Florence is an Etruscan walled-in city with a long list of distinguished art and architectural wonders to see. But before we set out sightseeing, we need to find accomodations, a nice country home divided into cozy apartments and surrounded by farm lands.The Villa L’Oliveta is a separate villa at the bottom of the Pratomagno mountain range. Its earthened, provincial decor with wooden beams on the ceiling, an old-fashioned wood burning oven ( where you can cook some typical tuscany dishes) and the forests which hugs it is undescribable.
Picture Postcard Pretty Holidays
Or jumping on the highway towards Siena, just following the signs to Siena, take the exit marked Tavarnelle Val di Pesa to make your farm holidays at the Passignano castle from the 11th century. There is an abbey called San Michele Archangel which had been taken over by the monks and they turned the castle into a villa farm. And coming back up towars Florence, San Gimagnano cannot be missed. From the distance among the light fog that always seems to prevail this area, you might think that you took a wrong turn because the landscape offers a Manhattan skyline. This is due to the remaining 13 towers from the original 70 that this city had way back then. So agrotourism is flourishing quickly.
The region to the northeast of Florence is known as Mugello, where some of the most traditional towns and villages of the Tuscany are found. In the little town of Vicchio, about 35 kilometres from Florence I found farm accomodations called Fattoria di Casole. These where horse stables and were later made into cute appartments with the Chianti rufina wine region embracing it. The Medici family was originally from Mugello and had adquired many luxuriously decorated palaces, villa and castles. These unfortunately were never made into hotels or any kind of logding, but some can be visited.
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