LOCATION
The Hotel is in the heart of Chianti Classico, immersed in the land
from where the grapes take the historical name of Gallo Nero, a few km
from Siena (26km) and from Florence (40km).
The Hotel is in the Tuscan country-side but only a few km from Radda
and Gaiole in Chianti where, apart from wine, you may find all to
satisfy your needs: shops, restaurants, supermarkets, pharmacies and
security forces.
References to destinations within a ray of 20 km: San Polo in Rosso (Church and Castle 2 km) San Giusto in Salcio (church and shire 2 km) Radda in Chianti (4 km) Lecchi in Chianti (shire 4 km) Gaiole in Chianti (12 km) Castellina in Chianti (15 km) Panzano in Chianti (14 km) Greve in Chianti (20 km). References to destinations within a ray of 60 km: Siena (this city of art is part of the Unesco World Heritage Site 26 km) Florence (40 km) Monteriggioni (shire with antique building work 24 km) Poggibonsi (town with historical centre 26 km) Colle Val d'Elsa (town with historical centre 30 km) San Gimignano (city of art part of the Unesco World Heritage Site 45 km) Volterra (etruscan city of art 60 km) References to destinations within a ray of 60 km: Arezzo, Cortona, Montepuliciano, Pienza, San Quirico d'Orcia, Bagno Vignoni, Montalcino, Crete Senesi, Asciano, Chiusure, San Giovanni d'Asso, Trequanda, Sinalunga.
Activies in the neighbourhood:
Horse riding, tennis, guided tours to cellars and oil-mills in Chianti
Classico, helicopter flights, mountain bikes, trakking.
HOW TO REACH US
From Milano, Bologna, Firenze:
Autostrada A1
1)Exit A1: Firenze Certosa.
2) Take the highway Firenze-Siena
3) Exit San Donato
4) Continue towards Castellina in Chianti
5) Continue to Radda in Chianti
6) From Radda (entrance to the town) follow directions to Lecchi-San
Sano and procede for 4 km. The entrance to the Tenuta is on your right.
From Roma and Napoli:
Autostrada A1
1) Exit Montevarchi
2) Procede in direction Cavriglia and Radda in Chianti
3) From Radda (end of town) follow directions to Lecchi-San Sano
and procede for 4 km. The entrance to the Tenuta is on your right.
From Pisa Galilei Airport:
There are two possibilities: the first is shorter but
could be more difficult:
1) From Pisa Airport take the Strada Statale SS 206 direction Collesalvetti
2) Procede towards San Miniato
3) Procede to Certaldo
4) From Certaldo procede to Poggibonsi
5) From Poggibonsi procede to Castellina in Chianti
6) From Castellina in Chianti procede to Radda in Chianti
7) From Radda (entrance to the town) follow directions to Lecchi-San
Sano and procede for 4 km. The entrance to the Tenuta is on your
right.
WHERE WE ARE - PHOTOGALLERY - info - Events - RATES
RADDA IN CHIANTI
Radda in Chianti is located in the heart of Chianti Classico. In the second half of two hundred Florence organized its countryside in what was a mayor. Radda in 1415 was declared the capital of the League of Chianti, and it had therefore established the Podestą with jurisdiction over Terzieri of Radda, Gaiole and Castellina. Around and within a few kilometers there are places and landscapes of particular interest: the Convent of the Franciscans The Pieve di S. Maria Novella, Albola, Badia Montemuro and, almost at the foot of Mount Querciabella, Volpaia, whose castle of the tenth century still inspires a dark medieval atmosphere.
GLI ETRUSCHI A CASTELLINA IN CHIANTI
One of the most interesting archaeological discoveries of all Chianti is certainly the Mound of Mount Calvary (VI cent. BC) consists of four chamber tombs with entrances oriented towards the four cardinal points. A witness of an important Etruscan presence in the territory of Castellina, be numbered among the other artefacts such as the Well of Casalvento, the tombs of the Necropolis of Poggino and a recently identified by the "Gruppo Archeologico Salingolpe" in Fonterutoli .
BADIA A COLTIBUONO
The monastery, founded in 1051, was the property of Vallombrosa Benedictine monks until 1810. In the fifteenth century, the abbey of the "Good Harvest" was a major development being under the patronage of Lorenzo de'Medici. Later it was transformed into a villa-farm while maintaining its function as a garrison of agriculture to this day. The garden of the Abbey, restored radically in recent decades, is set according to a schedule that reflects the score of the hortus conclusus by geometric hedges of boxwood with placement of plants and aromatic officinal. The rectangular tub in the center of the garden and paving of the paths are made of sandstone.