When you arrive:
Your apartment will be ready and a bottle of estate Chianti will be waiting for you ... for a good start!
You will also find a folder with practical information and some useful telephone numbers to assist you during your stay.
Arrival time is from 16:00 hours and departure time is by 10:30 to allow for changeover.
When you reach the estate gates at Via S. Lorenzo a Colline n.9 please ring the bell for your apartment and wait for a response over the video/intercom.
Once the gates open just drive very slowly down to the house; the gates close automatically.
You have reached your holiday destination!
In the next chapter tthere are telephone numbers for booking museum admissions.
The suggestion is also made to book an art tourist guide.
If you are a music lover, your options include the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Concerts, Opera and Ballet Season ( at Comunale Theatre) and the Amici della Musica Concerts (at La Pergola Theatre), among many others.
Your nearest shopping towns are:
IMPRUNETA and GRASSINA (each 3.5 km away): Restaurants,food shops, supermarket, dry cleaner's, florist, pharmacy, Post Office.
You can go to Florence by bus (timetable in your folder). you can also drive to Florence, but you must head for one of the designated car parks, as driving around the city centre is only allowed on Sunday.
Most museums take advance bookings. State museums (Academy, Bargello, Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Medici Chapels and Villas, etc) can be reached on +39 055 294 883. City museums (Brancacci Chapel, Palazzo Vecchio, S. Maria Novella, etc.) can be reached on +39 055 276 8558.
A professional art tourist guide selected by your hostess according to your needs may be the best choice to unfold the secrets of Florence for you. To be booked in advance.
Day long sightseeing trips can take you to Arezzo, Lucca, Pisa, S.Gimignano, Volterra, the seaside and the mountains. Each destination is a boost in terms of unforgettable pleasure, beauty and culture
Don't forget that:
the food shops in Italy open at 08:00 and shut firmly from 13:00 until well after 16:00. They close in the evening around 20:00.
Many supermarkets, however, including the ones at IMPRUNETA and GRASSINA, stay open all day (closed on Wednesdays). Some are also open on Sunday mornings.
On Sundays most shops are closed except for some smart clothes shops in Florence. But many takeaway shops (Rosticceria) are open in the morning and so are cake and ice-cream shops.
Restaurants and Trattorias serve lunch from 12:00 to 14:00 and dinner usually between 20:00 and 22:00. Some require advance booking. Cafes and Pizzerias stay open later.
Museums and galleries have late night opening hours in the Summer.
Afternoon concerts are at 16:00 and evening concerts usually begin after 20:30.
Ski:
Abetone is the recommended resort for all snow sports and for every level of skills.
It is 1.5 hours away from the Property by car or coach.
Golf:
The Florence Golf Club is a long established tradition, going back to 1889.
It is 12 km from the Property along magnificent countryside.
Other Activities:
grape harvest in October, olive picking in November, nature trails on the farm
marks the location of the property in Chianti
