Tenuta di Ricavo is a luxury 4 star hotel in Chianti near Siena and a short drive from Florence.

Located in the in the heart of the Chianti countryside, Tenuta di Ricavo is a charming hamlet ideal for the refined, curious traveller with a true interest and passion for the attractions of historical and cultural features only places like Ricavo can offer.

Tenuta di Ricavo is pleased to announce the following

Advanced Booking Special Offer

About Hotel Tenuta di Ricavo

Ricavo was transformed into a quiet and comfortable Chianti country residence nestled in the rolling hills of Tuscany in the late 1950’s.

Tenuta di Ricavo is a historical medieval fortified village with a small chapel and tiny cemetery, where the weathered stone cottages seem to have the magic to bring us back in time.

Sources in the Passignano Abbey report that it was already in existence in A.D. 994. Like all the fortified settlements of this period it stands on a rise in the land, clustered around a church, still today property of the Curia in Florence.

Tenuta di Ricavo lays in a natural setting of 445 acres of a protected Nature Park. – The tranquility, the freshness of the air, voices of song birds, colors of wild flowers, the rich hues of cypress, the sense of space unite to present you with a tranquil sense of peace and relaxation.

Book your stay at Tenuta di Ricavo now!

To make a reservation at Tenuta di Ricavo, Castellina in Chianti:

Special Offer for Palio of Siena on July 2

Hotel Borgo Pretale_ in Tuscany is ready to welcome you for the world famous Palio of Siena with 2

Special LAST MINUTE OFFERS

• Stay 3 nights in a Romantic/Junior Suite or Suite and 1 night is free of charge
• Stay 2 nights in a Romantic/Junior Suite or Suite and save 15%

These services are also included:

• Buffet Breakfast
• Parking on hotel property
• Pool towels in room
• Sporting facilities.

Offer valid from 28/06 to 04/07 and not cumulative with other discounts or special offers.

See our previous descriptive post on Borgo Pretale, for more information on the hotel or use this form to request further information or Book Hotel Borgo Pretale now!

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Afternoon Wine Tasting of Castellina’s Chianti Classico Gallo Nero Wines

Accompanied by live music exhibition of local artists.

On Saturday, May 22 and on Sunday May 23, 2010, 3pm to 7.30pm

Chianti Wine tasting

To participate at tasting, you buy your own Fair-Wine-Glass for €10 and fill it at each wine stand

Experience Chianti’s Wines during the Pentecost Festival in town

Stay in the beautiful country side, relax and retreat to Tenuta di Ricavo.

4 star hotel in Chianti – hot deals

Special Offers for 4 night stays, Package Double Room from Euro 540,00.4 star Hotel Tenuta di Ricavo, Località Ricavo, Castellina in Chianti

Tenuta di Ricavo is a unique and charming hamlet carefully restored to ancient beauty, now a luxury 4 star country hotel in Tuscany and travel destination ideal for those seeking a oasis of peace and luxury easily reachable from both Siena and Florence.

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Torre Santa Flora is a unique 4 star Hotel Relais in Tuscany, near Arezzo, a pleasant drive through the Chianti Countryside to the most famous attractions Tuscany and Umbria have to offer:

• Cortona
• Florence
• Siena
• Perugia

This exclusive hotel located at the entrance to the Chianti region was once a place of rest and refreshment for knights and travelers. Today Torre Santa Flora continues the tradition of hospitality in the Casentino Valley home to many medieval villages, castles and monasteries.

Hotel Santa Flora is now offering end of year hotel deals.

Free SHIATSU treatment for every room booked

• 1 night stay including breakfast for 2 + 1 shiatsu for 1 person just € 130,00 (€ 65,00 per person)
• 2 night stay including breakfast for 2 + 1 shiatsu for 1 person just € 230,00 (€ 115,00 per person)

Limited availability Book Hotel Torre Santa Flora now!

Offer Expires on December 22^nd

Hotel Relais Torre Santa Flora is famous for the week end and dinner with mystery

Are you an Agatha Christie fan ?

This is your opportunity to solve a mystery and be a living part of it in Tuscany !

• 25-27 December 2009 Mystery Week End € 205,00 per person in double room, € 175,00 in triple, J. Suite or room for four

Tuesday January 5^th 2010: Mystery Dinner:

• Mystery Dinner € 55,00 per person (includes beverages and game)
• Mystery Dinner and 1 night stay: € 115,00 per person
• Mystery Dinner and 2 night stay: € 155,00 per person
• Mystery Dinner and 3 night stay: € 195,00 per person

Includes breakfast

• 8-10 January 2010: Mystery week end € 205,00 in double room / € 175,00 in triple in triple, J. Suite or room for four
• 22-24 January 2010: Mystery week end € 205,00 in double room / € 175,00 in triple in triple, J. Suite or room for four

Hotel Torre Santa Flora is a 4 star Hotel in Tuscany of the Hotel Relais Consortium of Luxury Hotels in Tuscany

More info: Hotel Relais Torre Santa Flora in Tuscany

If you’re planning a holiday in Tuscany, seeking a luxury hotel and wanting the best of Tuscany at your fingertips, Relais La Suvera is offering a special autumn holiday package starting September 15, continuing for 1 month.

Spend 3 nights at Relais La Suvera with this

Special Autumn Holiday Package

This offer includes:

   * Accommodation in a Double Room in the Ancient Stables

   * FREE upgrade of room at check-in, if available

   * A welcome cocktail

   * Buffet Breakfast

   * Your daily newspaper

   * A lunch at the Bar dei Limoni or a dinner for 2 people in the Oliviera Restaurant in our hotel (drinks not included)

   * A small gift upon departure from the owner Marchesi Ricci

Package price:

* EUR 960,00 for 3 nights from September 15th to October 15th, 2009.

* EUR 840,00 for 3 nights from October 16th to November 1st, 2009

Check availability and book online now !

Hotel Fonteverde Natural Spa Resort is one of the finest 5 star hotels in Tuscany located in San Casciano dei Bagni.

Fonteverde has recently been nominated best spa hotel in 2007 (Spa Finder Readers’ Choice Awards Winners).

For the month of August Fonteverde is offering a special luxury hotel holiday packages

• Stay 7 pay 6 (from 23.08.09 to 15.10.09)
• One more night with breakfast (from 23.08.09 to 15.10.09)
• One more night with breakfast (from 23.08.09 to 30.10.09)

Hotel L’Andana is one of the finest 5 star hotels in Tuscany Located in Maremma, spreading out in between the rolling hills of the tuscany countryside home to secular olive groves, vineyards and cypress trees. Take advantage of the “one more night” promotion …

• Book 2 nights at Hotel L’Andana and the 3^rd night is free (does not include arrivals on Friday during the months of July and August)
• Book 3 nights at Hotel L’Andana and the 4^th night is free (does not include arrivals during the month of August)
• Book 5 nights at Hotel L’Andana and the 6^th and 7^th nights are free

Hotel L’Andana is a Villa and a traditional Fattoria near an ancient chapel with the sea at a short distance, and the Elba Island just off the coast.

L’Andana offers grand hotel services in a very comfortable countryside inn with the spirit and atmosphere of a guesthouse.

Hotel Andana Services:

• Hotel Property of 500 hectares / 1250 acres
• Wine and olive oil production
• Vegetable garden
• 33 distinctively appointed, refined and spacious guest rooms
• 2 Superior Rooms
• 13 Deluxe Rooms
• 5 Deluxe Rooms with mezzanine
• 6 Junior Suites
• 3 Superior Suites
• 4 Prestige Suites
• Furnishing style: country-chic Tuscan style, Florentine fabrics and furniture
• Concierge services, Secretarial services (fax, postage, photocopying, delivery)
• Airline ticketing service
• Laundry / dry cleaning service
• Complimentary international newspaper
• Private transfer services (on request)

RESTAURANT & BAR

• In-room dining
• “La Trattoria Toscana”, a restaurant “Alain Ducasse” featuring Tuscan cuisine 1 Michelin star
• Terrace overlooking the vegetable garden and the wine cellar
• Bar and drawing room with library

RECEPTION & SEMINARS

• For your business luncheons, gala dinners, meetings & conferences, products launching.

WELL-BEING

• A gem of a Spa launched by ESPA opened in the Spring 2006. This intimate and exquisite Spa provide the guests with the ultimate in pampering and pleasure plus fitness and vitality and offer a state-of-the-art Spa and fitness equipment alongside very personalised, nurturing therapies provided by a dedicated, capable and caring team of professionals
• Outdoor Swimming Pool (18 x 6)
• Jacuzzi (4 x5)
• In-room treatments on request

ACTIVITIES ON PROPERTY

• Outdoor heated pool
• Golf practice
• Golf course
• Tennis court
• Games of bowls
• Bikes
• Spa Treatments
• Boutique
• Cooking classes
• Wine tasting courses

ACTIVITIES NEARBY: AROUND AND ABOUT

• Horseback riding
• Hiking & Trekking
• Mountain bike riding
• Golfing
• Bird watching
• Sea Activities (Sailing, Boat Rental, Boat excursions, Windsurfing, Canoeing)
• Cultural and historical sightseeing (archaeological visits, wine tours, shopping…)
• Siena 73 km, Florence 163 km, Rome 184 km

ACCESS AIRPORTS: Pisa- Galileo Galileo 145 km, Florence 163 km, Roma Fiumicino 184 km
TRAIN STATION: Grosseto 18 km

CREDIT CARDS American Express, Eurocard, MasterCard, Visa, JCB, Diners

Further information and Bookings: L’Andana Hotel in Tuscany, Maremma – In the booking form please specify your request for the “one more night promotion”.

UPDATE: You can read more about L’Andana here in this article by the Daily Telegraph.

Il 24 giugno è San Giovanni, il patrono di Firenze. Giornata di grandi eventi in città: il calcio storico, la regata in Arno e i “fochi” sparati dal Piazzale Michelangelo.

Per l’occasione Firenze ha deciso di organizzare una serata a favore dell’Abruzzo: una kermesse artistico – culturale per ricostruire la Torre Medicea di Santo Stefano di Sessanio in Abruzzo. L’ evento di mercoledì 24 giugno servirà infatti a costituire la base di una raccolta fondi destinata ad avviare la ricostruzione della Torre Medicea di Santo Stefano di Sessanio, incantevole borgo in provincia dell’Aquila, la cui torre-simbolo andata distrutta dal terremoto fu fatta costruire proprio dalla famiglia de’ Medici che ne ebbe il dominio fra il 1579 e il 1743. Periodo nel quale raggiunse il massimo splendore con il fiorente commercio della lana che lì veniva prodotta per poi essere lavorata in Toscana ed esportata in tutta Europa.

I Cameristi del Maggio Musicale diretti da Domenico Pierini offriranno ai presenti in anteprima il concerto che, a luglio, porteranno a Pechino: Cjaikovskij, Britten e i Concerti per due e per quattro violini da L’Estro Armonico di Antonio VIVALDI. Seguiranno performances, videoinstallazioni e degustazioni d’alta cucina. In gemellaggio con Salemi, città siciliana più volte colpita dal terremoto, interverranno Vittorio Sgarbi e Oliviero Toscani.

Sarà possibile ammirare i “Fochi” dal Giardino di Villa Bardini, da poco eletto da una giuria di esperti uno dei dieci giardini più belli d’Italia. Dalla Terrazza Bardini si gode di una posizione panoramica unica su Firenze e per l’occasione verrà animata da un contesto di musica, degustazioni, installazioni video e fotografiche, in una lunga serata glam per aiutare l’Abruzzo, all’insegna del piacere e dell’eleganza. Dalle 18.30 fino a tarda notte.

Per la gioia del palato, dalla città di Salemi arrivano le delizie di “Salemi e Pepemi” una associazione di produttori Salemitani ideata da Umberto Montano e Oliviero Toscani per “un boccone sul tardi”: la cittadina siciliana infatti, ancora terremotata dal ’68, presta il suo contributo a Santo Stefano di Sessanio. Testimonial sarà il sindaco VITTORIO SGARBI.

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La quota minima di partecipazione è di 50 euro a persona.

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Hotel Montebello Splendid is a 5 star hotel located in central Florence, a 19th century villa with private garden, a residence of warmth and personalized service, offering quality services at the highest levels. Just minutes away from Florence’s greatest sights and monuments, Hotel Montebello Splendid provides top quality accommodation in 60 rooms with its columned Tuscany-style loggia, with annexed meeting rooms equipped with wireless internet connection.

Top shops, artists’ boutiques and the Arno river are all a few steps away from the hotel front door, leading you to explore Ponte Vecchio, the Uffizi Gallery and the many other attractions Florence has to offer.

Read more about the top quality 5 star hotel in Florence on our website.

Hotel Montebello Splendid has launched a special offer for the summer season 2009:

Spend 3 nights at Hotel Montebello Splendid and pay only 2

A hefty 30% discount valid on all types of rooms available – but there’s more to this offer.

Book a 3 night stay with Hotel Montebello Splendid in July or August and you’ll participate in a special wine tasting event hosted in the Hotel’s garden, pricing ranges from € 16,00 to € 27,00 per person depending on assortment of wines (may include the worldwide famous Brunello di Montalcino).

Book this special offer by Hotel Montebello Splendid now !

Give yourself an incredible gift: driving a magnificent Ferrari through the Tuscan hills and under the Tuscan sun!
A unique drive through the most beautiful hills of Italy
Ferrari 599 F1 Gtb Fiorano in Tuscany

Starting from just euro 1,00 per person per HP* you can experience the 620Hp of the most performing Ferrari ever from regular production!

Bookings: 599underthetuscansun@dreamitaly.it

*Terms and conditions: the quote is referred to a party of 4 sharing a 1 day driving experience; parties from 1 to 3 persons have to pay the minimum quote of euro 2480 for the day. The quote includes: the Ferrari 599 in picture for a designed itinerary of approximately 150 miles; a leading car; a tour leader; fuel for the day; delivery and drop off charge; light lunch in a Tuscan trattoria; 1 single driver will drive all miles, more drivers will share the total mileage and driving time; driving expoerience lasts approximately 7 hours in total. Personal deductable is euro 35000 euro in total total. Please contact us for complete terms and conditions and available options. Offer is limited to customers staying at the hotels belonging to the HRTT group.