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Villa Il Poggiale: Charming Bed and Breakfast in Chianti, near Florence
Villa il Poggiale is a beautiful family villa in Tuscany turned into a luxurious bed and breakfast to offer you accommodation in the heart of Chianti as you venture and explore this ancient land. Located just 20 minutes south of Florence, the Renaissance Tuscany villa has been entirely restored to offer hospitality and warm atmosphere of a patrician family country house. Each room has a private bathroom, its own minibar, satellite TV, direct dial telephone and modem, safe, and air conditioning. Just like a hotel in Tuscany but better as Villa il Poggiale offers many more services and the privacy and feel of a private home. From June until the end of September, the outdoor swimming pool is open for guests to enjoy. The villa also has a well-stocked wine cellar for guests year round to enjoy the area's great wines.
Villa il Poggiale also offers a conference room for guests who wish to organize small business meetings at the villa. Upon request and depending on the season, we can also organize trips to Siena during the famous Palio horse race, to San Miniato to hunt for truffles, to nearby farms to enjoy the newly pressed olive oil and local cheeses and to the most prestigious wineries for a memorable wine tasting outing. Just express your interest when making your reservation in these types of services and teh villa's staff will let you know what is offered during the season you'll be visiting.
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The Tuscany Villa Rooms
The bed and breakfast Villa il Poggiale offers several types of bedrooms, which include:
- 19 Standard rooms, Superior rooms and Junior Suites
- 2 Suites
- 3 Apartments with a small kitchen
All the rooms have:
- Private bathroom
- Air conditioning
- Mini-bar
- Telephone
- Tea and coffee making facilities
- Satellite colour television
- Direct dial phone and modem
- Safe
The breakfast room
Breakfast is served in the bright and cheerful room that used to be the children's playroom long ago.
The breakfast buffet that the villa serves can justly be called a "Tuscan Breakfast". Fresh ricotta cheese, jams, honey and prosciutto are supplied by nearby farms. Apple cinnamon cake, fruit tart, brioche bread, chocolate cake and quiches are all homemade, some from old family recipes.
A lovely day in the countryside starts with a good breakfast so Villa il Poggiale makes sure to provide one.
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Services the Tuscany Villa offers to guests
- Meeting room - The "Tinaia", the old wine cellar, is a vast vaulted room opening onto the garden. It is now used as a meeting room for small conventions (30/40 people)
- Swimming pool (20 x 6 meters) - Open from May 15th to October 15th. On request, a delicious light lunch can be prepared in the house.
- Transport - It is possible to book a car transfer service to and from the following destinations: Florence airport, Pisa airport, Santa Maria Novella train station in Florence.
- Cooking lessons (from 2 to 10 people on request) - The chef at Villa il Poggiale is an expert in Tuscan cuisine as well as other Italian regions: from the French influenced Piedmont cooking to the flamboyant cuisine of Naples and Sicily, which still harbours echoes of its Arab and Spanish heritage. The villa can arrange a personalized cooking course.
- Dinner at Villa il Poggiale - from April 1 to October 31, guests can request to dine at the Villa. The friendly cook prepares simple but refined buffet dinners that highlight the house specialities as well as Tuscan cuisine. The chef personally illustrates what he has prepared each evening, revealing small cooking secrets.
- Car rental with driver - Cars with driver are available for tours of the surrounding areas and of any other part of Tuscany.
- Massotherapy (Monday and Wednesday mornings) - Elena is a professional masseuse and expert on various beauty treatments. She offers a very special personal touch, entirely in tune with the atmosphere of Il Poggiale.
Directions to Villa il Poggiale:
Take the "Autostrada del Sole" (A1) highway, and exit at "Firenze Certosa". From here enter the speedway to Siena, and take the first exit called San Casciano V.P.. Drive for a couple of km and just before entering San Casciano, take a right turn towards Empoli-Cerbaia. After approximately 3 km, on your left you will find Villa il Poggiale surrounded by cypress trees.
Distances:
- Florence km 17
- Florence Airport km 35
- Pisa Airport km 85
- Milano km 300
- Roma km 280
- Ugolino Golf Club, one of the most beautiful in Italy, about 20 min.
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