Borgo Santo Pietro
A 22-room villa hotel on a 300-acre organic farm in southern Tuscany, where the sheep, kitchen gardens and vineyards feed two restaurants.
Two country estates in Tuscany and Umbria, with spa days
About this journey
Four nights on an organic farm estate in southern Tuscany, with a spa that uses its own herbs, then three inside the walls of an Umbrian castle with a candlelit bathhouse in the old wine cellars. Siena and Montalcino in between.
- 7 nights
- April to June, September and October
- Chiusdino, Tuscany and Lisciano Niccone, Umbria
What is included
- Return economy flights from London Heathrow to Florence
- A mid-size hire car for the week, collected and returned at Florence airport
- Bed and breakfast at Borgo Santo Pietro and Castello di Reschio
- One spa treatment per person at each estate
- A cookery class using produce from the Borgo Santo Pietro gardens
- A private guided walk through Siena
Not included
- Travel insurance
- City tourist taxes, paid locally
- Fuel, tolls and parking
- Lunches and dinners
Day by day
Open any day for the detail. Everything here can move: add a night, swap a hotel, change the order.
Into southern Tuscany
Fly to Florence and pick up the car for the drive south through the Chianti hills. The estate is on a quiet road between Siena and the coast, with gardens to walk before dinner.
Farm, spa and Siena
Walk the estate with the gardeners, take a cookery class with the harvest, and book a treatment in the spa garden. One day goes to Siena with a guide for the Campo and the cathedral, and another to the Brunello cellars of Montalcino and the abbey at Sant'Antimo.
An Umbrian castle estate
Drive east past Lake Trasimeno to a castle estate of woods and farmhouses on the Tuscan border. Ride out across the estate, spend an evening in the candlelit bathhouse, and take a morning in Cortona or Perugia.
Fly home
Drive back across the hills to Florence airport for the flight home to London Heathrow.
Where you stay
The properties this route is planned around. We can suggest alternatives at a different price point.
Castello di Reschio
A thousand-year-old castle hotel on a 3,700-acre private estate in the Umbrian hills, with horses, a candlelit bathhouse and two restaurants.
Ways to make it yours
A private driver instead of a hire car
Have a driver for the transfers and day trips so that everyone can enjoy the wine tastings.
Two nights in Florence
Start with two nights in Florence for the Uffizi and the Duomo before heading into the countryside.
Dates and seasons
Planned for April to June, September and October, when Italy is at its best. Outside those months it still works, with different trade-offs; ask us.
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