Welcome to Podere Calcinaia, a family-run, organic working farm in the heart of Tuscany. On the top of a hill, surrounded by forests, vineyards, olive groves, fields, and fruit orchards, Calcinaia is the perfect place to unplug and reconnect to a slower pace, a quieter life, and a stronger connection to our surroundings. The old house hosts an agriturismo with two kitchens and five bedrooms (each with private bathroom), a big and bright room with wooden floors for group activities, as well as our home. Renovated in the early 2000s with care and attention to its history, the agriturismo features traditional terracotta floors, high ceilings, and wooden beams. Outside, you can enjoy your meals under the arches of our courtyard, relax under the big walnut tree, or take a hike through our forests, vineyards, olive groves and fields. Our big, friendly dogs are always up for a good cuddle, or you can make friends with our cats and goats. With an old, traditional stone oven, our garden is also the perfect place for delicious home-made pizza, which is particularly enjoyable on a warm summer evening. We pay attention to how the resources of the land are used. Our water comes from a well 60 metres under the hill, and is heated through solar panels, or, when there is no sun, with the wood we gather from our forests. This water also heats up the rooms during the winter, through a floor heating system. We use exclusively low-impact, biodegradable detergents and soaps from a local producer. What's best about this place is that you can feel completely far off from the rest of the world and still be in town in seven minutes for a cappuccino. The price for this is a 1Km gravel road that brings you here on top of the hill. While we are well used to it, as are many people in the countryside, cityfolk can find it a bit more challenging. You just need to take it easy and embrace the countryside life, with its slower pace and little daily adventures.

Podere Calcinaia is the ideal place to spend your holiday in Tuscany. Just 20km from Siena, the farmhouse is located in the heart of Chianti, surrounded by oak forests, vineyards, and olive groves, offering breathtaking views. The farmhouse's geographical location in Tuscany offers the opportunity to take excursions to the splendid Siena area with its villages to discover or to the most prestigious Tuscan destinations such as Florence, Pisa, Arezzo, San Gimignano, the Val d'Orcia with Montalcino, Pienza, Montepulciano, the spa towns and the Maremma with its Tyrrhenian coast.