Farmhouse La Capanna di Porcellina Gaiole in Chianti, Siena, Tuscany

YOUR HOLIDAYS IN THE CHIANTI WHERE NATURE AND PEACE ARE GUARANTEED.

In the small village of Monti, where Capanna di Porcellina is situated, you can find all the indispensable services, some shops and a restaurant. The farmhouse is very close to the most important places in the senese Chianti, such as Gaiole in Chianti, Radda and Castelnuovo Berardenga; Siena itself is just 18 kms. away.

The farmhouse will welcome you in the peacefulness and silence of a pure and uncontaminated nature, offering all its comfort and relax.

The building is wholly restored in observance to the environment and the rural traditions, thus creating a truly familiar setting, completed by the owners' warmth of feeling.

Capanna di Porcellina is a nice farmhouse set in a dreamy scenery, amongst century-old woods and valleys blooming with vines and olive groves. A part of the Chianti area close to the most suggestive historical and turistic routes in Tuscany, the so-called "castles road". Fascinating places, rich of history and beauty like the castle of Brolio, possession of baron Ricasoli's lineage; a perfect starting point for hikings, bikings or horseback ridings.

Capanna di Porcellina is easily reachable from the North, leaving the A1 (E) at the Siena Nord exit point and following the SS 408 for Gaiole in Chianti, or from the South, leaving the same motorway at the Valdichiana exit, driving along the Siena-Bettolle highway up to the fork for Castelnuovo Berardenga, and there following the SS 482 for Gaiole.

GPS =  N 43° 24' 01"      E 11° 25' 30"

Forbes: Gaiole first in the top ten of the best places to live

November 28, 2008 - The modern romance is to Gaiole in Chianti, at least according to the ranking by Forbes on the places where Americans could be established following the economic crisis.
The news - which was released in Italy on the web site of the Alice News - Gaiole see the head of the top ten made ​​by a group of scholars in the tourism sector for the prestigious U.S. magazine Forbes. "The news does not surprise me - says proud Claudio Paris, Mayor of Gaiole in Chianti - because they are always aware of the excellence of this territory. We live in a place that has a surface area of 129 square kilometers thus showing a population density of twenty inhabitants, is impossible not to feel good in an oasis of peace and beauty as this.
Even its proximity to major road networks, on one hand penalizes us, on the other hand is another chance to enjoy nature, good wine and cooking, away from the chaos of the busiest centers. "
The other Italian city is Rome in the standings, which is in ninth place, while after the town of Gaiole in Chianti are the smaller towns to triumph: second Saint Remy de Provence, but also Kefalonia, Burford, a small village in England and Deia , Spanish village of 654 inhabitants on the island of Mallorca.

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