Great rustic places in Tuscany?

Question

I'm going to Tuscany soon with some friends and we are looking for a great rustic place there to spend our time. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

La Volpaia, between Siena and San Gimignano.

Answer 2

Voltera, San Gimlignano, Monteciano

Answer 3

In the summer of 2005, my family stayed in a wonderful villa in Monticiano, Italy in Tuscany. It was a beautiful small town in the Tuscan countryside less than 1 hour from Siena and the Chianti region. From here you can take many day trips to Siena, San Gimigniano, Volterra, Massa Maritima, Montalcino, Pienza, Montipulciano, Monteriggioni, Cortona - all of which I highly recommend. You can even walk to the famous ruins of San Galgano! All of these towns will make you forget about the hustle and bustle of your regular daily life and bring you to a quieter, more peaceful time.

The link to the villa we stayed at is here:  http://www.rentvillas.com/PropertyDetail...  This particular villa is very inexpensive (only about US$800 per week in the high summer season). For a family of 4, you can easily pay about €150-200 per night for a quad hotel room. Here, for about US$100 a night, you get about 1000 square feet of space - a full 2 bedroom apartment! Even if this villa doesn't excite you, check a little deeper on the rentvillas.com site and you'll see there are many other choices...

Good luck!

Answer 4

Fattoria Bassetto is a great place in the little town of Certaldo, right between Florence, Siena and Volterra. Stayed there for about 4 months. www.fattoriabassetto.com

have fun. San Gimigniano is 10 minutes by car. they rent bikes and can be there in 30 minutes. they have tours as well

Answer 5

Go to Florence (Firenze) and rent a bicycle and start pedaling in any direction on a dirt road and you will find rustic.