RENDOLA RIDING CENTRE
A family-run farm
holiday and riding centre in the Chianti hills. Guests are housed in
a traditional Tuscan farm house within easy reach of Florence,
Arezzo and Siena.
Established way back in
1969, Rendola Riding is a small family-run farm holiday centre in the
Chianti hills. While surrounded by unspoilt countryside (vineyards,
olive-groves and woodland), it is less than thirty miles from Florence
and Siena by car and only three miles from the station of Montevarchi.
 |
The
seventeenth-century
farmhouse has a
panoramic view over the Arno valley. It is typically Tuscan,
with its pigeon-loft, beams, terracotta floors and arches.
Each bedroom is attractively furnished and has its own
small bathroom.
There is a sitting room with a large selection of
English books
and of classical music and a fire is prepared on the
hearth on wintry days.
|
Rendola is not
for people who are looking for elegance. Hens and ducks peck
around the house, the family dog lies on the doorstep and
you may find a cat curled up in an armchair. No one has to
dress up on any occasion. Jenny Bawtree and her son Nicholas
are happy to welcome true country-lovers to their home and
guests quickly become friends, often returning again and
again.
|
 |
|
 |
At mealtimes
the guests sit altogether at a long table, and there is
plenty of merriment as well as good food. Pietro the cook
has a large repertoire of
Tuscan dishes,
accompanied, of course, by
Chianti wine.
Vegetarians are amply catered for as he has a well-stocked
organic vegetable garden. Eggs, turkeys and ducks are
home-produced and olives for extra-virgin olive oil are
picked in the surrounding groves.
|
8 days trip through beautiful Tuscany
DISCOVER TUSCANY |