Pieve di Chio 103

In the countryside around Castiglion Fiorentino, among olive groves and white gravel lanes, Pieve di Chio 103 is a farmhouse that needs no special effects: exposed beams, period floors, the family dresser, and windows that frame nothing but green.

This is Tuscany lived slowly: breakfast in the garden, a book in the shade, crickets singing in the evening. The well-equipped kitchen is an open invitation to shop at the local markets and cook properly.

The location makes a perfect starting point: Castiglion Fiorentino and its town walls, Cortona a quarter of an hour away, Arezzo just beyond, and the whole Valdichiana all around with its parish churches and trattorias.