Granö Beckasin
Granö · Sleeps 2–4
Bird's-nest cabins built from reclaimed timber high in the pines above the Ume river.
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Photographs by Querceto di Castellina, used with permission.
Agriturismo Querceto di Castellina
Castellina in Chianti, Siena, Tuscany
Fifteenth-century stone cottages on a family wine and olive estate in Chianti, between Siena and Florence.
Why we love it
A working organic estate rather than a hotel with vines attached — the family make wine, grappa and olive oil, and the cottages are the fifteenth-century farm buildings that came with the land. Self-catering, with kitchens, which is the right arrangement in a part of Italy where the shopping is half the holiday.
Castellina in Chianti sits on the ridge road between Siena and Florence, so both are a short drive and neither is where you will want to spend the afternoon.
Best for: a week of doing very little among vines you can walk into
Worth knowing
- This is an agriturismo with self-catering apartments rather than a hotel, and the operator says so plainly: daily cleaning and a change of linen come only with the Livia suite.
The practicalities
- Wifi
- Good
- Included
- A complimentary wine tasting
- Use of the saltwater pool, the estate gardens and the terrace
- Laundry room, bbq and picnic area, ping pong table and free WiFi
Getting there
- Nearest station
- Castellina in Chianti-Monteriggioni — 11 miles
- Without a car
- Difficult, but possible
What is around it
Towns
- Castellina in Chianti · 3.5 miles
- Radda in Chianti · 8 miles — The estate sits between the two, in the centre of the Chianti Classico.
- San Gimignano · 20.6 miles
- Florence · 26.4 miles
- Siena · 32.5 miles
Who runs it
The Di Battista family
Guido Masini bought the estate in 1945. His daughter Laura took back the management in 1989 and, with her husband Giorgio, an architect, restored the fifteenth-century buildings into an agriturismo and started a Tuscan cooking school. Her eldest son Jacopo founded the winery and bottled the first vintage in 1998; her youngest, Filippo, directs the agriturismo, and Jacopo's wife Mary runs marketing and hospitality.
Where it is
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