Valleverde

San Giovanni Valdarno (Arezzo)

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The farmhouse It is located among the most important art cities of Siena, Arezzo and Florence. It is also very close to small towns rich in history such as Cortona, Sansepolcro and San Gimignano. The farmhouse is easily reachable by motorway A1, exit Valdarno or by train arriving at the nearby station of San Giovanni Valdarno.
Enjoy special tours for guests, which can also be taken by mountain bike:

The Setteponti tour – going through the old and panoramic Roman street called “Cassia Vetus”, guests can admire the entire valley up to the Chianti hills. Along the road there are 4 Romanic parish churches i.e. Gropina in Loro Ciuffenna, Badia a Soffenna in Castelfranco di Sopra, S. Maria in Pian di Scò and Cascia in Reggello.
Visiting Piero della Francesca and his lands - The itinerary winds its way through the old cities of Arezzo, Sansepolcro and Monterchi in a gentle landscape dotted with XIII and XIV century monuments and cathedrals, besides the well-known frescoes and paintings by Piero della Francesca.
Chianti Tour – Visit to the Chianti territory with its hilly countryside of incomparable beauty in the heart of Tuscany, tasting of local products.
Italian fashion tour – Let's go shopping! Tuscany is the home to the Italian textile industry. And where there are factories, there are factory outlets such as Gucci, Prada, Dolce e Gabbana, Fendi and so on.
“The secret properties of roses” – 3 days and 2 nights stay in Valdarno. The Tuscan Region with its project “Welcome to Tuscany” offers their guests a lot of services and proposals. The last week-end of May guests can achieve a full sensory experience discovering fragrances, scents and colours of the Valdarno hills and looking for the “secret properties of roses”. May is indeed the month of roses and it's a magical moment to visit the Fineschi rose garden, only 3 Km far from the Valleverde farmhouse. Here guests can find more than 8,000 varieties of roses, which in this month are at the height of their beauty. Guests are inebriated by colours, shapes and scents that emanate from the roses. The itinerary finishes at the old “Gori 1919” soap factory, where guests have the possibility to explore the art of soap making, passed on from one generation to the next.