Agriturismo Ardene

via Valardegna, 7, 53045 Montepulciano (Siena) Code

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In brief

  • Type: Suite (2), Bedroom (3), Flat (1), Entire facility (1),
  • Guests: 14
  • Map: Hills
  • Type of accommodation: Bed & Breakfast

The agriturismo

An ancient stone villa, elegantly restored, 900 meters away from the center of Montepulciano, offers exclusive stays in apartments, rooms and suits, surrounded by nature, among the olive trees, cypresses and vineyards. The precious garden has over 2,000 rose bushes that frames the precious botanical garden around Ardene.

The swimming pool with its distinctive shape and finish, is naturally integrated into the landscape giving you realxing moments by the Tuscan flavour.

Breakfast is entirely homemade with cakes and pies prepared fresh and a fine selection of honey and jams which are prepared from a lot of years with the sweetes fruit of our plants.

The accommodation

Ardene is an ancient stone villa, whose origins date back to the Middle Age.

Each apartment has a large whirlpool baths and showers, comfortable beds, fully equipped kitchens, air conditioning, satellite TV, wi-fi.
The furnishings in Tuscan style, with solid walnut and chestnut wood from the original pieces restored to art. Each bathroom is handmade by high quality materials, the chandeliers with exclusive design are made by master glassmakers of Murano. In the suites and apartments lies fireplaces with exclusive design, made with stones and centuries-old juniper logs.


In the large nature park furnished with tables and chairs you can use our big barbecue and pizza oven.

Room "The Little Prince." Elegant, with a bathroom decorated with hand shower, roomy and comfortable.

Junior Suite "The Little Mermaid" with a fireplace, bathroom in pink stone with jacuzzi,

Superior Suite "The Thousand and One Nights" with terrace, stone kitchen, living room with fireplace, bathroom with shower and bathroom with jacuzzi, fireplace in the room with the wind carved juniper trunk.

Apartment "Bambi": sitting room with fireplace and cooking area, bedroom, mosaic bathroom with shower.

"Alice in" Wonderland double bedroom with extra bed, bathroom mosaic with Jacuzzi.

"Beauty and the Beast" master bedroom with fireplace with twisted juniper logs from the wind, bathroom with shower.

Living room with sofa and fireplace, Panoramic Restaurant room.

Indipendent villa. It's possible booking all the indipendent villa for group untill to 16 people, self catering or whit some services.

The Country House Ardene provides its guests with high level services in a magical, peaceful and unforgettable atmosphere.
The 7 bedroom, 7 bath villa is located in Montepulciano and due to its unexpected, innovative and welcoming accommodation facilities it is one of the most exclusive farmhouses of this area.
It is a country house in ancient stone and its origins date back to the medieval times. Ardene is the ideal location for reaching the old city of Montepulciano in a short time, walking or biking across the green country.
Montepulciano is the town where the poet Poliziano was born and it rises on the top of the hill which is just behind the villa. From the estate the so called “Pearl of the Sixteenth Century” shows to the guests its real and intact Renaissance aspect.
Thanks to its position Ardene is an excellent base for touring also the nearby hill towns of Valdichiana and Val d’Orcia, such as Montalcino, Pienza, Monticchiello, Chiusi, Cortona. Other towns like Siena, San Gimignano, Firenze, Arezzo and Trasimeno Lake, Perugia and Assisi in the green Umbria are easily reachable.
The owners use the products from their local farming (vegetables, honey, poultry, fruit etc) to prepare delicious meals on request.
Distances: The nearest village is Montepulciano at 900 mt Montepulciano (reachable on foot) and the nearest food shop and bus stop are only 600 mt away.
At guests' disposal: The houses where the guests will spend their holiday are absorbed in the green of the typical Tuscan landscape. In the well-kept park you can admire stately secular trees such as the oaks, the holm oaks and the cypresses that sink their roots under a soft carpet of lawn crossed by paths paved with great smooth stones that will accompany you in silent places, panoramic and with thousands of flowers and bushes. Just below the main house there is a barbecue corner with pizza oven equipped with tables and chairs for dining "al fresco".
In the garden just below the houses there is a suggestive rocky swimming pool (6x12 mt - depth 2,5 mt; open from May until the end of September) surrounded by the hilly lawn of the olive trees.
Ardene is absorbed in the most absolute silence, you can contemplate the view of Montepulciano and the valley. The villa also offers air conditioning (in all the bedrooms except Taverna and Bambi - A/C not available in the dining room either). The house is equipped with satellite tv as well as wifi internet connection. There is ample space for parking, up to 8 cars and the 500 meters of the drive are a dirt track in good condition. On request, the owners can provide a baby bed or an extra single bed for total of 17 sleeping spaces.
Extra Services: The following services can be arranged by the owners for an additional fee: Buffet breakfast (grand buffet), lunch and dinner, wine tasting, daily domestic help, change of linen, cooking classes, local products to buy on spot, trekking and guided tours, educational farm, spas, and massages.
 

Ardene offers a wide selection of handmade Tuscan typical food, processed and transformed in our kitchen. Every dish is the result of our crops and our farm’s according to tradition, with particular attention to integrated farming methods, without the use of pesticides and chemical products.

Ardene serves first dishes, fresh handmade pasta, eggs from our hens join our flours, so you can find and taste the unique flavor of our typical pasta, such as PICI, POTATO GNOCCHI, TAGLIATELLE with excellent fresh sauces.

The selection of meats of our production to be tasted with a good glass of Nobile Wine of Montepulciano or Brunello di Montalcino Wine.
 

Typical dish: handmade Pici with garlic 

 

                                                                                          Our menus

Appetizers

Mixed bruschetta
Ham and salami
Grilled vegetables or fried
Pickles
Buns
Pumpkin and potatoes pie

First dishes

 

Pici with Aglione
Pici with ragu of Chianina
Pici with Cinta Senese
Tagliatelle with ragu
Vegetarian pasta
Ribollita
Minestra di pane
Zuppa Toscana
Onion soup

Second dishes

 
Spit Roast
Pig on a spit
Roasted goat
Mixed grill
Vegetable omelet
 

Side dishes

 
Vegetables from our garden
 

Desserts

 

Tart with plum jam
Apple Pie
Grandmother's cake
Tiramisu

Activities and surrounding

The accommodation is situated 900 meters away from the historic center of Montepulciano, easily reachable  by foot or by bicycle, along a short and pleasant walk in the countryside.

It is overlooking the gentle hills of the Val d'Orcia, recognised by the UNESCO as Artistic Natural and Cultural Park of Val d'Orcia, where the dominant element of the landscape consists of erosion which lay bare the clay substrate gray forming the famous "lunar landscape" (Crete Senesi).

Nearby farm there are picturesque villages and towns rich in history and artistic treasures: Monticchiello, Pienza, Montefollonico, Montalcino, Bagno Vignoni, San Quirico d'Orcia, Bagni San Filippo, Cortona. While in about an hour you can reach famous Italian cities such as Siena, Perugia, Arezzo, Florence, Pisa, Orvieto, San Gimignano, Volterra, and in less than two hours Rome.

We are in a unique land, made ​​so by all those who have known how to cultivate it with wisdom and love, generation by generation, famous throughout the world for "La Dolce Vita", for its wines such as the Nobile di Montepulciano and the Brunello di Montalcino, the extra virgin olive oil, Pecorino di Pienza, the prized Chianina beef and the Cinta Senese and the priceless heritage of countless villages, abbeys (St. Antimo Abbey, Abbey of Monte Oliveto Major and Sant'Anna in Camprena), castles, museums and landscapes that offer tours of well-being in the relaxing thermal baths of Montepulciano, Chianciano, Rapolano, Bagno Vignoni, Bagni San Filippo, San Casciano dei Bagni.

Thanks to its central position between the Via Francigena, which runs along the Val d'Orcia, and the Trasimeno Lake, Ardene is the ideal starting point for many marked trails and equipped for those who practice trekking, Nordic walking, mountain biking or hiking and other specialties that are looking for staggering views and perfect quality of life.

Ardene offers tastings of typical Tuscan products at the farm or at farm LAPECHERONZA, our direct sales point at zero km. In Lapecheronza we offer to our customers a special discount on tastings. Simply announcing the 0016 code to receive 10% on tasting and spending.

Tuscan products to km.0

Our company produces respecting the natural tradition and sustainability of the environment. The techniques are those that were used already by the rural families in the last century. The land is worked and fertilized with manure and we don't use pesticides or other unnatural substances.
We breed pigs only from barley, corn, acorns, herbs, pumpkins that helps and favors slow but healthy growth. The meat is processed in the laboratory that uses only high quality flavors without added lactose and non-natural additives. The seasoning of the meats are slow and have respected the natural time that allow to obtain a product of traditional flavors.
All vegetables are grown in accordance with the seasonal cycle excluding the administration of chemical fertilizers that affect the size of the plant and fruit, losing the taste and flavors of good food.
Oil is definitely a pearl of our company becase all the olives are harvested by hand and processed in the mill with cold extraction system that allows you to get a unique product with acidity of less than 0.001% and with high organoleptic qualities.
The orchard welcomes apple trees, pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, plums native breed scosciamonaca, figs, etc. It follows the same production techniques used in company.
The processing workshop helps to have jams, sauces with fresh and healthy fruits and vegetables that keeps the original flavor until the time of consummation.
All of our natural prodoucts can be tasted in our shop "Fattoria Lapecheronza".
Even the wine comes from the Lapecheronza Fattoria di Montepulciano companies that manufacture in keeping with tradition espcially Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.

Ardene is structured as a great educational tour. You can stroll along the paths marked out and discover our animals and our plants through the illustrations and the books we suggest you.

The farm is the ideal place where children can meet Nature and adults can discover how the food.

Our company offers a new way to shop. You can be accompanied among our crops er accommodate the products directly in the plant so that the consumer can understand the processes of maturation and seasonality.

 

The spending in the garden is our idea to make known how come the food that Tuscany cuisine offers. We accompany our guests in the garden to collect directly in the plant that nature gives us. We believe it is the most authentic way to make the life of the Tuscan countryside.

 

During the different seasons we offer walks in the country for the founded and the knowledge of wild and medicinal herbs. We also offer you the opportunity to know aromatic plants in our botanical garden and use them to cook good food.

 

We organize guided horseback tours by appointment for beginners with scenic routes and country walks.

Horse riding in Chiusi, Montepulciano, Pienza, Chianciano Terme, Val d'Orcia, Città della Pieve, Castiglione del Lago and Lake Trasimeno.
fantastic opportunity to experience the horse and learn about nature and the territory. Hiking and trips to various lengths riding (for beginners is recommended duration of no more than 2 hours) for the trails and the Tuscan countryside.

Ardene organizes cooking classes for both adults and children to learn traditional Tuscan recipes and dishes typical of the Chiana Valley.

Cooking course for the preparation of the complete traditional tuscany menu or cooking class for the preparation of fresh pasta (along with chef learning to "appiciare" which means to always Pici: typical pasta of this area ).

On request, there is a complete meal that includes the dishes prepared during the lesson with the wines of Montepulciano

Min. People: 2 / Max. People: 16

You can buy the products to be prepared directly in our garden.

Services

Available services

Restaurant
Swimming pool
Internet
Air conditioning
Pets allowed

Pets allowed

  • Dogs
  • Cats

Size/gender of dogs

  • Small (under 10 kg)
  • Medium (10 kg - 25 kg)
  • Large (25 kg - 45 kg)
  • Very large (over 45 kg)

Allowed in

  • Accommodation

Safety

  • Only well-behaved, supervised animals
  • Must be kept on a lead outside
Typical products on sale
Disabled facilities
Credit cards welcome
Attractions and activities in the surrounding area
  • Theme Parks and Water Parks
  • Nature Reserves
  • Museums and galleries
  • Artistic and historical sites
  • Spa
Sport and activities in the surrounding area
  • Hiking
  • Bird watching
  • Hunting
  • Fishing
  • Horse riding
  • Golf
  • Tennis

Rooms and prices

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Setting and surroundings
9,9
Activities and facilities
9,9
Accommodation
9,8
Restaurant
9,6
WF
Wayne Fowkes
October 2023
10
Amazing
Wonderful hidden Agriturismo under Montepulciano. Fantastic setting in a rustic villa. Great swimming pool and amazing grounds. Really comfortable rooms with open fires. You have to taste their amazing olive oil. Bernedetta is a great host with lots of advice on where and where n... Read more
Stay: 10/2023
Traveller: Couples
Holiday: Romantic
Setting and surroundings
10
Accommodation
9,5
Activities and facilities
9,5
Restaurant
9
GB
Gabriella benzoni
December 2021
10
Amazing
We are back after a few months. Always great place. Breakfast special and excellent. Staff super!
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Stay: 11/2021
Traveller: Independent travellers
Holiday: Sports
Setting and surroundings
9,5
Accommodation
10
Activities and facilities
10
Restaurant
8,5
Reply from the host
Agriturismo Ardene answers
Thank you for coming back. Benedetta
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DF
DEBORA FAVARO
August 2021
10
Amazing
Super quiet place where you can really relax while enjoying a beautiful landscape. Experience to recommend. Mrs. Benedetta and Mr. Ali kind and thoughtful. To return.
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Stay: 7/2021
Traveller: Couples
Holiday: Relaxing
Setting and surroundings
10
Accommodation
9
Activities and facilities
9,5
Reply from the host
Agriturismo Ardene answers
thank you for choosing us. Ali and Benedetta
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Agriturismo Ardene
via Valardegna, 7, 53045
Montepulciano (Siena) Print directions from host
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