Podere Bellavista is located in the heart of Tuscany, overlooking the hills and surrounded by olive trees and cypresses and we offer old style hospitality .
The farm house dates back to the 1700, an intact chest where a dreamlike atmosphere reign as in a fairy tale. It was love at first sight, because when you enter the house you go back to the childhood, fascinated by the structure, the unique landscape and by the incredible silence that surrounding it. During the restoration, we chase original raw materials, trying to enhance the peculiarities of the house and preserving its flavour.
You can appreciate Tuscan cousine, that is characterized by all the ingredients offered by the nature seasonally, unique tastes such as the " arrosto girato" , stew chicken and rabbit, the "bistecca fiorentina" , the fresh hand-made pasta or the bread made with ancient flours, madre yeast and cooked in the wood oven.
You can eat on the terrace ouside with an incredible wiew on the Valdarno valley or in front of the centuries-old chimney.
We would like to diversify cultivation, vineyards and olive gorves, choosing seasonal products of our biologic al vegetable garden that is a fundamental element of our home. The olive trees were renovated after the frost of 1984 and they cover most of our terrains.
The Bellavista extra virgin oil is produced with the traditional olives varieties such as: moraiolo, leccino, frantoio e fiorentino and is characterized by a fresh, strong and scented taste. We pick up the olives in November and December, and we shatter them within the next 24 hours with the system "macina a freddo".
Under the arches of the house, near to the old stables, there is a small shop, where you can find all the products we made: the biologic oil, the white and the IGP red wine, the Vin Santo, the biologic jam and honey, the tomatoes sauce, our cold cuts and the cheese, left a few months in a sort of pit in walnut leaves… our greatest of wonders!
Spend your holidays with us, in a unique place in the heart of Tuscany, and learn how to cook Tuscan traditional dishes with us!