Leisure in Chianti

The area around Poderi Val Verde is perfect for short or more extended walks as well as long hiking and trekking tours - during the cooler months we may also guide you and finish the day off with a typical lunch in a romantic trattoria or a picnic prepared by us served under olive trees overlooking the famous vineyards of the Chianti.
You want to learn some spoken Italian? You may book private Italian language lessons, held by a sympatic local young lady in your own apartment.

And then our speciality - cooking lessons - we shall be glad to teach you various local farmer meals, meals you may also prepare at home and surprise your friends with - among others dishes that already hundreds of years ago the famous Katharina di Medici brought to France, when she married king Francois.
The surrounding hills and white roads offer optimal conditions for mountain biking (standard bikes may be rented through us, or professional bikes in the next town). There are various tennis courts in the next towns; you may also go fishing trouts or carps in some of the small artifical lakes around. Perfect golf courses are closed to Florence, Siena and Montecatini Terme.