Category Archives: News

  The golf course near us has successfully opened. 18 holes, on 130 hectars of sienese hills. Promoted by the Golf Architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., it appears to be one the most interresting gold course in Italy.   We … Continue reading →

Once again a market of fresh, local products will be on show in the square (Piazza della Repubblica) of San Rocco a Pilli on Saturday 5th May. The novelty this time is FRESH TUSCAN FISH and at the Associazione Erbandando’s … Continue reading →

20 – 4 – 12 Cocktail at 6pm on Friday 20th April, at Lungarno Corsini 30/34r (Firenze/Florence). FLO renews it’s women collection and invites you to discover it’s new fashion items. FLO is a “concept store” and a charity which … Continue reading →

Want to understand how to tell the difference between good and bad olive oil, here you have it.. On Sunday Massimo took our guests from the Loyola University (Chicago) round the Olive trees, explaining the history and the techniques used … Continue reading →

If any of you readers are in Tuscany and feel like a trip to Firenze, hear’s an exhibition we suggest seeing: “Americani a Firenze” – “Americans in Florence” “Sargent and the Impressionists of the New World”. It is set up … Continue reading →

Rain has been on and off over the past week and it is said to continue like such for the next week or so. All the same the sun can’t be held back for too long and sure enough we … Continue reading →

It’s been a rainy day here in Tuscany. Heavy showers in the morning all over Florence and some lighter rain over Siena. By the afternoon it had stopped raining and the sun was out once again. Although it was still … Continue reading →

Saturday 7th April, from 9am to 1pm, the producers of “Mercatale di Sovicille” offer a full Easter shopping at 0 kilometres. In Piazza delle Repubblica, San Rocco a Pilli, many local seasonal products will be awaiting you alongside artisans of … Continue reading →

  Known since the time of the Romans, the Petriolo Baths have been visited through the centuries by many well-known personalities. The thermal waters are known to be empowered of various therapeutic characteristics, with have proved, since Romans made use … Continue reading →