Special offers for Christmas holidays and New Year’s Eve in Tuscany

Posted by | Posted in Christmas holidays and new year's eve, autumn, special offers, what to do, winter | Posted on 25-09-2009

The summer season is not officially over, and the heat of the sun of these last days of September still let our guests to spend afternoons in the garden, pool or enjoy a walk to Florence, Siena, San Gimignano or Volterra. But like every year our guests have already requested information for a vacation to Tuscany for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. So, we decided it was the time to present the new offers of Piè di Costa.
If spending a vacation in Piè di Costa during summertime is the ideal way to rest and relax, bathing in the pool or maybe enjoy an outdoor barbecue, winter in Tuscany is full of opportunities too.
Autumn is the time in which nature is going to be transformed and the countryside turns to warmer tones, it is the time when even a bike ride on trails and paths around Montaione will be a real surprise.
But there is much more. Spending an holiday in Piè di Costa between November and January 2009 you can participate in one of the many events that will take place in Montaione in winter and in the period between Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Not only that, who wants to see Siena without the chaos of summer days, or the centre of Florence illuminated by the lights of Christmas, will have to choose this time for even a short vacation. Autumn and winter are also ideal for tasting the specialities of Tuscan cooking, the new wine and oil, truffle but also a good Florentine steak.
However summer or winter, spring or fall, any time of the year Piè di Costa is the ideal place to spend your next holiday in Tuscany.

Mountain Bike journey from Piè di Costa

Posted by | Posted in our guests, what to do | Posted on 18-08-2009

Thanks to the wonderful territory of Montaione, you can take advantage of an holiday in Piè di Costa and its central position to enjoy the most beautiful mountain bike trails, just like our guest Ronald has experienced with excellent results.

Just for the variety of the territory Ronald has chosen to spend an holiday in Montaione bringing his own Mountain Bike equipment. Together we have explored some of the many tracks that give the opportunity to have fun but also to see the typical and wonderful landscape of the Tuscan countryside.

We invite you to spend an holiday in Tuscany taking the opportunity to practice your favourite sport alternating days of relax by the pool and visits to the cities of art.

Figs and grapes for your fall holidays in Tuscany

Posted by | Posted in autumn, countrylife, what to do | Posted on 02-09-2008

September is arrived and like every year figs and grapes are ready to be collected. The nature and its cycles is punctual and surprising: gives the fruits of his land with generosity and love. First fruits of autumn like figs are a joy to see but above all to eat. Accompanied with the salami is one of the best dishes of traditional Tuscan cuisine. But they are also good with pecorino cheese and ham, or even by themselves after a meal. Staying in one of Piè di Costa apartments during fall season you can organize a dinner in the garden or on a terrace of your apartment, with figs and salami. September is the month of the harvest. Our Chianti vineyards arriving until a few meters from home give a good table grapes. Choosing September for a holiday in Tuscany in Piè di Costa you can enjoy these unique products of our land.

Spring! Spring! Spring

Posted by | Posted in spring, what to do | Posted on 21-03-2007

Spring is finally arrived also this year!
The colours and flavours of the Tuscan countryside offer you a enchanting feelings. A longer daylight and warmer temperatures give you the opportunity to enjoy the countryside by foot or by bike. In addiction to flavours, colours and the incoming of swallows, spring is without doubt the ideal time to visit the cities of art like Florence, Siena, Pisa, Volterra and San Gimignano, and many others village and hamlets of Tuscany. In spring, in many villages, is also used to celebrate the new season with festivals and events where you can find and buy typical and local products to take home as remember of your stay in Tuscany.