You Can Expect

You will be staying as a ‘house guest’ at this historic and architecturally important 8th century Augustinian canonry Pieve a Castello – on a secluded, fortified site, with unspoilt views – is located between Florence and Siena in central Tuscany, and was for centuries a main overnight stop for the thousands of travellers each year on the Via Francigena, the medieval ‘main road to Rome’

Today, fully restored to a high standard*, you will be welcomed and looked after by a team of experienced staff that includes an ATG resident Manager, a skilled chef and on Escorted trips, an ATG Tour Leader and Tour Manager.

Your room will be one of 10, each different, some in the main house, others opening onto the central courtyard, but all having en suite facilities, a sofa, writing table, fridge-bar, a safe (in cupboard with drawers) TV, WiFi, airconditioning and views of the ancient courtyard and also unspoilt Tuscan countryside

Exploring further you will find comfortable rooms and shaded terraces for sitting and relaxing, a proto-Romanesque church with a concert grand piano and ‘perfect’ acoustics, a well-stocked library, a travertine pool with salt filtration and organic vegetable gardens

Meals and wines (all included): Breakfast, a wide choice of options, including fresh eggs from the chickens, is usually served in the courtyard; lunch on the lower shaded terrace (or ATG picnic on Escorted trips); pre-dinner drinks and canapés on the library terrace, with, on Escorted trips, a presentation relating to the next day’s itinerary; then dinner, with ingredients from the organic gardens and local area, with fine regional wines, usually served in early medieval splendour of the former baptistry

Walking: ancient paths of the Via Francigena ‘fan out’ through vineyards, olive groves, meadows and forested hills, and include over 200 miles of excellent walking (complimentary Route Book in your room with 20 self-guided walks of 1 to 7 hours)

Excursions to places of outstanding interest, often include walking options

*A licensed ‘Residenza d’Epoca’