• 1840 €        (US$2,500) (1376 GBP) pp double occupancy
• Add 225 €   (US$300)    (168 GBP)   for single occupancy
• Deduct 80 € pp (US$100) (60 GBP)  for a group min. of 4 people
  

6 nights & 7 Days in single/double Bedrooms with private washrooms
*All Meals ­ Personalized Menus
Robust Tuscan Table Wine ­ Chianti (Red) & Vernaccia (White)
**4 Cooking Classes
4 Half Days Excursions , including transportation & restaurant meals, (art towns, medieval villages, traditional art workshops, wineries, open markets)
1 Full Day Guided Excursion to Florence
Transportation & Transfers from/to Pontedera Train Station or Pisa/Florence Airport (service available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for early and late transfers we'll provide a taxi service at your charge)
Daily Room Cleaning
Outdoor Swimming Pool
Hiking Trails
Laundry Facilities

 

Tidbits & Tips 2008 Calendar Dates
APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY*
6 - 12	4 - 10	1 - 7	6 - 12
13 - 19	11 - 17	8 - 14	13 - 19
20 - 26	18 - 24	22 - 28	20 - 26
27 - May 3	25 - 31	29 - July 5	27 - August 2
AUGUST*	SEPTEMBER (Wine harvest)	OCTOBER	NOVEMBER (Olive harvest)
3 - 9	7 - 13	5 - 11	2 - 8
10 - 16	14 - 20	12 - 18	9 - 15
17 - 23	21 - 27	19 - 25
24 - 30	28 - October 4	26 - November 1
31 - September 6
* During July and August  the cooking courses are open for a min. of 4 people only

 

Sample Schedule for Tidbits & Tips *** Note: Recipes change along the year following the seasonal products of our organic garden and local farm markets
Sunday	Monday
Lunch: Tomato and  mozzarella di bufala Prosciutto with figs Bruschetta mixed salad Fruit 20:00 - Dinner: Minestrone Frittata in crosta Mixed salad Salame di cioccolato	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Half day visit to San Gimignano. Visit to the winery of San Donato and enjoy lunch 16:30 - Cooking class: a Mediterranean dinner Tagliatelle with sweet tomato sauce Sweet and sour peppers Stuffed and baked zucchine Brutti e Buoni
Tuesday	Wednesday
8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Visit to Certaldo 13:30 - Lunch: Assorted local cheeses with honey and fruit Mixed salad 16:30 - Cooking class: a fall dinner Risotto with pumpkin & mushrooms Chicken alla toscana Tuscan salad Crostata with figs and rosemary	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - Visit to the  Baroque monastery in Calci 13:00 - Lunch Salad with Savoy cabbage and beans Bruschetta with scamorza and fennel seeds Fruit 16:30 - Cooking class: A dinner from Piedmont Brasato al Chianti Potato ring Bunet (chocolate pudding)
Thursday	Friday
8:30/9:30 - breakfast 9:30 - Art guided excursion to Florence with Grazia Badino: Lunch in town. Dinner: Vegetables bundles Mixed salad Warm peaches in vanilla ice cream	8:30/9:30 breakfast 9:30 - visit to the open market  and the supermarket in Pontedera 13:00 - Friday lunch 16:30 - cooking class: Pizza & Focaccia Bread Torta di Rose
Saturday
8:30/9:30 - breakfast departure

 

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