The region is stuffed with history, art, food and wine. With Italy’s excellent road network, in Tuscany Florence, San Giminiano, le Crete, Pienza, Montalcino, Cortona, Arezzo and in Umbria Perugia, Assisi, Gubbio and Todi are within easy reach for day trips.
Restaurants, wine tours, visits to the nearest towns and hamlets in Tuscany to breath in art and history, sports and more.
Around Arceno, the nearby little towns offer all kind of Italian cooking, from the traditional “trattoria” that offers the most typical Tuscan food to a Michelin starred restaurant.
A favourite restaurant is ‘La Bottega del Trenta’ in Villa a Sesta for a fantastic fine food experience and a warm welcome by Hélène the owner.
While Arceno is blessed by fantastic wines produced on the estate, in the surrounding territory there are some other wine producers whose mantra is “excellency”. A visit to these cellars and vineyards cannot go amiss during a vacation in Tuscany.
During the year the territory offers events whose roots stem from the past. The famous ‘Palio’ horse race is the main event in Siena held twice annually on 2nd July and the 16th August.
Some of the experiences to live in full are in May the “Millemiglia” through Siena, an ancient car racing from north to south of Italy and making a stop in Piazza del Camp, in October the “Eroica”, a cycling race inspired bu the values of a noble sport as interpreted in the past and the “Ecomaratona” a marathon that runs through the vineyards of Arceno.
When visiting Siena around these dates, Arceno Rentals Club can arrange the purchase of tickets, for an ‘unparalleled experience'!
A car or a small van for bigger groups are necessary to travel around and all areas of the estate are reached by ‘strade bianche’, literally, white roads which are unpaved. Although most are public these roads are quiet, allowing walking, cycling and jogging in peace along with horseriding. The area is also popular with cyclists and motorcyclists.