After two nights in Florence, we headed to wine country!
Our hotel is I Borgi dell'Eremo - a super cute hill side boutique hotel with over 1200 acres of land and a gorgeous 15 rooms/villas. We stayed in one of the two bedroom ones and loved having a shared living space to play games and hangout.
On arrival we started strong with a spa night, enjoying the use of steam room, sauna, emotion shower, pool, and hot tub! We ordered a few negronis and relaxed before dinner.
We mostly had the whole hotel to ourselves, as we had a in the week night stay and it's the off season. Very nice as we had dinner at the hotel both nights and breakfast each morning, each time at our dedicated table in the restraunt ♥️
We took it easy most of our time here but did venture out into town for lunch on our one full day in the area. Pretty easy driving except when I suggested we could "easily take the interior mountain town roads" (with a "uppity uppity" in encouragement) ... Where we found ourselves wedged between the castle walls and trapped on a too tight corner 😅 with much guidance from Kevin and some lackluster help from me and Amanda, Igor did a 1000 point turn to escape our predicament. Only a few people witnessed our struggle so embarrassment stayed to a minimum - another win for off season travel!
Unfortunately most of the spots we were going to check out for lunch were closed but as luck would have it we found ourselves at a cute wine and sandwich shop with a very helpful host! After some delicious sandwiches and a bottle of wine to go we had a much less eventful drive back to the hotel to relax and enjoy another evening playing games and dinner.
Both mornings we woke up to stunning fog across the hills. Like the ridge valley views to the max with beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Amanda and I enjoyed our second morning hiking out to their farm! A very hilly 3 miles, mostly wooded, with a midway stop to visit the goats and cows.Read more
December 9, 2025 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 4 °C