Lazio
Accommodation:
The Beehive
“The Beehive Hotel & Café is a stylish and contemporary alternative to Rome’s budget hotels and hostels, offering accommodation in private rooms, dorms, and self-catering apartments. Owned and run by Steve & Linda, an American couple who combine style with substance in an ecological way through art, food and design.”
Marche
Accommodation:
Ashley and Jason Bartner’s La Tavola Marche:
“La Tavola Marche is an organic farm, inn & cooking school set on 500 acres of farmland, rolling hills and truffle rich woods specializing in hands-on, farm to fork cooking classes and mushroom hunts. Guest accommodations are spacious apartments with private bedrooms, en-suite bathroom, kitchen, dinning room, wood beam ceilings, tile floors and stone fireplaces completing the rustic ambiance.”
Sleeps: 12 – 18 / Rates from: €80.00 per night / Minimum two night stay
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Dwight Standford’s Nascondiglio di Bacco:
“A bed and breakfast unique in the Marche.”
Giulia’s Locanda della Valle Nuova near Urbino:
“Organic farm and Agriturismo, carbon neutral, solar energy. Six rooms and two apartments, pool, horse riding, cooking classes, courses.”
Mark and Sarah’s The Hideaway near Amandola, Ascoli Piceno.
“Farmhouse apartments in a beautiful peaceful valley between the mountains & the coast!”
Cooking Classes:
Ashley and Jason Bartner’s La Tavola Marche:
“Our cooking classes (featured in Budget Travel Magazine and Food & Wine Magazine) are hands-on & from the ‘farm to the table’ with the first stop down to the garden farm to collect fresh fruits & veggies! Everything we eat is local & seasonal! Chef Jason shares the secrets of cucina povera (peasant cooking) in full day & half day classes as well as custom packages.”
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Tuscany
Accommodation:
Villa Cenami, in Viareggio, close to Lucca
“Stay at Villa Cenami and enjoy a full Tuscan apartment to call home for a week, a month, or more. Shop at the local Frutta e Verdura market and make an Italian style dinner in your kitchen… Or, venture out to historic Lucca or the seaside town of Viareggio to dine in one of the many fine restaurants.” “5 apartments available, lovely olive groves, citrus garden, pool.”
Raymond Lamothe’s Casamonti Castellina in Chianti
“2 apartments on our Farming Estate plus organized wine/oil/Cinta Senese pork product tastings, light lunches, Fiorentina Steak and Cinta Senese grilled dinners.”
Pamela Sheldon Johns’s Poggio Etrusco, Montepulciano
“Countryside farmhouse B&B with 3 apartments and 1 room, near Montepulciano/Pienza/Cortona. Accommodates 1 – 12 persons, two night minimum. Organic olive oil. Cooking classes available.”
Cooking Classes:
tgiFLORENCE “Cooking in Chianti“:
“Classes are totally hands-on. We all roll up our sleeves and pitch in with the cooking – learning while we talk about the food, the cuisine, its history and traditions. As you learn to prepare the recipes of the day, our conversations will cover technique, tricks and tips to make your cooking at home easier and more fun.”
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Umbria
Accommodation:
Conor McGlone’s Casa Lilla Bed & Breakfast and Holiday Apartment Rental
“At Casa Lilla we offer you relaxed, friendly and comfortable Umbria accommodation. Casa Lilla bed and breakfast and vacation apartment is situated in the heart of Acquasparta, a small Umbrian Medieval hill town located very close to Perugia, Todi, Spoleto and Orvieto to name but a few beautiful towns in southern Umbria. The apartment occupies the total ground floor, is spacious, well equiped 2 bed, 2 bath apartment.”
Sleeps: up to 6 / Rates from: €400.00 per week / Minimum two night stay
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Elizabeth Wholey’s Altabella Properties
“4 beautifully restored case coloniche, sleeping 2-13 guests (32 total), located in the Niccone Valley on the border of NE Tuscany and Umbria, between Cortona and Umbertide, 155 acres, concierge services, 2 pools, forest, olives, views.”
Louie & Deborah Mele’s Il Casale di Mele
“Immerse yourself into all that Umbria has to offer by booking your next holiday at Il Casale di Mele. Conveniently located between Perugia and Todi, the authentic and rustic Villa is located minutes off of highway E45, which will become the pipeline to commencing your Umbrian adventure and offering expedited transit to all of central Italy.”
Sleeps 8 / Rates 2700 to 3000 euros per week / 7 Day Stay Required
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Penny Prato Di Sotto:’s Umbrian Holidays
“Prato di Sotto is an historic complex of 4 houses in a spectacular hilltop location. accomodation in various cottages, houses and a 14th olive mill sleeping from 2 to 16 people.”
Jan Julian’s Casa Julian Holiday Apartments
“Two delightful 2 bedroom apartments in white stone villa, both with stunning views towards Lake Chiusi glistening in the distance. Pool, large private terraces. Umbria/ Tuscany borders near Lake Trasimeno.”
Letizia and Ruurd’s Agriturismo Alla Madonna del Piatto
“Alla Madonna del Piatto”, is a small agriturismo, a bed and breakfast inn in the Umbrian hills. The centuries-old farmhouse overlooks the beautiful town of Assisi. All rooms have a magnificent view of Assisi’s world famous basilica, dedicated to St. Francis and housing some of Italy’s most important art treasures.”
Sleeps: 10 – 12 / Rates from: €85.00 per night / Minimum two night stay March – November
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Rebecca Winke’s Brigolante Guest Apartments
“Just outside of Assisi, nestled among the foothills of St. Francis’ beloved Mount Subasio in Umbria, this 16th century stone farmhouse, once part of a larger castle, has been carefully remodeled into apartment holiday rentals which blend historic features and modern amenities.”
Sleeps: 6 – 10 / Rates from: €60.00 per night / Minimum two night stay
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Willemijn Lindeboom’s Villa in Umbria
“Villa in Umbria offers holiday rentals in Umbria Italy. We rent farm houses, country houses, villas with private pool, apartments with shared pool and various real agriturismo.”
Wine Tours:
Mark and Giselle Stafford’s Gusto Wine Tours
“A wine tour with Gusto will take you off the beaten track, introduce you to the people behind the wines and let you experience their famous Italian hospitality. You will enjoy a traditional Umbrian lunch and, of course, sample some of the best wines in the world. All this in a relaxed, informal atmosphere.”
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