Activities

Every morning we and our workawayers are outside tending to olive trees, the vineyard, fruit trees and the vegetable garden. You are most welcome to join in! We might be weeding, harvesting, pruning, staking or whatever.  If you fancy a little light digging or climbing up a tree to get some cherries - feel free! It's really fun to be outside and working the land - extremely relaxing for the mind!

Twice a week (in the mornings) we will have a specialist come and spend some time with whoever wants to hang around and join in, on a variety of subjects. It might be a couple of hours learning how to perform massage on your family members, or self massage. It could be a cooking lesson and you will be kneading dough on our wonderful marble table in the kitchen. Whatever it is. it will be fun.

There are a host of places that offer wine tastings in Tuscany, but we are lucky enough to have a fabulous castle owned by the Frescobaldi family just across the valley - Il Castello di Nipozzano.

We can book you a wine tasting there, which includes (depending on the time of year) visiting the production and pressing facilities, the vineyards, the castle and wine cellars and finishes with a fabulous wine tasting with a plate of Frescobaldi produced yummies including cheeses and hams. 

We have nearly 200 km of white roads in the surrounding hills, There are walks, places to run (lots of trail and hills), and cycling is an Italian passion! There are places nearby where you can rent bikes and ebikes. It's a fabulous place to be outdoors.

We are not short of towns and places to visit here! Florence is just a hop and a skip away by train from nearby Pontassieve. And then there are any number of amazing places to visit by car - Arezzo, Pioppi, Il Parco Nazionale del Casentinese and lots more besides.

We eat good food here at Le Palaie Vecchie, but we are also surrounded by lots of amazing places to get really excellent food - right from a simple sandwich, or a plate of pasta or a pizza, to an amazing three course meal. 

Every single Saturday we hop out of bed bright and early and head off to Mensola parkrun in Florence (a 20 minute drive). There is something for everyone, as you can run, walk or volunteer.