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Activities in the surroundings
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When you stay at Park Hotel Chianti there are many activities that you can choose during your holiday: visits to farms and local cellars where you can taste olive oil, wine and all the best typical products of the territory, personalized itineraries to discover the most beautiful cities of Tuscany and the small villages of Chianti...and much more!
Restaurants and Taverns – In the surroundings of Park Hotel Chianti you can taste the typical Tuscan cuisine in characteristic restaurants where you will discover ancient tastes, enriched by natural ingredients as oil and wine produced directly from the hills of Chianti.
You can dine outdoors and try the artisan pasta, meats as the wild boar, the suckling roasted pig and the true Florentine steak... and end you dinner with the typical “Vin Santo”.
Chianti Wine tasting – By visiting the cellars and the vineyards of the area, that from centuries cultivate the art of wine production, you will know all the stages, from the harvest to the oak casks, which give birth to the best Chianti Classico. The wine tasting itineraries, with bottles that date back as far as 1948, will satisfy the needs of the most demanding experts.
Tuscan cuisine courses – Do you want to discover all the secrets of the typical Tuscan cuisine? A few metres from Park Hotel Chianti you can participate to exclusive cookery courses, learn the art of home-made pasta, gnocchi and noodles, and then taste your creation accompanied by a good glass of Chianti wine.
Ceramics courses – To rediscover the handicraft tradition of Tuscan countryside, a nearby workshop offers pottery courses that allow you to create vases, lamps, candles, and bring home a unique, personal souvenir of your holiday.
Chianti Astronomical Observatory – The new Chianti Astronomical Observatory is located only 4 miles far from Tavarnelle Val Di Pesa. Public events dedicated to the telescopic observation of the sky, conferences and photographic exhibitions will be a unique opportunity for all the lovers of the mysteries of the stars.
Stables and horse-riding – For horse-riding lovers, 7 minutes by car from Park Hotel Chianti, the equestrian centre “Il Paretaio” proposes riding lessons suitable for beginners and experts, and wonderful strolls on horseback in the Tuscan countryside.
Trekking and Bicycle Tours - Excursions, guided walking and mountain bike tours of the territory will bring you in unexplored spots of the Chianti area. You will cross hills and forests, to visit the medieval villages, castles and all the artistic beauties of Via Chiantigiana. Mountain-bikes are available for our guests free of charge; Park Hotel Chianti also offers a comfortable bike deposit.
Flights in hot air balloon – A flight above the hills of Chianti is an experience that you will remember forever. The Aerostatic Tuscan Association offers flights starting from Tavarnelle Val di Pesa. Flights are available all day and begin at sunrise.
Golf courses - only 25 kilometres away from the hotel there is the Ugolino Golf Club, the first Golf Association in Italy, founded in 1889. Ugolino offers 18 holes, with small and well defended greens, surrounded by all the natural beauty of the hills of Chianti.
Castelfalfi Golf Club (Montatone – 32 km away) - between farmhouses and rows of cypresses, the 18-hole course defined as the "most difficult in Italy", with water and many natural obstacles that will challenge even the most experienced players.
Golf Club Poggio dei Medici (Scarperia – 74 km away) - one of the most prestigious courses in Italy, awarded by the “Condè Nast Traveller" as "the best Golf Club".
Tennis courts and a small lake for fishing are available in the nearby Gramasteda sport club.
Excursions in Vespa and Quad – For the most adventurous, we reserve trips on board of Vespa Piaggio or Quad (4-wheel motorbike) that allows you to visit the wonders of the Chianti territory in a unique way!
Visits to Tuscany outlets – In Tuscany you can find many outlets that offer apparel of the major fashion brands at reduced prices all year round. The Mall (Leccio Reggello, 51.9 km away) hosts the outlets of Armani Jeans, Bottega Veneta, Ermenegildo Zegna, Fendi, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Loro Piana, Ferragamo, Tod's, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent.
Barberino Designers Outlet (Barberino di Mugello-60.7 km away) is a small outlet/village inspired by the Renaissance architectures of Florence. Here you can enjoy more than 150 fashion stores including Calvin Klein, Guess, Missoni, Prada, and many others.
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