Pergola

Located on one of our favorite vacation rental properties in Tuscany, the Pergola is an attractive 1-bedroom apartment in a restored farmhouse overlooking the vineyards. Furnished with distinguished taste and care, this apartment is comfortable and attractive. The living room leads through a brick archway into an eat-in kitchenette. Beyond the kitchenette is a double bedroom. Beamed ceilings and exposed brick give this apartment rustic, country charm.

The apartment is located in a vineyard near Montalcino, an easy drive to Siena, the Chianti Valley and many Tuscan hill towns beyond. Your host, Anna, is a retired teacher who speaks good English. She and her family are very friendly. Wine is available for guest purchase, including the family’s own Brunello. The property is a perennial favorite! Other vacation rental apartments on the farm include the Coppia, the Famiglia and the Ada Teresa.

Montalcino is a beautiful hill town, sporadically populated in Etruscan times and permanently settled around 1000 AD. The town was important in medieval times and its thirteenth-century walls are still largely intact. Today Montalcino is known for the Brunello wine made in its surrounding farmlands. Its center is pedestrian-friendly and walkable. Its narrow streets are lined with shops, good restaurants, lively cafés and wine bars. It hosts an open-air market on Fridays and offers a museum of sacred art. Visitors to the town’s fourteenth-century fortress can climb its tower for a spectacular view of the countryside or sample local wines in its basement cantina. The town offers banks, ATMs, coffee bars, a grocery store and a good bakery.

Staying in the countryside outside Montalcino puts you in the heart of the Tuscan wine belt, in the shadow of countless wineries and an easy drive to Chianti country. Traditional farm life continues in Montalcino and the many beautiful hill towns that surround it. Here, artisans sell pottery, small restaurants create traditional Tuscan meals, and old parish churches hide stunning frescoes.

Montalcino is about 40 minutes south of Siena and an 90 minutes south of Florence. Other day trips from UnTours’ Tuscany vacation rental apartments include the historic hill towns of San Gimignano, Pienza, Montepulciano, and San Galgano; the Etruscan sites of Volterra, Chiusi, and Cortona; the natural beauty of Mt. Amiata and the coast; and the monasteries of Monte Oliveto and Sant’Antimo.

The apartments on this farm are among our most popular, due largely to the owners. Anna is one of our most beloved landladies. She and her husband, Lodovico, recently moved from their Siena home to the farm. Anna is a retired teacher who speaks English and is incredibly warm and friendly. She and Lodovico treat their guests like members of the family, offering warm hospitality without being intrusive. Our Tuscany UnTour staff person is always available by cell phone if guests have problems or concerns.