IDEAL FOR: The wide range of accommodation options and activities at Borgo Pignano makes it ideal for families and larger groups. Guests can enjoy farm tours, painting classes, horse riding lessons, wine tasting and cookery lessons, while little guests Üill wn` > Üoo`l>n` «l>Þ}ÀoÕn` and nature lab, plus arts and crafts, pizza-making and nature trails. Borgo Pignano feels slightly less polished than other high-end hotels in the region – its interiors are a little retro in parts and the facilities have a more relaxed feel – but for the many guests who return year after year, clearly, that is precisely its appeal.


EXPLORE: If the estate’s orchards, meadows, lakes and woodlands aren’t enough to satisfy guests, a range of excursions beyond the «Ào«iÀÌÞ mi}hÌ°


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hunting between the months of June and November; spot wildlife in the surrounding nature reserves; visit the Chianti and Brunello wine-making regions; or take a city tour of San Gimignano, Siena, Florence or Volterra.


WOW: Traditional Tuscan vistas don’t get better than those at Borgo Pignano. Many argue that the property has the best view in the region and, as I stand on the terrace


watching the swifts and swallows soaring and diving against an apricot-hued sky, a pristine patchwork ov wil`Ã >n` ÛiniÞ>À`Ã ÕnvÕÀli` below like a Renaissance painting, it’s impossible to disagree.


Erica Rich


BOOK IT: Borgo Pignano offers rooms from €350 per night based on two adults staying in the main villa on a B&B basis.


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