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Guest Guides14 May 20266 min read
A Perfect Day in the Val d'Orcia
One unhurried day, written the way we would actually spend it: two villages, one long lunch, and the walk that everybody photographs.
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Five pieces written between guests, about the food, the seasons, the walks and the fifteen years it took to put this building back together.
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Food & Wine2 April 20265 min read
The Harvest Table: Eating with the Seasons
What is actually on the breakfast table in April, in July and in October, and why the olive harvest changes everything for a fortnight.
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Food & Wine11 March 20264 min read
Learning to Make Pici with Adriana
Flour, water, and one afternoon. The pasta lesson we send guests to, and why it is harder and better than it sounds.
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Seasons20 February 20265 min read
When the Light Turns Gold: Choosing Your Month
An honest month-by-month account of heat, crowds, colour and cost, from people who are here for all twelve of them.
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Around the Villa16 January 20266 min read
The Story of the Villa's Stone Walls
A grain store, a working farm, a ruin, and a fifteen-year restoration that we are still, quietly, not finished with.
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