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Badia a Coltibuono

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<p><strong>The Location:</strong> Just an hour's drive from Florence, this 11th-century abbey in Tuscany's Chianti region is now a winery and estate. The property, run by six generations of the Stucchi-Prinetti family, is surrounded by formal Renaissance-style Italian gardens—stone walkways that weave in and out of clipped shrubbery—and nearly 2,000 acres of forest dotted with walking trails.</p> <p><strong>Don't Miss:</strong> Meals, which take place in the refurbished stables, are decadent affairs, with signature offerings like fennel and orange soup, Chianti-braised beef, and chocolate-and-olive-oil mousse. There's an on-site cooking school too, where you can learn to prepare such dishes together back home.</p>

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Last updated February 2009