In the middle of March we made a trip to Tuscany. This trip was already planed for last Spring, but as I was still getting over my legs injuries then, we postponed it to this year. When we travel, we like to walk a lot and explore new places on foot and that would not have been possible last year.
We booked a hotel some 30 km South of Florence, some 5 hours drive from our home. For the stop along the long drive we chose the town of Ferrara. It has an old town centre and we thought, why not use the opportunity to see something new and pretty if we are going to make a stop anyway. The old town centre of Ferrara was very pretty with old walls...
After another two hours of driving we reached our hotel, Borgo Salvadonica in the late afternoon. It dates back to 14th century and borgo means a tiny village or hamlet, often on a hill. And our hotel was just that. We were staying in this stone building, that maybe once was place where they kept animals or stored wine or olive oil or kept tools to work the land.
...and a gorgeous view.
Bathroom was behind the lower wall...
...and while it was completely modern and obviously added recently, it still had a big wooden beam in the shower. So lovely.
There were old beams and old wine barrels in the corridors...
...and the stone steps were so worn down we had to hold on to railing when climbing them.
and obligatory cypress trees as well.
We were quite tired so we just made a stroll around the hotel and then had the dinner in hotel's restaurant, La Volpenera. Food was delicious and the wine, that they are producing on the property, fantastic. We were again very lucky with our choice of the hotel.
Our room was also looking very old, with stone wall, window with steel bars and wooden beams and clay ceiling...
It was all so charming and the surroundings were so pretty as well. All around our hotel were lovely Tuscan hills with lots of old houses and borghos, wine and olive grows...
To be continued...
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