A Visit To The Preggio Vineyard
Preggio Vineyard In the last year I have met Elena Vezzoli of Azienda Agricola Biologica Preggio at several local wine tastings. Elena has a two hectare vineyard with her husband Bruno and make around 9000...
Niccone Valley
Rocca Di Pierle Walk 2016
Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria Border At the beginning of June 2016 I took some friends on a couple of walks from my book, Circular Walks On The Tuscany Umbria Border (available for download...
Sunflowers From The Drone
Sunflowers In The Niccone Valley The Sunflower fields are out in bloom once more in the Niccone Valley . This beautiful valley has an ideal climate for growing tobacco and lots of farmhouses have small...
Electric Bikes In The Niccone Valley
Cycling in the Niccone Valley The Tuscany Umbria border is not very flat and unless you are a very keen cyclist you may find it too much effort to get around, particularly if you are...
Sunday Lunch At I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea
The Restaurant At I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea A couple of weeks ago we booked an outside table at I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea, the restaurant at the front of our local winery in the Niccone Valley....
Aerial Photos Of Preggio
Aerial Photos Of Preggio I took these photos of Preggio in the Niccone Valley last autumn but haven't got around to posting them on the blog until now. Preggio is at over 600 metres altitude...
Niccone Valley
The Niccone Valley Many of our rental villas in the beautiful Niccone Valley on the Tuscany Umbria border, Italy. It's a great place to have a holiday, there is a combination of stunning landscapes, ruined...
San Lorenzo di Sotto, Restoration For Sale Niccone Valley
Small Restoration Project For Sale On The Tuscany Umbria Border near Mercatale di Cortona and San Leo Bastia. San Lorenzo di Sotto is high above the much sought after Niccone Valley with incredible views across...
A Night Out At Trattoria Nonna Gelsa
Trattoria Nonna Gelsa A couple of weeks ago we went to an excellent local trattoria called Nonna Gelsa to celebrate Emma's birthday. Trattoria Nonna Gelsa is in the village of Niccone and is run by...
Aerial Photos of The Rocca di Pierle
The Rocca di Pierle lies at the western end of the Niccone Valley. It is just in Tuscany and controlled the pass that lead towards Cortona and the Val di Chiana. In danger of collapsing,...
I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea Restaurant
Ristorante Simone Corsetti The restaurant at the I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea winery has been taken over by new management at the start of 2014. It is one of several Restaurants In The Niccone Valley and...
Restaurants In The Niccone Valley
Niccone Valley Restaurants The stunning Niccone Valley is the location of many of our holiday villas, it is right on the Tuscany Umbria border in central Italy. When we moved here in 1999 there were...