Yesterday I downloaded these pictures that I took the morning after sleeping at the guest house at TENUTA VALDIPIATTA. I wanted to have some of them so I walked outside and started snapping away.
I had this funny feeling that I often have that this would be the only time that I would have to do this. I was right. We were always on the move and if I wanted a memory for myself of this wonderful evening at TENUTA VALDIPIATTA in this really delightful guest house of theirs I would have to document it immediately if I planned to share them later with others and better recollect all the amazing details that were everywhere inside and out.
Thanks to owner Miriam Caporali my daughter and I stayed in their guest quarters under their own. It was so comfortable and spacious and roomy. We had so much room to spread out and relax and enjoy ourselves the evening before after returning from a memorable dinner with Tony the sommelier at CAFFE POLIZIANO. I took some pictures that evening as well. I will try and include a few more here as I have the time.
This was a beautiful time of the year to be here with all the changing colors of fall. On top of this it was an unseasonably beautiful, warm and sunny time with lots of baby blue skies and no rain anywhere to be found in Tuscany. My daughter and I felt blessed each and every morning that we awakened.
On this morning I felt especially blessed. As I walked around the grounds outside the house I happily composed and snapped away with my Canon camera. I think I captured some excellent split-seconds in time. It's a fabulous place nestled into the bosom of this wine/grape and olive tree valley dotted with rows of tall cypresses and accented with ponds and the occasional weeping willow, too.
Lots of dirt and small stone roads and it does get dark early here now. Best to be home early or to have someone that knows their way around to get you about. As it was except for one glaring misstep my daughter and I managed beautifully all on our own.
The marvelous thing is that any of you can rent this guest house and enjoy all that it has to offer with the excellent VALDIPIATTA wines and olive oil, too. For meals you can go to the grocery store and buy things and make them there in their spacious kitchen. Or you can drive five minutes and be in the town of Montepulciano where the movie " Twilight " has been recently filmed. It's striking and filled with interesting architecture, views, narrow passage ways, steep inclines and excellent restaurants , bars, shops, etcetera.
We will have to back and explore some more as we only saw the town at night with all the shadows and sharp contrasts of lamp light/moon and starlight and clear, crisp, cool darkness. I liked it very much and found it exhilarating and stimulating.
You can contact them at TENUTA VALDIPIATTA to find out more. You can certainly go to : info@valdipiatta.it immediately. Tomorrow I will include this information for you.
In the meantime enjoy these photos that I took inside and outside. Cheers, e caio , TONY
P.S. Here's the added info that you will need : TENUTA VALDIPIATTA is located at : Via Delle Ciarliana, 25/A 53040 just outside the town of Montepulciano. The phone number is : +39 0578 75 7930 and the fax is : +39 0578 717037. Go to both their web page at : www.tenutavaldipiatta.it and to their hospitality site at : www.agriturismovaldipiatta.it. You'll love it : these pictures here should help you decide to go just about immediately : when can you book the next flight there?!? Cheers ... have fun ...
