LE FONTI holiday home near Chianti in Tuscany
The house is an old barn that was built in 1851 as a shelter for animals.
It was purchased in 1986 and renovated in 1999 by our Conforti family and was constructed in 1945.
Since 2000, we have been welcoming guests in this classic Chianti-style farmhouse with arches and latticed brick windows, renovated keeping its rural charm.
In Barberino Val d'Elsa, there are many grocery stores, a small supermarket, pharmacy, news-stand, service station, bars, restaurants and the bus to Florence and Siena. In Tavarnelle Val di Pesa, 2 km away, there are all kinds of shops and a street market on Thursday morning.
In the town of Poggibonsi, at a distance of 10 km, you will find the train station, supermarkets and shopping centres, and a big street market on Tuesday morning.
You can go horse riding with professional instructors, join local cooking courses and rent mountain bikes.
Barberino Val d'Elsa, a small and enchanting medieval village surrounded by green hills of Chianti, offers a beautiful landscape with its vineyards and olive groves.
Its history is linked to that of the city of Semifonte, destroyed in 1202 by the Florentines, about which it is said that the stones of the walls of Semifonte have been used to build the walls of Barberino. Its urban form is elliptical and the two access gateways, Porta Fiorentina and Porta Senese of the town have been retained. Among the places to be seen are the fascinating Palazzo del Podesta with the faade decorated with the coats of arms of the ruling, the ancient hospital for pilgrims founded in 1363 to give shelter and hospitality to pilgrims heading towards Rome, now transformed into a modern library, the Palazzo del Cardinale and the Church of San Bartolomeo, rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1910.
