In a wonderful panoramic position, countryside B&B Casale di Brolio overlooks Valdichiana, in an ideal point to reach art towns and places of great beauty such as Arezzo, Siena, Cortona and Montepulciano. Mr Marcello accompanies us at the discovery of this facility in order to enjoy the history, the flavours and the wines of Tuscany.
When did you open your farmhouse?

Casale di Brolio started its business in summer 2001. Back then we had three apartments which we rented every week with no added services. Today we are a tourist reality made of a large restaurant, four rooms and two suites. Customer service is our main feature.
Which activities can be carried out at your facility?
Casale di Brolio has a large swimming pool and bikes for its guests. We often organize cooking courses, tastings of cheese and cold cuts, as well as wine. Education to taste is our passion and it ranges from the choice of suppliers to the sharing with its customers of tastings and debates on this issue. We also are considering the chance to offer sessions of relaxing and anti-fatigue massages.
Do you have any special proposals for the summer?
Offers are strictly linked to the activities listed in the previous question. The opportunity to make a tour at a discounted rate in the golf courses that suround our farmhouse is very interesting.

Which are the typical dishes your guests love more?

Foreign customers come to Tuscany also because they are attracted by our typical cooking and, most of all, by our great wines. In this sense we think we can give them the excellence. Foreigners love tuscan sauces (chianina in particular), and they never do without some vintage wine, Brunello and Nobile more than anything else. Italians are more cautious, but Fiorentina is always a must.

What do you love the most of your land?
Unfortunately Valdichiana is still not well known. It is a land with a very rich history ranging from Etrurians to Romans, to the great figures of the Renaissance, both from Florence and from Siena, to the extraordinary drainage of Vittorio Fossombroni on behalf of grand duke Leopoldo. Our territory preserves some major stratified traces of these passages and is therefore a unique and inhexaustible mine of artistic beauties, traditions and cultures to be discovered.

How do you enjoy spending your holidays?
I often say, playfully bu not too much, that sooner or later I would like to spend a week on holiday at Casale di Brolio.