Villa Mangiacane

Location

San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florence. Take Tuscan cookery lessons and wine and olive oil tasting tours, by helicopter for added excitement.

Directions

From Florence Airport - Enter on Highway A11 (following green signs) and take exit for A1; then go South towards Rome and exit at the 2nd exit - Firenze Certosa. Drive on the SS 2 towards Tavarnuzze - blue signs - (do NOT take the superstrada Firenze-Siena!). Pass through the town of Tavarnuzze until you find on your right a crossroad with a little bridge just after a restaurant called 'Scopeti' and the sign S. Andrea in Percussina. Go up that little road (Via Scopeti) for about 3 kilometres and drive through the small village - S. Andrea in Percussina (on your right you'll see the restaurant "Tavernetta Machiavelli") until you find a stop sign. Turn right and you'll see on your right a big terracotta villa- Villa Mangiacane. Enter the first driveway on your right - there is a sign "Villa Mangiacane" and statues of Nepolitano mastinos on the gate posts - you have arrived!. From Florence City Centre - Drive towards the Certosa passing through the town of Galluzzo. When you find the Certosa on your right, continue driving on the main road till you arrive to the entrance of the highway (a big roundabout); do not enter the highway or the superstrada, just go towards Tavarnuzze following the blue sign. Pass through the town of Tavarnuzze until you find on your right a crossroad with a little bridge just after a restaurant called 'Scopeti' and the sign S. Andrea in Percussina. Go up that little road (Via Scopeti) for about 3 kilometres and drive through the small village - S. Andrea in Percussina (on your right you'll see the restaurant "Tavernetta Machiavelli") until you find a stop sign. Turn right and you'll see on your right a big terracotta villa- Villa Mangiacane. Enter the first driveway on your right - there is a sign "Villa Mangiacane" and statues of Nepolitano mastinos on the gate posts - you have arrived!. From Siena - Take the Superstrada to Firenze and exit at "San Casciano," then follow directions to San Casciano. Drive through the town of San Casciano and turn left down towards a slip road after the Fiat dealership to S, Andrea in Percussina /Romola, Spedaletto. Pass through the small village of Spedaletto. Then turn left at the crossroad. A big terracotta villa- Villa Mangiacane is on your immediate right. Enter the first driveway on your right - there is a sign "Fattoria Mangiacane" and statues of Nepolitano mastinos on the gate posts - you have arrived!. An alternate route from Siena - Take the Superstrada "Siena-Firenze" and drive until the Superstrada ends and you are at "Firenze-Certosa." Drive on the SS 2 towards Tavarnuzze - blue signs - (do NOT take the superstrada Firenze-Siena!). Pass through the town of Tavarnuzze until you find on your right a crossroad with a little bridge just after a restaurant called 'Scopeti' and the sign S. Andrea in Percussina. Go up that little road (Via Scopeti) for about 3 kilometres and drive through the small village - S. Andrea in Percussina (on your right you'll see the restaurant "Tavernetta Machiavelli") until you find a stop sign. Turn right and you'll see on your right a big terracotta villa- Villa Mangiacane. Enter the first driveway on your right - there is a sign "Fattoria Mangiacane" and statues of Nepolitano mastinos on the gate posts - you have arrived!. From Pisa - Take the highway towards Roma (A1) and exit at "Firenze-Certosa." Drive on the SS 2 towards Tavarnuzze - blue signs - (do NOT take the superstrada Firenze-Siena!). Pass through the town of Tavarnuzze until you find on your right a crossroad with a little bridge just after a restaurant called 'Scopeti' and the sign S. Andrea in Percussina. Go up that little road (Via Scopeti) for about 3 kilometres and drive through the small village - S. Andrea in Percussina (on your right you'll see the restaurant "Tavernetta Machiavelli") until you find a stop sign. Turn right and you'll see on your right a big terracotta villa- Villa Mangiacane. Enter the first driveway on your right - there is a sign

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Transportation

International Airport: Florence Peretola 23 km north. Local Airport: Florence Peretola 23 km north. Train station: Florence- Santa Maria Novella 15 km north. Bus or Coach: Bus and Coach stop in front of Villa. Car rental: Available. Motorway: Firenze Certosa. Taxi fare - airport: Euro 45. Pick up service: Yes. Helipad: Yes