Has anyone stayed at Borgo Casa Al Vento or the town of Giaole in Chianti?
 

any information on this area would be appreciated. If you have stayed at Casa al Vento-what should I bring that you feel was missing or is it great or gastly. Thanks for any help.

My husband and I stayed at Castello di Spaltenna in Giaole - I only wish I had the know-how to post our pictures! This was a very special 3 days for us, and we will certainly return. This is a very quiet town, and the inn is wonderful. There is a very nice pool, walking paths, a charming chapel attached and the staff was excellent.

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spaltenna is a beautiful inn, with a charming courtyard restaurant, great landscaping with lots of flowers, very historic castle setting. if you go to gaiole, do take a tour and wine tasting at Coltibuono, a thousand-year-old former abbey now owned by a winemaking branch of the medici family. it has a wonderful garden, and there's a good restaurant run by the son of Lorenza de Medici, famous cookbook author and head of a cooking school she runs at the abbey, her home.

My wife and I stayed at Spaltenna last Sept and loved. They have a great restraunt and we also ate at the Colibuono and considered it one of the best. Good luck, I know you will love Italy.