{"id":90404,"date":"2022-08-26T20:35:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T00:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/?p=90404"},"modified":"2023-06-06T11:50:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:50:24","slug":"italian-pastoral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/2022\/08\/italian-pastoral\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Pastoral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<figure style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/FollonicoBB-1.jpg\" alt=\"Follonico Suite B&#038;B\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Follonico Suite B&#038;B \u2014 Torrita di Siena, Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><em>The motif of the Tuscan farmhouse has been emulated throughout the world \u2014 probably to its own detriment. But there\u2019s nothing like the real thing, and these hotels give you all of the authenticity without any of the clich\u00e9.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>We\u2019ve saved the best for last. As our <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/magazine.tablethotels.com\/en\/tag\/tuscany-month\/?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">month of Tuscany<\/a> nears its conclusion, we turn toward, perhaps, the most highly coveted accommodation in the Italian countryside: the farmhouse. We talked previously about how the Tuscan villa is an icon, but its rustic cousin is what&#8217;s been relentlessly replicated from California to Australia, at vineyards and pizza shops and in your parents&#8217; suburban kitchen. &#8220;Tuscan farmhouse&#8221; has topped many a mood board (and put more than a few interior designers&#8217; kids through college).<\/p>\n<p>The appeal is understandable. The urge to go back to a simpler time and place has a powerful pull, and Tuscany&#8217;s top farmhouse hotels are happy to indulge your agrarian fantasies, minus some of the messier bits. They\u2019ve replaced the roughest aspects of rural life with first-class service and amenities, and that&#8217;s perfectly okay. You didn&#8217;t come here to toil in the dirt or bathe from a bucket. You came to eat and drink like a victorious centurion, and to enjoy a pastoral scene that rivals the one on your mother&#8217;s dish towels.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/lupaia?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lupaia<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Torrita di Siena, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/lupaia?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/Lupaia.jpg\" alt=\"Lupaia\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The farmhouse charm is cranked up to eleven at Lupaia, especially in its open kitchen, where a daily four-course dinner is made out of produce from the hotel\u2019s own organic garden. And it\u2019s in plentiful supply in the rooms as well, carefully adapted from five painstakingly renovated historical structures, each of which is an architectural mosaic of Tuscan styles, with contemporary comforts under centuries-old roof beams and rough-hewn textures alongside finely wrought furnishings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fsiena-hotels%2Flupaia%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/follonico-suite-bb?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follonico Suite B&amp;B<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Torrita di Siena, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/follonico-suite-bb?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/FollonicoBB.jpg\" alt=\"Follonico Suite B&amp;B\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the Tuscan farmhouse that Follonico&#8217;s owners have converted into this six-room bed-and-breakfast dates back to the ninth century, any residual medieval gloom has long since been excised, making room for contemporary minimalist d\u00e9cor and spacious rooms awash in natural light. Surrounded by a Tuscan countryside of cypresses, sheep pastures, and olive groves, Follonico offers a subdued, pastoral alternative to the vineyard boutiques and touristy guesthouses that dot the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fsiena-hotels%2Ffollonico-suite-bb%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/locanda-rossa?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Locanda Rossa<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Capalbio, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/locanda-rossa?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/LocandaRossa.jpg\" alt=\"Locanda Rossa\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Locanda Rossa\u2019s original structure has undergone a modern expansion, but the seams don\u2019t show a bit. Contemporary interiors meet farmhouse architecture in the rooms and suites, which, if not for the half-timbered ceilings and the views of the farm, could easily pass for modern urban apartments. Then again those views of the olive groves, not to mention the gardens and the pool deck, are why you\u2019re here and not in a modern urban apartment in the first place.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fgrosseto-hotels%2Flocanda-rossa%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cortona-hotels\/relais-la-corte-dei-papi?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Relais La Corte dei Papi<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cortona, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cortona-hotels\/relais-la-corte-dei-papi?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/RelaisLaCorte.jpg\" alt=\"Relais La Corte dei Papi\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Regular observers of the Italian hospitality scene risk becoming somewhat jaded; it\u2019s worth taking a step back, every so often, to remind yourself of just what it is that makes Italian hospitality so special. And a hotel like La Corte dei Papi, a lovingly restored 1700-vintage farmhouse estate just outside of the Tuscan town of Cortona, provides ample opportunity for precisely this sort of reflection.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fcortona-hotels%2Frelais-la-corte-dei-papi%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/conti-di-san-bonifacio?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Conti di San Bonifacio<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gavorrano GR, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/conti-di-san-bonifacio?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/ContiSanBonifacio.jpg\" alt=\"Conti di San Bonifacio\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conti di San Bonifacio is a beautifully renovated seven-room farmhouse on a hill, surrounded by several hundred acres of vineyards, olive groves and rolling woods. Anywhere but Tuscany, that might be enough, the hotelier\u2019s work done and the guests lining up to take their heavy doses of endorphins. Here amidst one of the world\u2019s great concentrations of impossibly pleasurable hotels, however, it takes something more \u2014 like bathrooms carved from marble and bedrooms draped in furs, say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fgrosseto-hotels%2Fconti-di-san-bonifacio%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/casale-sterpeti?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casale Sterpeti<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Magliano in Toscana, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/grosseto-hotels\/casale-sterpeti?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/CasaleSterpeti.jpg\" alt=\"Casale Sterpeti\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Maremma, in coastal Tuscany, has to be one of the most purely pleasant places on Earth; here, a hotel can reach inspiring heights with a light touch, letting the destination carry most of the weight. Casale Sterpeti is just such a hotel: an abandoned farmhouse, completely rebuilt from the original rough-hewn stone and timber, and refashioned into an eight-room boutique hotel whose interiors are marked by an unusually subtle contemporary visual style.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fgrosseto-hotels%2Fcasale-sterpeti%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cavriglia-hotels\/le-lappe?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Le Lappe<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Cavriglia, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/cavriglia-hotels\/le-lappe?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/LeLappe.jpg\" alt=\"Le Lappe\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Le Lappe, in the wooded countryside between Florence and Arezzo, leans a little farther than most Tuscan farmhouse hotels in the direction of luxury; ten of its eleven suites come with hydromassage tubs, all feature working stone fireplaces, and the atmosphere is that of an antique Florentine fantasy. The restaurant is a particular highlight, serving meticulously sourced and carefully composed classic Tuscan cuisine, accompanied by the estate\u2019s own olive oil.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fcavriglia-hotels%2Fle-lappe%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/hotel-le-fontanelle?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hotel Le Fontanelle<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Pianella, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/siena-hotels\/hotel-le-fontanelle?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/HotelFontanelle.jpg\" alt=\"Hotel Le Fontanelle\" width=\"970\" height=\"900\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hotel Le Fontanelle is a quintessentially Tuscan hotel if ever there was one. The unabashed gorgeousness of the stone farmhouse sitting atop a hill, overlooking a sea of sloping vineyards, is the result of the meticulous, years-long renovation of a structure whose pedigree stretches back to the 13th century. Lush terraced lawns, terra-cotta patios, stepping-stone paths that meander through aromatic herb patches and bougainvillea climbing up the stone walls: why rewrite a recipe like this one?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fsiena-hotels%2Fhotel-le-fontanelle%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/lucca-hotels\/locanda-al-colle?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Locanda al Colle<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Camaiore, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/lucca-hotels\/locanda-al-colle?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/magazine\/story-images\/20220827\/LocandaColle.jpg\" alt=\"Locanda al Colle\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not only are the Italians experts at living the good life, they\u2019re also quite well versed in extracting maximum luxury from relatively humble means. Locanda al Colle is little more than a restored farmhouse in a village in coastal Tuscany, a short distance from Pisa and Lucca, whose nine rooms look out over forested hillsides through huge picture windows \u2014 but despite the lack of big-resort bells and whistles, you\u2019d be hard pressed to catch guests wishing for much more than this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Flucca-hotels%2Flocanda-al-colle%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/monticchiello-hotels\/lolmo?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L&#8217;Olmo<\/a><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Monticchiello, Italy<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tablethotels.com\/en\/monticchiello-hotels\/lolmo?utm_source=agenda&amp;utm_medium=page&amp;utm_campaign=italian_pastoral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.prod.r53.tablethotels.com\/media\/ecs\/global\/email\/newsletter-img\/1341312.jpg\" alt=\"Locanda al Colle\" width=\"970\" height=\"auto\" border=\"0\" data-gae=\"Magazine, Clicked, Image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the heart of the spectacular Val d\u2019Orcia, between Monticchiello and Pienza, this farmhouse hotel is a remarkably understated one,\u00a0the better to let the surroundings shine. L\u2019Olmo\u2019s modest size \u2014 a mere one room and five suites \u2014\u00a0helps ensure the atmosphere is always relaxed, and the pleasures here are low-key indeed, from sampling the estate\u2019s own olive oil to unguided walks in the picturesque Tuscan hills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;View Hotel&#8221; shape=&#8221;round&#8221; color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;lg&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tablethotels.com%2Fen%2Fmonticchiello-hotels%2Flolmo%3Futm_source%3Dagenda%26amp%3Butm_medium%3Dpage%26amp%3Butm_campaign%3Ditalian_pastoral&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<div style=\"height:1px;border-top:3px double #ccc;margin-top:30px;margin-bottom:60px;display:block;clear:both\"><\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The motif of the Tuscan farmhouse has been emulated throughout the world \u2014 probably to its own detriment. 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