Location

Ripertoli is 20km south of Florence, 35km north of Siena, and close to the charming rural towns of Greve-in-Chianti and Panzano. Although Ripertoli is totally private and secluded as befits a country farmhouse, road access is excellent and there are plenty of shops, banks and restaurants within a 10-minute drive.

The Google map alongside shows the precise location of Ripertoli. Use the "Zoom into Ripertoli" button and then the plus button at the top left of the map to get a real close-up. Unfortunately the colours of the Satellite picture are not very good, but you can just see the house in the centre of the picture.

How to get there

• Pisa   is the most convenient major airport, with frequent Ryanair flights from Stansted, and BA and EasyJet flights from Gatwick. The drive to Ripertoli takes a little over an hour, mostly by motorway.
• Florence  airport is 40 minutes from Ripertoli, with several daily Meridiana flights from Gatwick.
• Bologna  airport is about 90 minutes from Ripertoli, and is well served by BA. Ryanair also flies to Bologna but the airport is actually at
  Forli,  a little further away.
• Rome   and Milan   are both a 3-hour-ish drive from Ripertoli and are well served by intercontinental flights.
• The nearest train station is Florence, with excellent connections to Rome and Milan. There is a frequent bus service to Greve from Florence station - duration 1 hour (ish).
• Our local limo service www.chiantitravelservice.it will meet Ripertoli guests at any airport; they will also arrange visits and excursions if you don't want to drive yourself. However, we don't recommend not having a car at all, as the nearest shops are a good hour's walk away.
• We occasionally drive all the way to Ripertoli from the UK; it's almost exactly 1000 miles from London, 98% motorway. It's a very easy drive through France (Calais - Rheims - Dijon - Geneva) and the Mont Blanc tunnel; we have even done it in a single day without too much stress.

Nearby

• Greve-in-Chianti , the most attractive of the Chianti towns, with a delightful colonnaded Piazza, plenty of good shops for food and wine, several banks, cash dispensers, restaurants, dry-cleaners, and a Coop. There is a market in the Piazza every Saturday morning. Greve is 10 minutes away by car, almost entirely downhill.
• Panzano   is also 10 minutes away. It's smaller than Greve but also charming, with several good wine shops, the world-famous butcher Dario Cecchini, and a Sunday morning market which is invaluable for guests who arrive late on Saturday.
• Florence  is 40 minutes away. We recommend parking at the Garage Ponte Vecchio (directions are in the House Book) - it's expensive but very central.
• Siena   is 45 minutes away by motorway, or an hour on the highly enjoyable "Via Chiantigiana", which passes through Greve and Panzano, and also close to Castellina in Chianti ,  Radda , and Gaiole , the other main Chianti towns.
• San Gimignano  and Volterra   are about an hour away, by country roads through lovely scenery.
• Arezzo  , Montalcino   , Montepulciano   , Pienza   ,
  Monterchi   and San Sepolcro    are all 60 - 90 minutes drive away and are well worth a visit.