Enchanting Tuscany country retreat

• Blissful rural bolthole: Set amid sprawling countryside mere moments from Tuscany’s world-famous coastline, Antico Podere San Francesco makes for an utterly idyllic country retreat. Housed in a gorgeous former farmhouse, the hotel offers a collection of airy rooms and apartments, where modern amenities and sleek designs blend seamlessly with charming old-world features like exposed brick walls, timber-beamed ceilings and wrought iron touches.

• Magical mornings: Wake up to a wonderful buffet spread each morning, where scrumptious pastries, regional products and savoury staples combine for an authentic Italian breakfast with an international twist. Top it up with a steaming cappuccino or caffè latte, and later on, the Honesty Bar is on-hand for snacks, panini, soft drinks, and a selection of local wines.

• Lovely leisure: Stroll through lush gardens to the large heated pool, where you can spend long days switching between gentle laps and good books under your parasol. Stick around for tranquil walks on the hotel’s three hectares of rolling parkland, or hire a bike onsite for a memorable ride through the surrounding countryside. Not to be missed is Vada’s magnificent Blue Flag beach just five minutes’ drive away, a veritable jewel on Tuscany’s famous Etruscan Coast.

How to get there

Located in Vada, close to Livorno on Italy’s western coast, Antico Podere San Francesco is about 40 minutes’ drive from Pisa International Airport, or about an hour and 15 minutes’ drive from Florence’s Amerigo Vespucci Airport. We recommend hiring a car to explore this beautiful region at ease.

Good to know

Please note, the opening times of the hotel’s pool are as follows:

11 April to 10 June: 10am - 6pm (heated)
11 June to 14 September: 9am - 7pm (not heated)
15 to 30 September: 9am - 7pm (heated)
1 October to 3 November: 10am - 6pm (heated) 

Entry requirements

The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.