Tuscany: Fattoria Lavacchio

This past July we spent 1 week in Tuscany as part of a multi-week European vacation (more blog posts to come). Charlie had to work remote this week. If you have to work, doing it remote on a beautiful farm stay in Tuscany is not a bad situation. Fattoria Lavacchio is nestled among grape vines and olive trees. We chose this particular farm stay for it's proximity to Florence and it's mid range price point. They also had accommodations to suit a family of 6. We stayed in a Villa a couple hundred meters from the main inn on the property. Check out the link below for Fattoria Lavacchio's website.
https://fattorialavacchio.com/en/

In the top picture you can see our villa on the far left. The second picture is a little closer up to the villa

There was a beautiful windmill on the property that was built according the the design of Leonardo da vinci. We were able to tour the windmill one morning in conjunction with a tour of the olive orchard and an olive oil tasting.

I loved the stone wall looking out the window of one of the bedrooms in our villa.

Our walk back from breakfast every morning. You don't have to purchase the breakfast each morning, but I highly recommend you do! It was excellent...eggs, bacon, salami, pecorino cheese, breads, cakes, cheese cakes, yogurt, mixed fruit all from the farm, and fresh squeezed juices like strawberry, black currant and blackberry.

While Charlie worked in the afternoons, we went to the pool. Choosing a farm stay with a pool seemed essential to me. It's also a wonderful perk that it is sunny 99.5% of the time in Tuscany in July.

I loved the trees lining the drive to our villa

Above are some pictures of the inside of the villa and the outdoor table we ate dinner at every evening. Having a kitchen is essential to saving money when you travel as a large family. I cooked pasta every evening (I mean we were in Italy!) and we ate dinner outside each time. Our villa was simple and rustic, but charming.

We went horseback riding one morning. Natalie and Abbie just hopped on this horse for a cute picture. They actually traded off riding a pony. Callie and Coleman traded off riding this horse. Charlie and I each had our own horses. Centro Ippico Wildhorse riding school accommodated our family beautifully. We were all allowed to go on a ride out in the countryside. The only reason the younger two were allowed out of the stables, is because they traded off riding the pony and they had someone leading them. I learned that it is actually quite difficult to book horseback rides for a family of 6 with kids' ages ranging from 5-15 in Tuscany. This place figured out how to do it!

That's a wrap on our Tuscany farm stay. Stay tuned for pictures from the cities/villages we visited in the region