La Taverna Azienda Agricola

When you’re not truffle hunting or feasting on all the treats available on site, you can be working up a good appetite for dinner with a hike through the surrounding scrubland or along a section of the Via del Sale. There are also bike trails throughout the area, and horse riding is available close by too. For gentler strolls, head to some of the area’s attractive villages and towns – perhaps San Gimignano (20 minutes' drive), known as the Town of Five Towers, or Volterra (half an hour), which claims to be the oldest city in Italy. Monteriggioni, Certaldo and Colle val d’Elsa are all within a 45-minute drive too. Full day trips? Siena, Pisa and Florence are all roughly an hour’s drive away. Time to relax instead? Make your way to Gambassi Terme (15 minutes) for the thermal baths and wellness treatments at Terme della Via Francigena.