Between Greve and Panzano
Boutique hotel · Restored hilltop hamlet · Opened 2026
The newest address on this list opened in May 2026 on a fifteen-hectare estate between Greve and Panzano, twenty-five minutes from Florence. An avenue of pines leads up to three old stone farmhouses of an eleventh-century hamlet, now restored into seventeen suites and apartments, five of them designed for families. The estate keeps its olive groves, woodland and a broad lavender field where forty beehives produce the house honey.
It is the second property of the La Darbia Collection, after the original on Lake Orta, and the architect brothers Gian Carlo and Matteo Primatesta of Studio Primatesta worked with local craftsmen in pietra serena, terracotta, travertine and wood. Suites run to private gardens, steam baths and freestanding tubs; each of the two levels of the estate has its own pool. Chef Matteo Monfrinotti cooks seasonal Tuscan food, served on the terrace in summer.
Villa Bordoni’s restaurant · Tuscan osteria
Il Guardingo is the restaurant of Villa Bordoni, on a hilltop above Greve among ancient olive groves, vineyards and medieval hamlets — the kind of place that takes a little effort to reach and rewards it completely.
Enoteca & ristorante · Greve Cooking School
Established in 1984 in a historic building dating to 1802 — originally stables, later the telegraphic relay for the Grand Duchy — this family-run enoteca and ristorante sits just off Greve’s Piazza Matteotti. All the pasta is still made fresh in-house daily, carrying on the tradition of grandmother Duilia; the menu moves with the seasons: pumpkin ravioli in autumn, chestnut noodles with white ragù, Chianti risotto with pistachios and pecorino cream. The wine list is a love letter to the Gallo Nero consortium.
Historic wine estate · La Fattoria
Vignamaggio is one of the historic estates of the Greve valley, its Renaissance villa set among vineyards between Greve and Panzano. Since September 2024 its restaurant has been La Fattoria, opened by the estate’s new owners, Patrice Taravella and Emmanuelle Sebillet.
Greve in Chianti Chianti Classico DOCG · Vegan Biodynamic
Zano · Greve Toscana IGT · Super Tuscans
Boutique Villa · Restaurant Il Guardingo
Relais de Charme · Wine Estate Borgo
Historic wine estate · La Pensione in Panzano · Farmhouses