Orlando in Chianti Glamping Resort

The rugged site is remote, reached by five miles of tortuous, hair-pin bends along poor roads. It stretches over a sloping hillside with rough paths and steps linking mobiles, many of which look out directly onto a forest of mountain ash trees. It in no way merits what English visitors would consider glamping. The grocery store is small and expensive (particularly for wine) with the closest large (and excellent) supermarket 30 minutes drive away. Food at the restaurant/pizzeria is fairly basic, but it has a pleasant location, and two log fires and a big sofa that brightened a dull evening. Radda in Chianti and Greve in Chianti are worth visiting but avoid the extremely rough unmade northern route to the latter. Florence, Sienna, Arezzo and San Gimignano are further, all about an hour away. The site would probably best suit young people, who love the outdoor life, but due to fire restrictions and the rough terrain, there are no barbecues or proper footpaths beyond the site. It is totally unsuitable for anyone with mobility problems.

We booked for 2N3D stay too bad the weather wasn’t on our side. We requested for a house that is quite isolated but near to pool area since we are with two small kids. When we arrived at the reception, everything went fast because i’ve checkin online prior to our arrival. We were sent to a mobile house which was very far from the pool area (very opposite to what we have requested) . we went back at the reception to ask if they can give us another accomodation, they sent us again to check another house but like the first one, it’s too excluded and not very much kid friendly because of big rockw and PVC tubes scattered everywhere. We had to go back 4x, to ask them if they could find us an accomdation that suits us best. After a quite long discussion and bargaining, they finally took us to a more spacious, isolated and very much near to the pool area lodging. We occupied the Bungalow Panorama. It has two bedrooms and one toilet and a little kitchen. the place is beautiful and Cozy, Clean and complete with stuffs for cooking and the basic necessities like extra towels/blankets. the only problem that we had were the ants. The ants were all over the place,more particularly in the bedroom and inside the bath. the restaurant was all packed when we arrived. we had to wait for an hour before they were able to accommodate us. i honestly do not recommend to eat there because of its pricey and quite “boring” menu. their aglio e olio tasted really strange. The staffs though were been accommodating to our needs. the pool area is not so big but clean and i think perfect for families like us with kids, but too bad the weather was so cold that time and we were not able to stay longer in the water. The place has a mini market that has a only few selections of items to offer. there are two mini ponies that the kids can freely admire and caress at the playground though if you come with little kids, you have to be very extra careful because of the big roots and big rocks scattered around. My son stumbled twice… Maybe we could’ve fun more if it wasn’t raining on those three days of our stay.

Ga hier niet heen als je niet tegen insecten kan. Wespen, beien, vliegen, muggen en veel horzels vliegen continue om je oren en blijven om je heen hangen. Ze gaan de clamping in en je slaapkamer (terwijl alles dicht zit; vind dit toch erg vreemd!) Na 2 nachten zijn wij vertrokken. We hadden eigenlijk voor een week geboekt. We hebben overlegd met personeel, konden wat anders krijgen maar dan konden we het bedrag nog een keer uitgeven wat we al hadden uitgegeven. (De volgende dag kom je weer het zelfde personeel tegen en ze vragen niet heel even hoe het nu gaat. Wel bij zeggend; dat ze de gasten graag blij willen maken. Hier is uiteindelijk niks van te merken!) Prijzen in het restaurant is zijn aan de dure kant. Sanitair is wel netjes en zwembad is erg leuk voor kinderen!