Tenuta di Pieve a Celle

Pistoia


In the hills 3km outside Pistoia, this 1850s country estate with olive grove and pool is approached along a driveway lined with cypress trees. Five pretty rooms, each named after a different flower, sport canopy beds and views of the estate's expansive gardens. Host Fiorenza cooks evening meals on request (Monday to Saturday) using seasonal produce fresh from her organic vegetable garden.


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Nearby Pistoia attractions

1. Casa-Studio di Fernando Melani

1.74 MILES

The house studio where Pistoia-born abstract artist Fernando Melandi lived and worked can be visited – a perfect opportunity to view works by the artist…

2. Basilica della Madonna dell'Umiltà

1.77 MILES

For anyone familiar with Florence, it is impossible not to notice the bright red–tiled dome of this 15th-century backstreet church, built by Ventura…

3. Chiesa di Sant'Andrea Apostolo

1.88 MILES

This 12th-century church was built outside the original city walls, hence its windowless (fortified) state. The partly white-and-green striped marble…

4. Palazzo Fabroni

1.89 MILES

Take a breather from the ancient with this airy modern- and contemporary-art museum, host to riveting temporary exhibitions and a permanent collection…

5. Museo Marino Marini

1.9 MILES

This gallery inside Palazzo del Tau is devoted to Pistoia's most famous modern son, sculptor and painter Marino Marini (1901–80). Dozens of his drawings…

6. Chiesa del Tau

1.92 MILES

This tiny 14th-century chapel, frescoed Gothic-style from top to bottom by the School of Giotto, is a dramatic guardian to Marino Marini's monumental…

7. Palazzo Buontalenti

1.92 MILES

Sister gallery to Palazzo de' Rossi on the same street, this palazzo is a fine example of 15th-century Tuscan architecture thanks to leading Florentine…

8. Palazzo de' Rossi

1.93 MILES

Modern art from 1900 to 1945 is the focus of seasonal exhibitions at Palazzo de' Rossi, an elegant palazzo built for the wealthy Rossi family…