Naumkeag was the summer retreat for NYC lawyer and diplomat Joseph Hodges Choate and his family. This property is a National Historic Landmark for its designed landscape created by Architect Fletcher Steele. The famous Blue Steps have been photographed thousands of times I'm sure but the property in any season is magnificent. The mansion was designed in 1885 by Stanford White and became the property
Siena is often described as Italy's best preserved medieval city! The streets are steep and narrow with the fan-shaped sloping Piazza del Campo (known as il Campo) and the Palazzo Pubblico, Siena's subtly curved town hall since the 1300's at the historic center. The Palazzo Pubblico with its Torre del Mangia, the second tallest medieval 330' tower in Italy soars over the Piazza del Campo
Villa Vignamaggio sits on the Florence to Siena route with views across olive groves and cypress trees in the heart of the Chianti Classico region in Petriolo very close to Greve in Chianti and was a quick drive from our base at Villa Bordoni. The symbol of Villa Vignamaggio standing watch Olive groves and Vines as far as you can see
