In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Montefili has pale grey and crimson decor and fabulous views over the olive groves and the valley.
- Packing tips
- An appetite, and your swimsuit and gym kit to make amends.
- Also
- There are hill-walking trails and mountain bikes for the active. Horse riding can be arranged, as can cookery lessons and wine-tasting; there's a golf course nearby, too.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- Smith members receive a free bottle of Castellare’s Chianti Classico and a snack of wild-boar salami
Villa Bordoni
Tuscany, Italy [view map]
- Style
- Rustic deluxe
- Setting
- Green groves of Greve in Chianti
Scottish restaurateurs Catherine and David Gardner took three years to furbish and restore this ten-roomed villa in the rolling countryside. They have successfully filled a glaring boutique-hotel gap in a beloved holiday region. They have been careful not to create a self-conscious design hotel, offering instead a tasteful country-house hotel with hi-tech trim that's child-friendly, too.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 10, including five suites.
- Rates
- €170–€480, including breakfast. Half-board is available for an extra €45 a day.
- Check-out
- 11h, but may be flexible.
- Facilities
- LCD TVs, DVD and CD players, wireless internet; WiFi in public areas; library of books and magazines; open-air fitness pavilion.
- Poolside
- The saltwater pool is set in terraced olive groves, with views over the Chianti hills from the gazebos.
- Hotel closed
- From the second week of January until 28 February.
- Also
- The villa and its grounds are non-smoking. It's situated at the end of a lengthy unmade road, so watch your tires if you're driving.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- The restaurant is the jewel in Bordoni's crown, so prepare to eat around the clock. We can't recommend Batar more (except perhaps for vegetarians); the Montrachet-alike 2001 vintage from Querciabella is liquid heaven.
- Dress code
- Chiantishire chic.
- Top table
- Outside on the patio or among the umbrella pines in the summer; next to the log fire in winter.
- Last orders
- Lunch 12.30–2.30pm; dinner 7.30pm–10pm; closed Mondays.
- Room service
- Restaurant and snack menus available until 11.30pm.
- Hotel bar
- There is an aperitivo hour with complimentary antipastini, 6.30–7.30pm. There is an excellent selection of Chinti Classico from regional winemakers.
Other facilities
- Children
- Welcome. There is no charge for under-sevens sharing with their parents. Extra beds and cots are available for €30–€50. more info
Smith card offer
Smith members receive a free bottle of Castellare’s Chianti Classico and a snack of wild-boar salami
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Villa Bordoni
Via San Cresci
Mezzuola
Greve-in-Chianti
Tuscany
Italy