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Villa Rosa di Boscorotondo

This hotel offers countryside seclusion at modest prices -- a rarity in the Chianti for a place retaining its original features and roominess yet modernized with an elegance that lends it a rustic air. The curtained beds on wrought-iron frames rest under beamed ceilings, and rooms along the front open onto two terraces with views of the small valley in which the villa nestles. There are a series of small drawing rooms, a pool with a view, and a path that leads through the vineyards all the way to San Leolino church above Panzano. In addition to rooms, cooking classes are offerred in season.