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Villa Bordoni hotel review by veteran journalist Lee Marshall [...]It’s sheer perfection – and the restaurant is so good you won’t want to eat out. The Telegraph Travel Expert Review - Read the full article
As seen in Condé Nast Traveller's August 2010 UK issue - The best new country hotels in Tuscany [...]with palm trees lending a jausty air to its otherwise formal Tuscan garden, this is a special small hotel guaranteed to lift your mood. Condé Nast Traveler, UK August 2010 - The best new country hotels in Tuscany - Read the full article
As seen in Condé Nast Traveller's May 2007 Hotlist - World's top new 138 Hotels [...]in the summer, the pool and outdoor gym afford spectacular views of the vineyards. Amid a plethora of Tuscan villa hotels that invariably feel too formal, the laid-back Villa Bordoni gets it right. Condé Nast Traveler, May 2007 - Hotlist - World's top new 138 hotels - Read the full article
Within an hour's drive of Villa Bordoni, in Tuscany, there's the beloved Villa San Michele in the hills of Fiesole as well as Relais La Suvera, with its museumlike suites. But make no mistake: Bordoni can take on the big boys... Sophy Roberts for Departures, June 2007 - Read the full article
Gardner completely remodeled teh blue 16th-century country house hotel outside Greve, decorating the place with hand-stenciled motifs and Spanish textiles... Carla Capalbo for Food & Wine, October 2006 - Read the full article
Last Spring, Catherine and David Gardner opened Villa Bordoni, a small luxury hotel in a 16th century property near some of Chianti's best vineyards. Ondine Cohane for Food & Wine, September 2007 - Read the full article
David and Catherine Gardner, owners of the highly regarded Beccofino and Trattoria Baldovino in Florence, have now snagged an exceptionally fine chef, Francesco Fineo, for their new hotel and restaurant in Greve in Chianti. Fineo’s menu is broadly Tuscan, focusing on vegetables from the kitchen garden, fruit from the surrounding park and olive oil from the villa’s groves, locally pressed. Meats for his simple grilled dishes, like the excellent bistecca fiorentina (a grilled T-bone he serves with truffled mashed potatoes), are provided by the local butcher. The cellar, a former dungeon, houses some amazing Tuscan wines, such as the hard-to-find Querciabella and La Massa. Where to go next: European Getaways, June 2008
When David and Catherine Gardner discovered a ruin at the end of a dusty track while driving through Chianti, they set about doing what any self-respecting, transplanted Scottish restaurateurs would: buying the place and transforming it into a charming wisteria-covered villa, with an intimate restaurant to showcase local wines and food - oh, and 10 rustic-chic guest rooms. Valerie Waterhouse for Travel & Leisure in "Inn of the month", May 2007 - Read the full article
As seen in Condé Nast Traveller UK 2006 Hotlist - Best New Hotels in the World Food and wine play an important part in any stay at Villa Bordoni. Refined Italian dishes are on offer in the excellent restaurant and there is a year-round programme of cookery courses and wine tastings... Condé Nast Traveller, May 2006 - 60 Best New Hotels in the World - Read the full articleRead the full article
This 16th-century villa is a labour of love - the Gardners (a charming Scottish couple) have spent years restoring it, and it is bursting with authentic charm - The Bazaar Travel Guide, November 2006 - Read the full article
The grand-yet-rustic décor cunningly blends rich with poor - a chicken coop has been converted into an impressive piece of eye candy and a twigbrush curtain tassel suggests how the previous residents did sumptuous on a shoestring. Check in, chill out - Marie Claire UK Edition, October 2006 - Read the full article
Guests come to the hotel for relaxation and, of course, the food. The kitchen, on open view to diners, is the focal point of the hotel. While it incorporates the original wood-burning oven, the centre-piece is a stunning enamelled black cast-iron range with chrome detail, hand-made especially for the villa... Post Plus, The Sunday Post, 2006 - Read the full article
Because of the first class gastronomic experience - and the fact Villa Bordoni can switch from simple to complex, as per your mood swing - we found little reason to leave the property... The Times, in So good they booked it twice, by Sophie Roberts - Read the full article
Il colore della facciata - azzurro Plumbago - tradisce la sua singolarità. Per non parlare degli effetti trompe l'oeuil sui muri all'interno o delle palme che svettano nel giardino all'italiana. Villa Bordoni, albergo a quattro stelle con piscina a Greve, nel Chianti, incastonato in un paesaggio dominato da filari di ulivi e vigne, presenta elementi che le danno un tocco di eccentricità rispetto alle ville rinascimentali tipiche della Toscana. in Casa Toscana very original - Elisabetta Pisa per Pianeta Hotel, Aprile 2007 - read the article
[...]Quelli che stanno sorgendo tra le colline chiantigiane non sono semplici hotel con servizi standard, ma per lo più alberghi di campagna che fanno a gara a offrire comfort e a distinguersi per qualità e immagine. Uno degli ultimi nati è Villa Bordoni a Greve in Chianti... in Hotel sulle colline - Il Sole 24 Ore, 14 Aprile 2007 - read the article
[...]Il suo ingegno rivela molteplici volti, specie nel raggirare la funzione prima dell’oggetto: un cesto di fil di ferro diventa lampadario, la porta di un pollaio, ornamento ludico e monumentale. Oppure allaccia esterno ed interno, giocando con un glicine che cresce, dalla finestra, fin dentro l’affresco della suite Zano. Stupire con diletto, ecco forse la sua dote migliore. Olivia Strigari per Hotel & Lodge, Marzo 2006 -read the article
