Livernano

We had a beautiful stay at Borgo Livornano near Radda in Chianti. We traveled an ancient, unpaved, winding and sometimes bumpy road through the woods for about 8 km to reach this spectacular villa. The views were breathtaking and the service was amazing. Moses took good care of us and hoisted our heavy bags to our room. Bartolomeo made the best cappuccino ever, and we will definitely miss our morning cups. Nicola created delicious food. And, of course, there was wine! Our room was super comfortable and there were lots of cozy outdoor spaces to relax. Definitely worth the drive up the road!

Wonderful, absolutely charming place. We especially enjoyed the dinners - Judyta, the waiter, and Paul, the chef, do a great job here - they really care and create a wonderful atmosphere. Practical tip when driving: Google Maps give you wrong direction at the very end (some 1.5 km before Livernao) and tell you to go on a very short fragment of a road which is almost unusable and might damage your car. You should turn at the barrel with Livernao sign instead (which is some 150 m from the place where Google maps suggests to turn, so you should turn roght slightly later if travelling from Castellina in Chianti).

We have been coming to Italy from Canada for over 25 years and sometimes you accidently make the wrong decisions on accommodation and this would be one of those times. Its truly a beautiful place but is under staffed and not very well taken care of. The road in and out to the nearest restaurants is 20 min each way and you need a good driver as the road is very beat up. Breakfast is lovely and Bartolo, Nicolas and Roberto do a great job of keeping the guests happy. We tried to eat dinner there however if you are looking for real Italian I would absolutely not recommend. Just being a truthteller. The rooms are clean and the girls do a great job. I asked in town to some locals about Livernano and why it wasn't up to par with other Agriturismo's and we were told that the person running it isn't on site and wasn't from Italy. I sent an email before we came and asked about possible additional night and they said the rooms were available however when we arrived we explained that we didn't want the additional night (we had 2 expensive rooms booked) and they said no refund is possible and that was that. I can understand why some of the people coming to Livernano have been unhappy. We have really no reason to complain as we are on vacation however we saved for a year to do this family trip.