Alessandro and Margherita with their son Duccio and a lively family of english setters, lookforward to welcoming you to apartments that are the outcome of their passion and personal creativity, functional though fascinating surroundings. But let's go back to centuries to tell you that you are in what once was a fortified monastery on a part of the famous Via Francigena, famous today for its country tourism but once known as the pilgrims' path to Rome.
As Alessandro and Margherita's guests you will no doubt spend a splendid holiday in apartments with bedroom and living room, each of which with an independent entrance and garden fitted out for the open-air life. A refreshing swimming pool with an unusual half-moon shape is at your disposal in the heart of the splendid park with centuries-oldtrees.

And if you don't like lazing around but want more, this is possible at La Ripa! There is a demanding mtb course marked by the tourist board that you may try on a mountain byke or on  foot. For lovers of horse-riding there is a handy riding centre just 4 kilometers away which organizes riding excursions.
Last but not least, let's widen our knowledge of the genuine produce from the farm that, though it is small, produces Frantoiano, Moraiolo, Pendolino, Leccino and other types of olives for an exceptional extra virgin olive oil.

La Ripa is something special and you are special types.

But that is not at all: not only San Gimignano but also Florence, Siena and Volterra and other famous centres of Tuscany are all less than an hour's drive.

So it is position which makes La Ripa so trategic.