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The Tenuta di
Ricavo is unique&emdash;not a hotel at all in
the usual connotation, but rather a tiny, very old,
Tuscan hamlet with peasants' cottages that have
been transformed into delightful guestrooms. The
stables are now the dining room and the barn is now
the office. Unlike many of the over-renovated
hotels in Tuscany where most of what you see is
actually new construction, Ricavo is all
real. The guestrooms have been lovingly restored to
enhance their original rustic charm and are
attractively furnished with country antiques. You
enter the large property following a lane through a
vast pine forest that leads to the cluster of
weathered stone cottages, romantically embellished
by climbing roses. Flowers are everywhere and in
one of the gardens are two swimming pools. Before
it became a hotel, the village was the
summer-holiday retreat of a Swiss family who, after
World War II, transformed their home into a unique,
village-style hotel. However, the Tenuta di
Ricavo is not for everyone. It is quiet. It is
remote.
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