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Distance 30 km
Travel time by car: 40 min.
Travel time by train: 35 min
The heart of Florence is Piazza della Signoria , with the majestic Palazzo Vecchio, with the gallery of sculptural masterpieces in the Loggia dei Lanzi and the near Galleria degli Uffizi, one of the museums of art best known to the world. Not far away is the religious center of the cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore , with the majestic dome (the largest ever built), which, at the time of the Grand, it was said that with his shadow reached to cover throughout Tuscany, and the enormous Duomo is beautifully accompanied by Bell Tower , one of the most beautiful in Italy, and Baptistery of San Giovanni , with the famous bronze doors amongst these is the golden gate of heaven.

Distance 68 km
Travel time by car: 1h22
Travel time by train: 2h30
Siena is in the midst of a vast landscape of hills, between the valleys of the rivers Arbia south, Merse southwest and Elsa in the north, between the hills of Chianti to the north-east, the west Montagnola and the Crete Senesi to the south East. The city is universally known for its artistic heritage and for the substantial stylistic unity of its medieval street furniture, as well as for its famous Palio. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Siena has a long culinary tradition, perhaps due to the richness of the medieval period and in the presence of numerous restaurants and points of hospitality along the way Francigena. In recent decades there has been a search for ancient medieval dishes, as in many areas of central Italy.

Distance 50 km
Travel time by car: 44 min.
Travel time by train: 42 min.
The town of Arezzo is located at the confluence of three of the four valleys that make up the province. Directly north of the city opened the Casentino valley which is crossed by the first section dell'Arno, north-west lies the Valdarno Superiore, always dall'Arno path in the stretch that runs between Arezzo and Florence, to the south is Val di Chiana, a plain derived from remediation of existing marshes, whose most important watercourse is the Canale Maestro della Chiana. Easily pass through the Torrino and the valley of Cerfone, you have access to the North-East to the fourth valley, the Valtiberina, traveled by the first stretch of the Tiber. Arezzo was founded in pre-Etruscan in an area inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the discovery of stone tools and the so-called "man dell'Olmo" dating from the Palaeolithic, which occurred near the hamlet dell'Olmo during excavation of a short tunnel of the railway line Rome-Florence in 1863.

Enchanting scenery and Medieval villages dotted with Medici villas, Romanesque parishes and ancient abbeys, surrounded by woods, olive groves and vineyards. Pontassieve, Pelago, Reggello, Figline Valdarno, Rignano sull'Arno are just some of the towns near Tenuta il Burchio that have kept traces of their Medieval and Renaissance civilizations.

Distance 20 km
A half an hour delightful car ride along the wine road from the Hotel Tenuta il Burchio takes you through the splendid scenery of Chianti, made of hills, vineyards and olive groves, dotted with Medieval villages , where you can discover local flavors stopping between the ancient town walls of Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Radda in Chianti etc.

Distance 2.5 km
The Hotel Tenuta il Burchio is the best way for fashion label shoppers to visit the area's numerous outlets, close to the hotel and Tenuta apartments. The Mall outlet is three kilometers away in Leccio di Reggello, the Dolce & Gabbana outlet is in Incisa, two kilometers away while the Prada outlet is 25 kilometers away, etc.