Best Sober Vacations

19/12/2022

Here is a sample menu for our on-site restaurant:
Villa Padronale Sample Menu

This is an example of last year’s menu :

Starters
Selection of Tuscan dop cold cuts &vegetables in oil €12.00
Buffalo mozzarella with pine nuts and anchovies & tomato €12,00
Bruschetta with Datterino tomato, basil & extra virgin olive oil dop € 6,00

First course

Panzanella, typical Tuscan summer dish with bread, tomato, onion, celery, cucumber, vinegar and oil €8.00
Pici Senesi, fresh handmade pasta with beef ragù €11,00
Fresh handmade egg pasta with summer scaffles €16.00
Ravioli with spinaches, ricotta cheese, anchovies
& mozzarella cream € 14.00

Second course

“Cut”, steak strips with rosemary and oil € 17.00 (with truffles € 20.00)
Cinta Senese pork with pruns & fennels € 17,00
Tonnato calf, veal with tuna sauce €15,00
Veg dish, baked vegetables, cheese and nuts € 13,00
Side dishes
Mixed salad, roast potatoes, mixed baked vegetables € 6,00menu last year:
Starters
Selection of Tuscan dop cold cuts &vegetables in oil €12.00
Buffalo mozzarella with pine nuts and anchovies & tomato €12,00
Bruschetta with Datterino tomato, basil & extra virgin olive oil dop € 6,00

Desserts
€6,00
Cream cotta with English cream & caramel
Tiramisù
Hot chocolate cake with orange sirup
Typical almond biscuits with dessert wine

(Service, bread and focacce € 2,00)
Buffalo mozzarella with pine nuts and anchovies & tomato €12,00
Bruschetta with Datterino tomato, basil & extra virgin olive oil dop € 6,00

19/12/2022

I wanted to give folks an idea of the agenda for our trip in Spring:
1.)We will meet up at the Florence airport, this Spring date TBA and be driven to Tuscany by our private driver to our fabulous villa.
2.) Dinner at the restaurant that night
3.) Exercise, Swim, Yoga in the morning
4.) 9am Breakfast (included)
5.) 10-11 Transport to the local town
6.) 11-1:30 tour the town and learn its history
7.) Lunch 2-3
8.) 3:30 Transport
9.) 4:30 arrive back home- downtime
10.) 7pm-8 dinner
11.) 8:30-9:30 meeting
12.) Free time - Bed

We will visit 3 towns with this schedule but you will be returned to Florence to explore on the 12th of May.

18/12/2022

This the pool and its exquisite view from the "Farmhouse" villa.

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This is another fantastic location we will book for sober groups this Spring.

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This villa has 6 bedrooms, each with an ensuite bathroom and sleeps 11. All are clean and spacious. So we can accommodate couples and singles.

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This is where we can gather for those who want to fellowship and have a meeting after dinner

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18/12/2022

Here is the private pool and restaurant only for us. Breakfast and Dinner in the restaurant and down town after tours in the pool or playing tennis or doing nothing. Optional meetings after dinner. Never a glum lot.

18/12/2022

Come join us this Spring as the Best Sober Vacations starts its 2023 schedule. We are starting with a group in May at this Tuscan villa 20 minutes from Siena. After breakfast, in the restaurant on site, we will do day trips to the neighboring villages of Siena, Assisi, Arezzo and Florence, where we will explore and have an authentic Italian pranza- lunch in each town. This will be a very affordable trip, full of fun and fellowship.