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Barco Mediceo Bed And Breakfast in Tuscany
Enjoy the authentic Tuscan Park environment
Relax in the cosy and romantic atmosphere of the
Hotel
Barco Mediceo, surrounded by flowers, birds,
olive trees, cypresses, peaks and enjoy a
traditional heritage home which is decorated
with our family’s antique furniture. The
magical fresh air creates a calm and friendly
environment.
The Bed and Breakfast
Barco Mediceo is an ecological hotel located 25
km away from Florence, near Carmignano City and
9 km from Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci’s birth
place). It is situated in the Medicea’s Road of
Chianti’s Montalbano Wine. Placed in a beautiful
natural protected reserve park, where
approximately in the year 1600 the powerful
Medici’s family, well known in Florence and the
whole Tuscan region, used to go hunting.
The name Barco Mediceo” has renascent origins,
in fact the word “Barco” means park or forest
reserve. The Grand duke Cosimo III of Medici in
1626, built a 2 meters tall wall by 55km
distance, so they would have privacy when
hunting. Part of this wall is still in our
property.
The Medici family also
hired a group of people, as a little army in
order to protect their land and the hunted
animals which were, at those times: deer,
wild hogs and even
bears. Their army was called “I Birri” and they
lived around the forest. Today, our region has
different species such as: wolves, squirrels,
rabbits and wild pigs.
In the Hotel Barco Mediceo, the fields, peaks,
ecological trails, viewing points and the native
woods are the hosts of a beautiful place where
the man meets a mixture of nature, art, history
and gastronomy which invite you to take part of
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