DAVID GARDNER PROVES A SCOTSMAN CAN CREATE GREAT TUSCAN
CUISINE IN THE HEART OF FLORENCE
We rewarded for breaking our return visit rule.
Owner David Gardner himself happened to be in the house
and the wait staff pointed us out as repeat visitors during our all too brief
stay in Florence.
He was very concerned about wheelchair access and made
sure that we knew one water closet was 100% barrier-free (we did, having used
it a week before on our initial visit.)
Gardner chatted us up between fielding phone calls and quizzing
his staff how breakfast went at his adjacent Cafe Baldobar -- which is one of
prettiest and tastiest breakfast options in all of St. Croce.
Before bidding us goodbye, Gardner mentioned that his
Villa Bordoni has wheelchair access.
Villa Bordoni is a small hotel, lauded by Travel and
Leisure, in Greve -- a tiny town in the heart of the Chianti region know for
famed Italian red wines.
Greve is halfway between Florence and Siena (a hauntingly
beautiful and history hill town about an hour south of Firenze)
Villa Bordoni has a restaurant and cooking classes as
well as barrier-free access.
Baldovino address: Via
San Giuseppe 22r, next to Santa Croce Basilica
Phone: 055 241773
Website: www.baldovino.com
Website for small hotel in Greve: www.villabordoni.com
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