You’re Gunna
love Tuscany.
Writing, swimming, reading, napping, stickybeaking. Delicious food, excellent company, and plenty of time just for you.
Jess and Dev have a few things up their magical sleeves.
Your Tuscan dream
A 12th century Tuscan family home with stories in its walls, olive trees in the garden and two pools (one among the trees for introversion and one overlooking the hills for extroversion).
Unpack, exhale, and choose your own adventure.
Eat. Write.
Swim. Repeat
A few words on the page. A few dips in the pool. A chat that turns into a very long lunch. Or not. As you wish.
A Little Magic? Sure!
Of course you’ll need to explore Tuscany while you’re there. A little mix of everything will be on offer; yoga mornings, small town market visits, vespa tours etc.
Tenuta Poggio Torselli
Vespa adventures
Small-town markets
Yoga mornings
Vines: Tenuta Poggio Torselli. Other activity photos are illustrative; market image shows Florence.
But first, Firenze!
Gunnas Florence HQ has a dreamy courtyard, rooftop, and plenty of spots for a coffee, an aperitivo or if you just want to kick back and judge people. You’ll love it. Super cool and has a touch of The White Lotus to it.
The Hoxton occupies two buildings: a 16th-century Renaissance palazzo, originally home to the aristocratic Ricasoli family, and a 1980s building designed by Florentine architect Andrea Branzi. We love it and we (I mean Jess) looked at heaps!
The Hoxton courtyard, a representative bedroom, lobby and Enoteca Violetta.
Italia, Gunnas International style.
As usual we (well Jess, to be fair) are curating tours tailor-made for our Gunnas, with reserved visiting times and local guides who know their stuff and who we (tbh Jess) know personally.
You bring your curiosity, we (let’s face it, Jess) will chaos wrangle, pickle smooth, and create a perfect itinerary with hits from the 1600s, 1700s, 1800s, and today.
Walk old streets and pave new stories.
Look, we haven’t definitely locked everything down but this is the vibe. The kind of adventures you can expect are something like… down the Arno in a traditional wooden barchetto, with Ponte Vecchio coming into view. Then the Vasari Corridor: the Medici family’s elevated passage through the heart of Florence. Top notch, five star, blue ribbon stickybeaking territory.
Come hungry.
A food walking tour made for you, our special darlings. Follow local stories and incredible smells through Florence, with delicious stops along the way. Research, obviously. Don’t mind if I do….
It’s a medieval tasting plate.
Pictured: a Renaioli boat, Ponte Vecchio and the corridor above it; gelato at Sbrino. Tasting stops will be curated for Gunnas.
What else can you expect?
There is Florence from the street. Then there is Florence from the Duomo terraces, and the quieter world behind a garden gate. We are making time for a little sample of everything.
Look up, lean back, and say
‘fucking amazing’ a lot.
The Duomo terraces: marble details, rooftops and a close-up of that extraordinary dome. A reserved visiting time, a fresh perspective and the sound of your imagination running wild.
Behind the gates.
A private garden visit for a quieter experience of Florence. Leafy corners, incredible stories, and a decent chance to have a full on squizz.
This is just a teaser, your solid itinerary will be delivered to you before you set off, but you can start getting excited now.
Garden photograph: Torrigiani Garden, shown as inspiration. The garden on our route will be selected for Gunnas.
Your story starts here.
A notebook. A Tuscan home. A table full of good company.
A city full of moments to motivate, inspire, and blow your mind. Prepare to have your heart bursting, your soul fed and your mind well and truly blown. It will be everything you can imagine and way more than you’d ever expect.
We cannot wait to share it with you. Jess & Dev x