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Ca' Bianca, Siena


To get to Siena for a short break there is a choice to be made. Either fly to Florence and take a one hour train ride, or fly to Pisa and take a longer train ride with a change at Empoli. Neither of us had seen the leaning tower so we went for option two. 

Having got off the train we eventually found a taxi to take us to our accommodation for the next two nights; Ca' Bianca. This old house has 14 guest rooms and we had booked one of the two suites available. This was far bigger than we needed with a sitting room, kitchen, bedroom and bathroom, but it was lovely. The whole place was lovely. Very peacefully set in the beautiful Tuscan countryside.

We ate dinner here twice. The first evening we were not too hungry as we had eaten an unexpectedly large and slightly late lunch in Pisa, so we shared a plate of mixed crostini to start. Three were topped with tomato and three with chicken liver.

We followed this with, for me, a bowl of Cacio e Pepe and for the lady spaghetti with black truffle. Finishing with a shared Tiramisu this was all wonderful.

On the second evening we nibbled bread with olive oil whilst waiting for one dish of a half pork shank and one of beef stew. Once again, delicious. Dessert was a salted caramel cheesecake and an affogato. Yum.

Our last day was a lazy one sitting by the pool, and even swimming in the unheated pool, so we ordered a couple of ciabatta and some melon to end our stay.

A highly recommend location for a short, or longer, stay.

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