On the road to Arezzo, the Bigallo hospice has welcomed wayfarers since the thirteenth century: the restored medieval hostel, still active, is the symbol of Bagno a Ripoli, the first hill outside Florence where Florentines have always kept farms and villas. At the oratory of Santa Caterina all'Antella, Spinello Aretino's fourteenth-century frescoes are a small treasure worth booking.
The name comes from Roman baths on the consular road. Today the municipality is the cultured countryside at the capital's gates: olives, parish churches and trattorias where the bistecca is not a tourist attraction but a daily fact. Florence is ten minutes away; quiet is at home.
Near Bagno a Ripoli
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