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I learned, after booking, that there is and old and a new Panzano. We had, luckily, booked a room at Casa Volpini in old Panzano. Walkable, beautiful and full of wonderful restaurants, my one recommendation is to make reservations in advance. We begged our way into dinner at Dario Cecchini's amazing beef extravaganza, but we might have gone a bit hungry had we been unsuccessful.

Not too tourist damaged, and still a great location to get around, and lots of options for great dinners and entertainment without having to take the car (so you can have as much wine as you like). Dario's restaurant is very special and quite unique.

Everything was great apart from the appalling woman at Le Fonti winery who, when we asked to exchange a bottle of wine for olive oil, proceeded to rant and shout at us about bad manners and declared she ‘simply did not feel like doing it’ - we had spent £150 on wine the previous day but due to luggage restrictions couldn’t take any more bottles - and when we tried to explain, the screeching just increased (in front of other guests) so we left (followed by the still shouting woman), thoroughly bemused by the absurdity of her reaction and behaviour. To top it off we opened the wine when we got home and it was not the same as what we had tasted - instead it was green, bitter and heavy on the tannins, almost a different wine altogether. I hasten to add that everywhere else we went to in Panzano and Tuscany, and we traveled all over, we are were treated with the utmost courtesy and kindness. And the food and wine were fantastic!!!!

Best steak 🥩 house cecchini just opposite the hotel. Very good experience . Hence, Surprise me is the great scenery of Panzano, great hotel with good facilities , clean room, great breakfast and more ….

Panzano in Chianti is a quiet village between Greve in Chianti and Castellina in Chianti, along the road linking Fierenze and Siena. In Panzano you can admire one the the most important Romanesque churches of the whole Chianti region: the Pieve of St Leolino. Panzano has probable Roman origins but expanded later on. It was a Firidolfi's seigniory and the most populated center of the Val di Greve's League for centuries. It used to be one of the most fortified villafes around, you can still admire indeed the ruins of the castle, perhaps built for want of the Ricasoli Firidolfi family. The semi-rectangular city walls are almost totally intact, even undergoing partial demolitions, like in correspondence of the Church of St Maria Assunta. By the way this church, annexed to the castle, was rebuilt in the XIV century over the ruins of an older church. Inside the Church is a small Virgin with Infant Jesus (XIV century) attributed to Botticino; the right hand of the nave preserves a beautiful "Annunciazione" attributable to Michele di Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio. Of the two survived corner turrets, one is the current bell-tower while the south-eastern one still shows the corbels supporting the parapet. Some other edifices well keep the original medieval structures, like Casa Torre, rising in front of the quarterdeck, and someone else overlooking the only street inside the walls.

Panzano is a great little town. It is great because locals live there all year round and it is not heavily dominated by tourists. Shops and restaurants are very authentic to the town and you can experience a nice authentic Italian village stay. Panzano is known for the restaurant Dario, but it offers more than that. The whole village work for each other, you see each other products in each other’s shops which shows how warm and self sufficient the place is.