After a 12 hour flight-my friend and I were crazy enough to grab the Blue city bus at Florence airport (leaving our rental car right in the airport!) to tour Florence. After we had our “gelato” pick me up at the end of the day-we headed South to the Chianti area in search of our B & B for the night-“Casa al Chianti” in Dudda. The tiny hamlet of Dudda is 6km from Greve in Chianti and promised a clean economical room, fresh dinner and breakfast. After spotting a wild boar on the side of the road and deciding against a night walk (ha) we found the sweet curve in the road named Dudda.
The only store/trattoria/grocery in town-we entered into the store and spotted fresh Chianti and baked goods, sliced meats, cheeses and chestnut desserts…we were starving by the way…Francesca checked us into our room and we headed straight to dinner, located below the store area.
The menu was posted on the wall and I recognized mushroom sauce pasta and wild boar pasta…JACKPOT! Just what we were dreaming of eating the first night. We started with amazing fresh bruschetta and olive oil, then our main dishes (which we shared and couldn’t decide which one was the best), followed by espresso and chestnut cake dusted with sugar.
The local wine was also amazing…after we slugged our way up the steps to our room, we tried to sleep which should have been easy after only 3 hrs on the plane the day prior…
We also enjoyed a simple but perfect breakfast the next morning before we headed out to the Chianti region. Breakfast consisted of meats, cheeses, fresh bread and jam and of course…coffee!
I recommend this cute little place as it was close to Greve in Chianti-and with all the above mentioned-our total tab was 80 euro’s (dinner, B & B, breakfast, wine). On our way back to Greve we had several wineries to stop at as well and amazing views. All in all I thought it was super first night!!
Slow down or you might miss it!!
The little church and square of Dudda, Chianti.
Chianti and grocery inside the store area.
The menu!
Kind of dark-but this was the dining area…lovely and eclectic like most good Italian place to eat! Nice view out the back, huge fireplace, great service.
Chestnut cake dessert-we ate too fast to take a pic of dinner!
Breakfast was ready when we arrived downstairs.
Goodbye Dudda…off to find some wineries and oil!
View from our room where the owners make there own oil and wine.
