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Christmas in progress…
I don’t want / to dive / into a ball / of roads./ I have a lot / tiredness / on my shoulders./ Leave me like this / as a / thing / placed / in a / corner / and forgotten. / that the good heat. / I am / with the four / somersaults / of smoke / of the hearth. Giuseppe Ungaretti. The cold air, the lit fireplace, the desire for pampering and the intimacy of the home and the family atmosphere that the Christmas period brings… we are entering a magical, indispensable time. The days outdoors, around the narrow streets and the beautiful buildings of the…
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UntrueUnreal
The great Anish Kapoor exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi 7 October 2023 – 4 February 2024 In the splendid setting of the Strozzi family’s Renaissance palace in Florence, a unique event has come to life, the first exhibition dedicated to one of the major artists of contemporary art in the world, Anish Kapoor. Kapoor’s works arouse amazement and anxiety, questioning every certainty. In the rational geometries of Palazzo Strozzi, the artist invites us to lose and rediscover ourselves, to explore a world whose boundaries between true and false dissolve, questioning ourselves on what is Untrue or Ureal. “I have always been attracted by an idea of fear, by a sensation of…
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Our history
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The rest of the Val d’Orcia
The Val d’Orcia rests in the winter months. The fields breathe, the country roads free from tourists regain their identity, as well as the splendid towns, the small villages perched around the valley. It is the season with the most beautiful colors, a palette of ocher, brown, yellow, the turquoise of the sky. And it is certainly one of the best moments to visit Monticchiello and its surroundings, in the quiet and tranquility to take a bath in one of the many spas, an e-bike ride without having to book in advance, walks in the most beautiful paths of the Val d’Orcia without meeting anyone, only the splendid nature. …
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Our history
The apartment in Monticchiello Casa Bonari was born in the late 1970s, starting with the purchase of a large uncultivated land. There was nothing where the structure now stands, only a breathtaking view surrounding so many dreams. Our grandparents Gino and Elsa and our parents Albo and Vanna started building the house with a handful of good intentions and expectations. So much work and commitment led to the birth of what you see now. Father and grandfather created the beautiful garden themselves, the olive grove, which is still cared for with great passion. VISIT THE EXTERIORS Unfortunately, the grandparents are no longer there and for this reason we nephews, with…
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Reaching for the stars
Palazzo Strozzi a Firenze. 04 Mars – 18 June 2023 A journey that begins in the splendid courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi with the monumental first work GoNogo, by the Japanese artist Goshka Macuga, and continues in the Renaissance rooms of the palace built by Benedetto da Maiano in 1489. The artists on display are among the most representative voices of the international contemporary art: Cattelan, Hirst, Sherman, Lucas, Favaretto and many others. A perfect marriage between ancient art and modern installations, visionary, questionable, provocative, which will not be able to leave you without the need to reflect on the concept of the Art of the new millennium. We’ve been there!…
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Welcome to CasinaBonari
Dear children, we present the corner dedicated to you little guests, that of Casina Bonari, built by grandfather Albo for all those who will come to visit us. A small nest where you can play, cook, prepare a snack and relax in front of the beautiful panorama. Casina Bonari is equipped with a sink, an iron, a kitchen, a washing machine, a mini-bookshop, gardening tools and many objects with which have fun like in your own home. It is truly… full-optioned, like that of adults! Around this, a large garden awaits you where you can run at will, have picnics, play hide and seek, chase the cats Pippo and Meo…
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The digital art of Olafur Eliasson
With great pleasure, I would like to point out a really interesting exhibition, not to be missed for those who will stay in this part of Tuscany: “In his time”, by the Danish Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. In the splendid setting of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, until January 22, 2023, you will have the opportunity to meet a very talented artist, a rich and now established voice, who for the first time in Italy collects his most important works, some of which were created precisely by working on the exhibition spaces of the magnificent Renaissance palace, the ancient home of the Strozzi family, one of the most important families…
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The beautiful season
Summer song Wanderer moonsmiling afaintly ironical smileat thisbrilliant, dew-moistenedsummer morning,-a detachedsleepily indifferentsmile, awanderer’s smile,-if i shouldbuy a shirtyour colour andput on a necktiesky-bluwhere would they carry me? William Carlos Williams, 1917 In Tuscany, the summer is that of walks, bike rides, sunsets over the valley, toasts on the terraces, immense views of the countryside. It starts in March and ends in October. It is the season in which our countryside shows itself in all its beauty. These are the reasons why our guests have only one desire when they leave: to return. Our recommendations: For the most beautiful excursions, the experience of the people of Monticchiellohttps://www.narraterra.it To…
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Inside Salvador Dalì
The great artist Salvador Dalì is our welcome guest in this period in Tuscany, with 2 fantastic exhibitions that in a different way reveal his extraordinary artistic path. In Siena until April 30, 2022 An exhibition dedicated to Dalì’s passion for science, his interest for Galileo Galilei and the artist’s reflection on one of his most important artistic objects: Time. In the suggestive seat of the Palazzo delle Papesse (the two sisters of the great Pope Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pius II, native of Pienza) In Florence until February 23, 2022 A fascinating and immersive digital display of Dalì’s works, an immediate approach with the artist, even for those…
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Smart-Working in covid time
For a Covid free stay Casa Bonari offers you the ideal solution, being in a small village isolated from large urban centers, in the open countryside where you can spend your days almost forgetting about the international health emergency. We have taken every necessary measure provided for by the anti-covid regulations precisely to guarantee our guests stays without worries and in total safety: Sanitation of the environments before and after guests’ access, through the use of appropriate disinfectant products. Check-in in total safety: we welcome you using the mask and gloves while maintaining the necessary social distance, preferably using the areas outside the house, such as the patio or…
