| | Facilities within the Property |
In the middle of a large green park, on the top of a hill overlooking the countryside, Villa Bianca offers you a swimming pool with jacuzzi, children's pool, open bar 24 hours a day and plenty of relaxing views. Private parking for guests. |
 The Restaurant "Gambasinus": managed by the first class Chef Carlo La Puma, a master in combining traditional and nouvelle cuisine. After many years of experience throughout Europe he has come back to Italy to work with our chefs. Meals are served in a magnificent "Giardino d'Inverno" (the Winter Garden) room, set in the middle of lime-trees. The main specialities is fresh fish such as lobster, shrimps, and traditional Tuscany dishes joined by the best international nouvelle cuisine. If you like wine tasting, our "Cantina Il Caratello" will be a perfect introduction to discover all best Tuscan wines. And why do not learn how to prepare our dishes after a cooking lessons with our Chef. Lessons are done in Italian, English, French and German. |
| Property Facilities Summary: |  Banquets | Bar | | Beauty Treatments | Candle Light Dinner | | Car Rental (with Driver) | Ceremony Management | | Child Friendly | Children's Pool | | Coffee Break | Concierge Service | | Conference Packages | Congresses & Meetings | | Cooking Courses | Direct Dial Telephone | | Excursions | Facilities for Disabled | | Fax Machine | Fax Service | | Golf | Guided Tours | | Horseback Riding | Horseback Riding Lessons | | Hunting | Internet Connection | | Internet Point | Ironing Equipment | | Jacuzzi | Lift | | Limousine Services | Luggage Storage | | Massage | Medical Service | | Meeting Room | Olive Oil Tasting | | Outlet Tours | Photocopier | | Porter Service | Private Parking | | Private Transfer To / From City | Private Transfer To/From Airport | | Private Transfer To/From Bus Station | Private Transfer To/From Rail Station | | Radio | Restaurant | | Satellite/cable TV | Shoe Shine Service | | Sightseeing Tours | Silver Cutlery | | Spa | Special Events | | Swimming Pool | Ticket Reservation Service | | Towels for Swimming Pool | Trekking | | Trouser Press | Tuscan Dinner | | Wake Up Service | Wedding Management | | Wine Tasting | Wine Tours | | |
 Horse-riding (our horses!), fishing, golf, and tennis courts, are available in the surrounding area. As a spa resort, Gambassi Terme offers you the possibility of an healthy vacation just five minutes walk from your Hotel. It is also in a very convenient location for reaching Firenze, Siena, San Gimignano and many other interesting places you could visit during your stay in Tuscany.
San Gimignano:
San Gimignano is set on a hill at 334 m above sea level, dominating the Elsa valley with its towers. Seat of a small Etruscan village of the Hellenistic period (the 3rd and the 2nd century B.C.), its history started around the 10th century. The town takes its name from St. Gimignano, Bishop of Modena, who is said to have saved the village from hordes of Barbarians. It developed during the Middle Ages thanks to the Via Francigena, a medieval road that passed through. This development was accompanied by a flourishing art that adorned the churches and monasteries. In 1199 it became a free Municipality, fighting against the Bishops of Volterra and against the surrounding municipalities. It suffered from internal struggles dividing itself into two factions headed by the Ardinghelli family (Guelphs) and the Salvucci family (Ghibellines). On 8th May 1300, Dante Alighieri came to San Gimignano as the Ambassador of the Guelph League in Tuscany. The terrible Black Death plague in 1348 and the following depopulation of San Gimignano led to a serious crisis and eventually it was ceded to the power of Florence. San Gimignano managed to overcome its degradation and isolation in the following centuries when its beauty and cultural importance, together with its original agricultural identity, were rediscovered. |
 Volterra:
The history of the magic and mysterious city of Volterra reaches back 3000 years. It is possible to find traces from each subsequent historical period making the artistic city truly unique. The ancient city walls, the imposing Porta all'Arco, the Necropolis of Marmini and the numerous archaeological finds conserved in the Museo Etrusco Guarnacci like the Ombra della Sera with its unique profile, the funeral urns and the finely crafted jewellery, bear testimony of the Etruscan period. The Theatre of Vallebona survives from the period of Augustus and suggests the importance of Volterra under Roman domination. Today the city conserves above all a Medieval aspect not only for the 12th century city walls but also because of the urban layout with narrow streets, palaces, tower houses and churches. The Renaissance had an important influence on Volterra but did not change the city's Medieval character. From this period the you can see the superb palaces of Minucci Solaini, Incontri-Viti and Inghirami, the imposing Fortezza Medicea and the Convent of San Girolamo. |
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