Under the Pergola: Autumn in Tuscany

When you visit the Institute of Christ the King in Gricigliano, near Florence, this is the place to stay at the foot of the Falterona:

Le Pergole
Via di Tornaquinci, 13
Pontassieve (Firenze)

http://www.casalelepergole.it/

It's agriturismo, which means you stay on a working farm.  In the autumn you can watch the old farmer split wood in the moring and help him harvest olives, etc.  At the same time you hear the ehco of gunshots from hunters and smell the wonderful breeze of woodburning stoves.