The first rays of sunshine dissolve the wintry mists and warm the grateful earth. Daffodils rise to meet the sun, violets bloom, and the lymph begins to run again through the vines... Spring is here! “The first olive is gold, the second is silver, the third is worthless” Popular Tuscan Saying

After Davide's birthday party with 21 guests - who knows where he found space for them all - Sara was inspired to hold a New Year's party and usher in 2025 at Resta with 13 friends. And that was only the beginning... Spring brought many more visitors - friends, family, colleagues, pilgrims - sometimes at the same time! - while the summer sun brought a time of repair and renewal at Resta. In August there was cause for celebration when Montone won the Palio! By the end of the

The year begins with the loss of a great friend. Resta won’t be the same without you!But the new wheat is poking up in the fields, the...

As soon as the fog of early spring gave way to sunshine, visitors of all kinds began arriving at Resta... a pilgrim on her way to...

The year 2022 started with a bang - a New Year's Eve dinner grilled on the hearth! Noah came for Easter, from New Mexico via Denmark, and...

It's been a long, hard winter, but now we're back at Resta and ready for the first guests of 2021! “Where flowers bloom, so does hope" -...

In the Spring of 2019 I completed the second half of my Long Walk from home to Santiago de Compostela and then spent the summer at Resta...

The weather was unusually cool in June of 2018, still good for hiking! I walked from Resta to Montalcino, then from Montalcino to...

In the summer of 2017 I spent 88 days travelling in North America. But before I left, I spent the Spring at Resta, and walked a few days...

From Chile, Canada and the UK to Resta for a family reunion!

The rhythm of the seasons at Resta. Ushering in the New Year at the Silent Disco in Piazza del Campo. The first daffodils. Packing...

The year 2013 saw the return to Fattoria Resta of two very important people. The first, the Madonna di Resta, depicted along with St....

In 2012 Val di Montone finally won the Palio!!!

Sara turns 18 and throws a party at Resta!

A busy year with lots of visitors at Resta! From a full house over Easter to another large gathering during the Christmas holidays, we...

Work in progress at Resta this winter! Our trusted builders converted the ground floor storage and utility room into a big new guest...

2008 started out on the right foot with one of the legendary Resta New Year's Eve dinners. For me it was a year of many concerts......

It was at the dinner the night before the Palio in August 2007 that we first met our friend Maria Grazia, who appears regularly in our...

Momenti memorabili del 2006 a Resta: Insegnare il gioco Carcassonne alla famiglia Crockford, appena arrivati da New York con il fuso...

2005 was the year I went overboard with home exchanges: five different groups of people came to stay at Resta! In June, the newly...