Reggello suits walkers who want cooler hill air among the Vallombrosa woods, with Florence about 35 km away. The homes are spread through the hills around the town, so shops and restaurants usually mean a drive.
Reggello is a hill municipality of about 16,000 people on the north-western side of the Pratomagno range, at around 390 metres. It is a scatter of hamlets, among them Cascia, Leccio and Vallombrosa, rather than one tight centre. The homes sit in the hills around the town; nearly all have a pool and a garden, and most sleep a family rather than a large group. Around them are olive terraces, vineyards and the beech and fir woods of the Vallombrosa reserve. Cascia has a Romanesque church and a museum of sacred art with a 1422 triptych. Evenings are quiet and local, and anything livelier means going into Florence.
Abbey founded by San Giovanni Gualberto, who retired here in 1036, set in silver fir and beech woods between 450 and 1,450 metres.
Home to the Romanesque church of San Pietro and the Masaccio Museum of Sacred Art, which holds the 1422 Triptych of San Giovenale.
Two protected natural areas near Reggello, handy for shorter walks than the big Vallombrosa trails.
About 35 km north-west of Reggello, so it works as a day out rather than a base.
Florence airport is about 40 minutes by car, which is the practical way to arrive. By public transport it takes well over two hours from the airport, using the tram, a train to Pontassieve or Figline Valdarno, then a bus. With homes in the hills, plan on hiring a car.
Summer is the draw. Reggello is one of the cool, shaded towns closest to Florence, where Florentines go to escape the heat, and the Vallombrosa arboretum can be visited in the summer months. At the end of October and the start of November the olive oil review marks the start of the oil season, with producers' stands in Piazza Aldo Moro.
Yes. Walks include the Anello dei Giganti, about 3.5 km and roughly an hour and a half, and a 10 km writers' route around Vallombrosa. A forest trail also leads to Italy's tallest tree, a 62.45 metre Douglas fir.
It is one of the cool, shaded towns nearest Florence, set among the Vallombrosa woods, and Florentines come to escape the heat. It gives no figures, but the forest climbs to 1,450 metres, so the hills above the town are the fresher part.
Reggello is about 35 km south-east of Florence. The airport is around 40 minutes by car, while the same journey on trams, trains and buses takes more than two hours, so most visitors drive.
Yes. Its extra virgin oil is known as green gold, grown on terraced hillsides, and a review of Reggello oil is held each year at the end of October and start of November, marking the start of the oil season.
Check before you plan around it. The castle at Leccio was redesigned between 1853 and 1889 in an Eastern style, but it is private and closed to visitors. The abbey at Vallombrosa is the sight you can count on.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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