You can find the "perfect reciepe for cooking a steak" in Artusi`s "Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well". But if you decide to rent a villa or a farmhouse in Valdichiana for your next vacations in Tuscany, you will have the opportunity of tasting the real and unique Florentine T-bone steak without having to roam too much.

The Valdichiana, a vast territory stretching between the provinces of Arezzo and Siena in Tuscany and those of Perugia and Terni in Umbria (the so-called Roman Valdichiana), is the land of origin of the Chianina breed.

And the true Florentine T-bone steak, a dish that all the world envies and tries, unsuccessfully, to imitate, is made of Chianina meat.

The Valdichiana is dotted with characteristic farmhouses that have renovated and converted into villas for holidays in Tuscany.

Once peasants` houses, in the last few decades these buildings have been transformed into holiday apartments in the heart of the Tuscan ountryside that have nothing to envy to the most modern and luxurious city hotels. On the contrary, they are the perfect accommodation for large families and groups of friends looking for the privacy and peace that often other accommodation facilities in Tuscany are not able to offer.

So, why do not you choose a villa or a farmhouse in the Tuscany of the steak for your next vacation?