Arnolfo - Colle di Val d'Elsa
Ristorante Arnolfo, a top star in Italian Haute Catering and a member of the prestigious Relais & Châteaux chain and Jeunes Restaurateurs d'Europe, has just moved into its spectacular new crystal venue designed by Gaetano and Giovanni Trovato on the hillsides of Colle di Val d'Elsa. Right from the entrance you will be struck by the choice of fine materials, which are absolutely local: Travertine from Rapolano Terme and Siena Yellow Marble. The vast dining room is a single room completely devoid of visually disturbing elements such as columns or dividing walls that opens with immense windows, like a veranda, onto a breathtaking view of the ancient medieval village of Colle di Val d'Elsa. The Trovatos have left out no detail to make their new creature splendid: even a high-tension pylon was had to be removed at their expense so as not to obstruct the view, an operation not only costly but complicated by the endless red tape involved. If Cuisine is culture, and for u...