Especially in winter it is a special experience to bathe in hot springs in the middle of the forest - of course only if you like it natural and can do without showers and changing rooms once in a while.

Around the Monte Amiata in southern Tuscany you will find such hidden "nymph baths" in many places, but also the only place in the world whose central square has consisted of a swimming pool with warm water since medieval times: Bagno Vignoni.

La Rogaia is still waiting to welcome guests again. Over Easter we will inevitably have our green hill in Umbria to ourselves, but we hope to have new guests from May onwards!

The spring-like weather inspired us to have a picnic, in anticipation of the enjoyable life in the great outdoors in the warm months.

For today's Valentine's Day, Amira has cooked a risotto in the color of love - with beetroot and red onions from the garden and with red wine.

Decorated with a heart of cheese sauce, this dish shows that the way to the heart is through the stomach ...

Even after Christmas, baked apples with cinnamon and raisins taste wonderful, for example on cold winter evenings in front of the fireplace.

Today we have an Umbrian variant with pears for you, of course another recipe from Mamma Ornella, prepared and photographed by Amira.