Breve storia di Torrita

L'antico borgo di Torrita, arroccato sulla sommità di una collina, nel cuore della Valdichiana, affonda le sue radici nel Medio Evo.

Baluardi di una storia che sembra bloccata alle vicende di un Medio Evo avvolto nella legenda...

La cucina

La regia della cucina è dello Chef Marco Chiari che insieme al suo staff ha messo a disposizione la sua pluridecennale esperienza fatta in noti locali fiorentini.
La sua cucina è basata su sapori e ingredienti della tradizione toscana, sfruttando la grande offerta dei prodotti della zona, selezionandoli personalmente fra le migliori aziende.

Dalla cinta senese alla chianina, ai formaggi tipici è tutto rigorosamente condito e cucinato con olio extravergine di oliva toscano. Solo così il nostro chef riesce a creare eccellenti piatti dai sapori di altri tempi: una particolarità che tutti i nostri cibi hanno, dagli antipasti ai dolci.
I menù vengono fatti in base alle stagioni e volendo proporre alcuni piatti, gradiremmo illustrarvi dagli ottimi sformatini di verdure con salsa di pecorino ai delicatissimi pici dei musicanti, alla gustosissima tagliata di chianina su verdure

grigliate e pecorino di fossa e per finire il souflè al cioccolato con salsa all'arancio, tutto accompagnato da ottimi vini che vi verranno consigliati dal nostro maitre.

History of Torrita

The ancient village of Torrita in a dominating position on the top of a hill in the hearth of the Vladichiana, dates back to the Middle Ages.

Its name appears for the first time around about the year 1000 and then appears again linked to the eternal war-like events of the Sienese Republic in the eternal battle against Florence for the political hegemony of the actual Tuscany.

It was a devoted castle of the Sienese Republic and was for many centuries a strategic out-post and took part in the bloody battle of Montaperti in 1260 in which Siena managed to repel the advance of the Florentine Guelphs who wanted to conquer the rival city.

After numerous sieges and sacks in 1557 Torrita surrended definitely defeated by Charles V, a Florentine alley and was occupied by the Imperial troops and became part of the Tuscan Grand-duchy and in that occasion the city coat of arms, a lion rampant with three ears of corn, placed on the tower of the Town Hall building was substitued for ever by the Medicean one.

The many wars, sieges anc other events have moulded the village in the past.

Today Torrita appears as the urban evolution of a fortified castle, even more confined in its city walls and watched over by its heavy entrance gates.

Bastions of a story that seems to have stopped at the events of the Middle Ages wrapped up in the legend

The dish

The chef Marco Chiari is the director of the cuisine and together with his staff put at your service his many years of experience in famous Florentine restaurants.


His cuisine is based on flavours and ingredients of the Tuscan tradition, making the most of the good supply of local products, selecting them personally among the best farms.

The cinta senese (local wild boar), chianina (local beef) and typical cheeses are all seasoned and cooked with Tuscan extra-virgin olive oil. Only in this way pur chef is able to create excellent dishes with the flavours of the past, a peculiarity that is in all our food from the starters to the sweets.

The menù are decided according to the seasons, we would like to propose ypu some of our dishes, excellent vegetable pies with chhese sause, the very delicate "pici dei musicanti" (a special typical pasta), the very tasty Chianine steak on grilled vegetables, "pecorino di fossa" (sheep's milk cheese matured in hallows in the ground) concluding with chocolate souflé with orange sause, all accompanied by excellent wines that will be recommended by our maitre.