In July 2023, the Doist retreat happened in Artimino, which is part of the province of Prato. My descriptions here will be only related to that part of Prato.

Stay

I stayed in the Artimino village, on the other side of the Artimino hotel, which is close to the historic house of the Medici. It’s a medieval city and contains many different rooms of this hotel (~90 rooms) and a few restaurants.

I’m a big fan of medieval places and it’s always amazing to stay in a village like that. The place is quite modernized, though. They have a pool and even a SPA there.

Airport

Arrived via Florence

Transport

Via taxi

Places

• Circolo ricreativo: It’s a bar that is quite close to the hotel. We had aa company happy hour there and was nice.
• Erato Wellness Luxury SPA: I had the chance to book a few hours there as part of the company package and it was very relaxing. They have a combination of hot water/sauna combined with cold water and ice (classic SPA). The place is clean, with some relaxing music going on.

Food

• Biagio pignatta: We had a pasta making class there and ate the past we made. It was great.
• La cantina dei Redi: It’s in the village and the default place to have breakfast for my group. Very friendly staff and a good variety of food.