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Local & General Information

At our reception you will find lots of information about the surrounding areas, train and bus timetables, local restaurants as well as reservations for museums, opera & ballet or other requests.
Nearest shopping facilities, Borselli (3km), Diacceto (7km) and Consuma (9km) with small grocers, supermarkets, bars and restaurants, post office, local shops and bus service to Florence. In Pelago (10km) and the larger town of Pontassieve (13km) you will also find larger supermarkets, banks and a regular train service to Florence and Arezzo.

Cultural Centres

Florence (28km), Arezzo (50km), Siena (90km), San Gimignano (75km), Lucca (95km), Pisa (100km)

Local Places of Interest

Monastery and Nature Reserve of Vallombrosa. The monastery founded in 1036 is still in use today and the monks conduct guided visits. The impressive nature reserve with acres of age old fir and beech trees has numerous marked trails to explore, popular with the Florentine people at the weekend. Nearby restaurants serve local specialities such as Porcini mushrooms and truffles.
Just over the Consuma pass you will enter the Casentino Valley with picturesque villages nestled in the surrounding hills, to name but a few Stia with it’s beautiful arched piazza. Poppi with it’s castle rich in history, residence of the Conti Guidi family who dominated this region between the 12 and 15th Centuries. Set deep in the Casentino National Park is the Francescano sanctuary of La Verna and the closed hermitage of Camaldoli where the monks abide by the rule of silence.
On a different theme for the fashion conscious is the expanding designer outlet “The Mall” at Leccio including designers such as Valentino, Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Fendi and Tods to name a few.

Sports Facilities

Swimming pool 14 x 7m at Podere Torremozza
Mountain bikes for hire
Horse-riding at 1km
Tennis at 9km
Golf Courses - In Grassina (www.golfugolino.it), 18 holes and in Poppi (www.golfclubcasentino.it), 9 holes, both 30km away.