Holiday Farmhouse Tuscany, Toscana, Bibbiena, Italy

Fattoria-Marena

   ...ref.no: 1574

Accommodation   (Self Catering Farmhouse, sleeps: 40)

Fattoria di Marena is an old farm offering accommodation with swimming pool in Tuscany.
The farm holidays complex sets 400 m. above sea level in the green heart of Tuscan countryside in the Casentino Valley.

The restored farmhouses are situated near the XVII century Villa and the garden or stand alone in the surrounding countryside.
All are old houses restored and furnished in a simple but tasteful way and can accommodate a maximum of 10 families.

The farm offers self-catering farm holidays in ample apartments or detached farm houses: each accommodation has an independent entrance, a fitted out kitchen, garden-table and seats to enjoy the lanscape of Tuscany.
Each house has his own history and atmosphere.

We offer:

• 1 bedroom apartments for 2 adults (+ 2 kids on request)
  
• 2 and 3 bedrooms apartments
  
• detached houses
  
• a large stone farmhouse can guest a group of 16 adults (+4 kids on request).
  

Facilities include:

• a large swimming-pool (8X15X1.4m) with tiled solarium and a large panoramic meadow, deck chairs, dressing rooms
  
• a riding school with horses and ponies for children and horse therapy, with covered ground, English speaking teacher
  
• mountain bike rental
  
• washing machine and maid service on request
  
• fax and internet facilities
  

Located in a place which is both quiet and easily accessible: the village of Bibbiena is only 2 km away from the farm, and offers supermarket, shops, weekly market, restaurants.

The farm consists of 170 hectares (425 acres) so divided : fields where sunflowers, wheat and alfa-alfa grass are grown, for about 50 hectars, meadows where the farm cattle live for about 30 hectars, 90 hectars of woods (close to the farm houses we have high-trunk woods of fir, pine, oaks).
The farm offers foothpaths and is a good place for birdwatching.
The farm breed a "family" of about 30 cows, a bull and calfes: all them are pedigreed Chianina race animals. Close to them live the horses of the riding school. We have a hen-house with a nice family of assorted hens, rooster, goose, too.

Leisure Facilities include: Tennis courts; golf course; fishing (angling) lake; Italian school; library; ...are only a few kms away.

The Casentino valley in Tuscany is famous for monastries (Vallombrosa, La Verna, Camaldoli), romanesque churches ("pievi"), castles (Poppi Castle, Romena Castle, Porciano etc) and villages from the middle ages, memories of Dante and S. Francesco d'Assisi.
Here you can find masterpieces of Della Robbia and painters like Sandro Botticelli, Domenico del Ghirlandaio and Bicci di Lorenzo.

Being the valley shaped like a basket it has mountains (1000-1600 meters high) all around. The landscape is great, breathtaking. Village and sites are not overcrowded, actually, and that make siteseeingh enjoyable expecially if you are travelling with children for your farm holidays in Tuscany. The valley is also known for some typical products like Panno Casentino tissue, Casentino's ham and cheese, restaurants offer tastefull typical dishes.

 

week: any-any sleeps: 40 s.catering: pool: countryside: courses walking: cycling: swimming: golf: tennis: fishing: riding: