During the renovation in 1990, they paid attention to the preservation of the three natural materials (stone, wood and brick). The picturesque Bioagriturismo La Cerqua was created with beautiful rooms as well as very welcoming common spaces: dining room, reading room, organic bar with veranda. Particularly characteristic rooms are made of the old barn and the country house Balucca in the heart of the farm.
Relax around the sunny, acorn-shaped swimming pool or in the shady archery area under the oaks. Discover the secrets of the forest with the help of the multilingual information boards; or make unforgettable walks in the Pietralunga forest (alone, with Gino or with Fabio on horseback). At the end of the day you can relax in a cozy atmosphere and learn the secrets of traditional cuisine and enjoy finely prepared dishes made by Silvana.
Organic Farm Holidays
La Cerqua welcomes its guests in ancient stone, wood and terracotta buildings powered only by clean energy; they silently tell the story of a territory, modelled on sandstone and covered with clay soils and oak forests. The small biological restaurant and bio-cafeteria of the farmhouse emanate the scents and aromas typical of the place, offering culinary delights cooked according to simple traditional peasant recipes.
Teaching Farm
La Cerqua presents itself as a flag of its own territory, and tells anyone who is interested to hear, the endless story of its landscape, shaped by climate and soil extremes against which human care has been mostly useless. A story that unfolds through two different educational paths: the knowledge and tastes of the Carpina Valley, and Leaf Peeping in the woods of Pietralunga.
AgroEcology
La Cerqua is a modern multifunctional agro-forestry-pastoral holiday farm, preserving the aspects and the memory of ancient family-run farms based on a close-circuit economy: cultivations, forest management and animal rearing are carried out according to the principles of organic and biodynamic farming, where the word quality, of the goods produced and of the living environment, replaces the word quantity.
Morning – organic breakfast buffet.
At 8.00 am, Marcella open the dining-room’s door, where a rich buffet of 100% organic products is set up:
Cereals, jams, honey, nut cream, meats and cheeses, eggs, yogurt, juices, coffee, tea, chocolate and homemade bread, cakes and biscuits.
Organic breakfast buffet – eur 10,00 per person – eur 5,00 per child
Noon – Bio Cafè
Since 10.00 am, and during the whole day, it is possible to taste the organic products from the Bio Cafè, either in the veranda or (in summer) by the pool.
Espresso, American coffee, cappuccino, barley, hot chocolate, tea and herbal teas, juices, natural drinks (bio-cola etc.), craft beers, local wine, cocktails, liqueurs (everything, definitely, 100% organic).
P.S.: for lunch-time it is possible to order a light meal.
Evening – Organic dinner (reservation required).
Since 7.30 pm, in the organic restaurant it is possible to taste the traditional dishes prepared by Silvana with 100% organic seasonal products. Every evening a different menu (on Sunday, and on reservation, even for lunch).
Full organic meal (3 courses) eur 23,00 per person – eur 12,00 per child.
Case San Salvatore, a recently restored XIV century farmhouse, once believed to have been a monastery, is situated 3 km. far from the village of Pietralunga, in the Carpina Valley. Guest accommodation comprises a total of 20 beds in 6 rooms and in 2 suites, each named after a different local tree. All the rooms have private bathroom, central heating (some with open fireplace), TV, internet and a panoramic view.
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