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| Media Valle del Serchio is an interisting region with an high natural value, characterized by olive trees, vineyards, chestnut and beech woods.
You can enjoy the surrounding nature by following the paths by foot, riding an horse or a mountain bike: if you are fond on mountain's excursions or you are simply looking for relax in the country, you are in the right place. |
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| It is recomendedded to visit the nice little villages of the Garfagnana with their stone houses and quiet, they'll give you an idea of the slow and healthy life of yesterday. Beatiful village of Barga, Castelnuovo Garfagnana, Castiglione, lake of Vagli and "cove of the wind".
Very interesting the park of "Orecchiella", it is a natural habitat for many animals and plants. |
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| There are many sport facilities and activities that can be praticed staying at Casa Buonamici:
- Swimming pools with termal water at 7 km. Also a beafitul river.
- paragliding school that give the opportunity to fly over the hill and the mountains of "Prato Fiorito", either alone or in tandem with an authorized instructor at 15 km;
- kajacking and rafting in the water a under the wonderful Devil's Bridge. For those who are more resorceful, intested, the Lima, impetuous torrent descending from the mountain, offer to everybody the possibility of an exciting descent whit a rubber dinghy;
- horse back scouring in the local mule tracks;
- hill-walking, trekking and mountain-bike directly from the property, also in the ancient Apennine roads,used in the past to transport goods; - fishing in many authorized lakes or river; - tennis in the village at 7 km;
- golf course about 35 km;
- Thermal spas of Bagni di Lucca at 7 km; |
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| At 50 km,about 1 hour by car or train, the Versilia Coast which offer an entertainment all the day and the night with a lot of beaches and a very full range on nightclubs, discos and pub that could satisfy every sort of preference of all the ages. |
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| Every year at Torre del Lago, a small town approximately 50 km to Casa Buonamici, Puccini's romanzas are performed to delight the master's fan.
Tosca, Turandot, Boheme, Madame Butterfly and other operas can be admired on the lake of Massaciuccoli under a starlight sky.
Moreover, at about 20 km to the Casa Buonamici you can visit Celle di Puccini, a medieval litte village where the Maestro liked to stay during the summer, and the city of Lucca where there is his birthplace and favorite haunts like the little Opera House "Del Giglio" and the old Cafè with the same name.
During july in Lucca there is "Summer Festival" with singers of world-wide level (www.summer-festival.com). |
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| Visit Lucca (30 km from the house), situated in the centre-north of Italy in Tuscany, is a town of Etruscan and Roman origins. It enjoyed an era of great splendour at the beginning of the Christian era and the first circle of walls and the anphitheatre go back to this period. Lucca became a commune in 1162. In the XIII century the centre was enriched with many architectonic beauties, such as the beautiful mosaic that portrays the Ascension of Christ in the church of S.Frediano. The peace that reigned in Lucca in the XVI and in the XVII centuries helped the building of numerous and wonderful villas, such as Villa Mansi and Villa Torrigiani, situated on the lovely hills surrounding the town. One of the characteristics is the exposure to the south and the water games, being places of entertainment and pleasure. In the centuries before, the tendency was to build the villas just outside the town for security reasons, as they were times of wars and fights. At the end of the XVIII century, Lucca was under the power of Napoleon and it became a principality under the guide of Elisa Baciocchi, the emperor's sister (you can see her Villa). She was very attentive to the needs of the town and started the projects of the aquedct and the botanic garden, that were eventually carried on by her successors. In 1817 Lucca passed under the rule of Borbone-Parma, in 1847 the town was annexed to the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and around 1861 to the reign of Italy. During the time of Maria Luisa of Borbone-Parma, the present third circle of walls were converted into a public park, that you can still admire and enjoy today, and also a botanic garden was created. Lorenzo Nottolini, the architect protagonist of these works, elaborated brilliant solutions for the aqueduct and the anphitheatre, too. After the construction of the aqueduct, fountains of great artistic interest were built all over the town that even today are in perfect conditions and the water running through them still comes from the old 19th century aqueduct |
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| Natural park of Canyon "Orrido di Botri", at 8 km, is one of the most appreciated naturalistic zones of the Mid Valley of Serchio. Its glacial circuses and the assortment of animals and vegetation constitute reason of great interest for Geologist, Naturalists and Hikers. |
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