Bioagriturismo Casale Camalda
Bibbiena | Arezzo | TUSCANY
Località Castagnoli - Serravalle 52011 Bibbiena (Arezzo)
Farmhouse accommodation
by the mountain with
3 Apartment , 1 Suite.
CASALE CAMALDA Organic Farm Holiday – Hiking Centre
Casale Camalda is an ancient rural stone mansion on the Appennino Mountains between Florence and Arezzo, into the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park. The farm is situated in a secluted and quiet spot among woods and streams and red deer, fallow deer, roe deer, wolves, wild boars, eagles, squirrels and many other wild animals that live freely in this large protected area.
Casale Camalda is near the historical Monastery of Camaldoli which can be also reached walking on 3 several comfortable and short paths through the forests. The hospitality is offered in restored independent flats and in one small detached stone house (Chestnut Drier, Stable and Barn), which were once rural annexes; all of them have kitchen, bathroom and private heating. The organic farm produce and sell directly fruits, jams and marmalades, honey, wine and olives.
Amusement park for children, swimming pool and mountain bikes.
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Services in Bioagriturismo Casale Camalda
Sport: Ping-Pong
Wellness: Thermal baths nearby
Internal Services: Final cleaning, Heating, TV in room, Acces Internet, Wifi
Educational activities: Educational activities, Farming museum, Nature studies, Guided tour of the farm
Courses: Courses Other, Courses Yoga
External services: Barbecue, Car park, Park, Rental Bikes
Experiences: Cycle tourism, Trekking
English, German and French are spoken. The owner is also a Guide of the National Park and organises excursion and hikings to the wildest and most secluted spots of these forests and mountains; maps, leaflets and advices and assistance are provided for self-guided tours to the National Park and to the medioeval castles, romanic churches, hermitages and monasteries and the historical towns and villages of the Casentino Valley and the Tuscany. Oenological present to whoever introduces him/herself reciting a poem from “I Canti Orfici” by Dino Campana, trekker and poet that sang these enchanting places.
Where we areCasale Camalda is near
Thematic Visitor's Centres of the National Park (11 altogether). The nearest are at Badia Prataglia (8 km), Serravalle (4 km) and Camaldoli (6,5 km).
Stream with falls and bathing pools 15 minute walking.
The Hermitage and Monastery of Camaldoli (founded in XI cent.) with the ancient chemistry (6,5 km).
The Franciscan Sanctuary and Convent of "La Verna" (XIII-XVI cent.) (28 km).
Medieval castles in Poppi, Romena, Porciano, San Niccolò, Gressa, Montemignaio.
Romanic churches in Romena, Strada, Socana, Stia, Montemignaio.
Sanctuaries of the Reinassance of Santa Maria del Sasso (12 km) and Santa Maria delle Grazie (22 km).
Abbey and Forest of Vallombrosa ( where J. Milton wrote his "Paradise Lost" (35 km).
Very interesting historical villages: Poppi, Strada, San Niccolò, Sarna, Stia, Pratovecchio, Quota, Raggiolo and many others.
Nearby artistic town: Florence, Arezzo, San Sepolcro, Cortona, Siena, Ravenna, Urbino, Perugia, Assisi.