Garfagnana is the ideal place to spend a great holiday having the possibility to satisfy different kinds of needs.
Among the other things, we have a lot of old villages to visit and enjoy, and several events, which take place all the year around: from gastronomic to folk-festivals, from cultural events to the open-air theatre-like performance called “Maggio”, an ancient tradition, which was the only amusement for country people.
In our valley, you can enjoy both easy footpaths for walking and hiking and the hard rock-faces of Apuan Alps.
“La Grotta del Vento” and “L’Antro del Corchia” absolutely worth a visit, being two karst caves among the most interesting in the world, to be visited for most of the year.
Other important places to visit are our museums, as the “Museo della Civiltà Ligure” in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, the ethnography museum of “Civiltà Contadina” in San Pellegrino in Alpe and the house of the poet Giovanni Pascoli in Castelvecchio Pascoli, in the surroundings of the wonderful town Barga.
We also have several medieval fortresses, which are peculiar of many villages in the Serchio valley.
Our cooking is very well-known and appreciated for its traditional features, at a time simple and creative. We use the products of our farm, always following our gastronomic tradition, even if you can taste new dishes as well.
From here, you can easily reach the most important sightseeing in Tuscany such as Lucca, Pisa, Pistoia, Florence or Siena (about 45/55 minutes to Lucca and some more than 2 hours to Florence and Siena).