Agriturismo Sulla Via del Sale

Farmhouse completely surrounded by green meadows and woods, sited at the slopes of Monte Lesima at 1250 m.s.1.m., between Val Trebbia and the high Valle Staffora, in the southern top of Lombardia, in Oltrepò Pavese. Along with the very good landscape position, with the possibility to take walking tours and rides, it offers typical food with the use of farm products and biological products of the region.

 

Born in 1994, the farmhouse is based on the slopes of the peak at the southern farthest border of Lombardia, stretched out towards Liguria and the sea. One of the old salt roads passed through the path before the house; along the salt street, goods, words and ideas travelled in the Middle Ages until the first years of the 20th century.
Plunged in the beech and larch woods and green meadows, the farmhouse arises from the complete restructuring of an old cottage done up by the owners themselves who gave it the mountain flavour.

The house is built on two floors. On the ground floor there lies a large hall, wooden furnished where it is possible to eat together on three tables with 30 seats each.
The hall gives also the chance to relax in winter in the small sitting-room before the fireplace, to enjoy the reading corner provided with a small available library. In addition to it, the large hall can take in up to 100 people for conferences or seminars.

On the upper floor there are 8 rooms just having essential furniture that overlook the balcony surrounding the whole house; the rooms are provided with wooden intermediate floor, with internal bathroom and with access for disabled.
The smallest room can house up to 8 people while the biggest one even up to 14.
It is ideal either for numerous groups, school children, families or for couples.

The farmhouse gives the chance to farmhouse camp in the nearby meadows provided with equipped laundry, showers and services placed at the back of the house. A barbecue for grills in the open air is also available for guests.
The facility also offers the stall service for horses.

Food consists of plentiful meals and painstaking dishes, cooked with the farm typical products that can only be bought in loco as well as with biological local products.

The farm, sited at 1250 m.s.1.m. on the slopes of Monte Lesima (1720 m), between Val Trebbia and Valle Staffora, at the border between Lombardia, Emilia Romagna, Piemonte and Liguria, gives the chance to rediscover rhythms, scents and flavours that got lost within the city life.

The farmhouse, thanks to its position, is the ideal starting point for walking tours, bike tours and rides to discover charming landscapes; it is also just half an hour from the Trebbia, one of the most limpid and cleanest Italian rivers.
Swimming pool and tennis court are 500 m. far.

The farmhouse is accredited by the region of Lombardia as a Didactic Farm and it has been engaged in the organisation of didactic tours for years for elementary schools, primary schools, high schools as well as for summer grests. Children, along with rediscovering the taste for team games, test themselves against different rural activities: they look after pets (hens, geese, rabbits and horses), learn to make bread starting from the wheat milling, make cheese and ricotta out of the cow that's just been milked; they have a sort of first approach with the horse, they draw the bow, they are taught to read topographic maps and compass thanks to orienteering competitions and they also take didactic walks aimed at environmental education.

Easily reachable destinations are Varzi, with its ancient historical streets, it is also known for its typical salami (nowadays even Dop quality trademarked) and Bobbio, a village that is very interesting from the historical and architectonic point of view, introduced into the Roman road system in ancient times, nodal centre that used to be run through by the monks of San Colombano monastery during their trips seaward, namely to Rome.