Apartment in Tuscany

Agriturismo "Casa al Bosco"
di Piccicuto Michele
Pod. Casa al Bosco - La Nera
56048 VOLTERRA (Pisa) IT

Telefono: (+39) 0588 42134
Telefono / Fax: (+39) 0571 638560

e-mail: info@agriturismocasaalbosco.com

Services

Included services, activities and products

Consumption of electric energy and gas
Change of sheets and towels
Cleaning at the end of your stay
Reserved parking
TV set in appartment
TV room
Park and garden
Amusement park
Barbecue
Observation of the nature
Poultry
Trekking
Mountain Bike
Swimming pool (open from 25th of April till 15th of October)
Wine, olive oil, honey, grappa and vinsanto from own production
Fruits and coltivation of vegetables
Our products available for sale

Extra services

Breakfast
Heating - use will be computed by the counter
Room cleaning on request
Additional bed
Leaded excursions
Mountain bikes for rent
Horse riding at 5 Km far.
Excursions by horse on booking
Dinner and supper with typical products in our farmstead - must be agreed here

NOTE: no pets are allowed in the appartments.

If not indicated, the price is to be arranged at place or just at the reservation.

How to arrive
GPS:
EST: 10.89234
NORD: 43.45468
356°

From BOLOGNA-FLORENCE:
When you arrive in "FIRENZE" leave the speedway at "FIRENZE-CERTOSA" and follow the connecting speedway towards SIENA. Then exit in "POGGIBONSI-NORD" and follow the indications to SAN GIMIGNANO. Stay on the main street through SAN GIMIGNANO until you leave the village behind you. Then follow the indications to "GAMBASSI", while you turn left at the crossing.
After some kilometres you will find the indications for "VOLTERRA" (left). Ignore this indication and follow the direction for "CASTELFIORENTINO / CASTAGNO" (right).
After other 3 kilometres you arrive at a big bend, where you have to turn left, towards "VOLTERRA / VILLAMAGNA". After some 400-500 metres you find - on your left hand side, a crossing with indications to "MOMMIALLA".
Please note: When you come from "SIENA" you can't see the indication "MOMMIALLA". You can only see it, as soon as you turn left on the unsealed road, because it is only readable coming from the opposite side.
Stay on this unsealed road for about 3,5 kilometres, you will cross two little bridges, when the street becomes a little bit steeper. Continue for about 4 kilometres until you arrive at a little crossing, where you can see our Agriturismo down on your right hand side, which you can reach by a small private road.

From GENOVA-LA SPEZIA:
Exit at PISA AEROPORTO (Airport) and follow the "S.G.C." - Speedway in direction to "FIRENZE". Then exit in "PONTEDERA / PONSACCO" and follow the indications for "CAPANNOLI" and "VOLTERRA". After some kilometres you drive through a village called "LA STERZA". Follow the main street always in direction for VOLTERRA, turning left on the next main crossing. About 10 kilometres before VOLTERRA you will find on your left hand side a gas station and a restaurant, called "MOLINO D'ERA". You can see the indication for VOLTERRA on your right hand side. Ignore this and stay on the main street (left). Cross a big bridge and after this bridge turn right ("COLLE VAL D'ELSA" and continue for about 2 kilometres. The main street continues in a bend turning right. You have to go straight, leaving the main street, following the direction for "COZZANO". After some kilometres the sealed road becomes unsealed. Stay on this road for another 3 kilometres until you will see our Agriturismo on your left hand side, which you can reach by a small private road.

From ROME-SIENA:
Exit in "VAL DI CHIANA" and drive in direction for "SIENA". In SIENA follow the indications to "FIRENZE" and you arrive on the speedway SI-FI. Exit in "COLLE VAL D'ELSA" and follow the indications to VOLTERRA. Stay on the main street. You will pass a crossing with indications to "MAZZOLLA" on you left hand side. Continue for about 2 kilometres on the main street, after passing the crossing MAZZOLLA and you will find another crossing on your right, where you have to follow the indications to "PONTEDERA / PISA" (right).
After about 4 kilometres, when you arrive in the plain, you arrive at another crossing with - on your left the indications for VOLTERRA and on your right to "COZZANO / SENSANO". Follow the indications for "COZZANO /SENSANO" (right), pass a little bridge, turn left over a second little bridge, always in direction for AGRITURISMO CASALBOSCO. After some kilometres the sealed road becomes unsealed. Follow this street going up on a hill. After about 4 kilometres you can find our Agriturismo on you left, which you can reach by a small private road.

Our restaurant, rebuilt after the traditional tuscan farm houses, offers about 50 seatplaces.
It is devided in two rooms, a bigger and a smaller one for a more private atmosphere.
Inside our restaurant it is possible to taste menus, prepared with a lot of delicacy and passion from Giuliana, the owners wife, with our own products, like meat from the neighbourhood, vegetables from our garden etc.

In a complete familiar atmosphere you can taste a lot of different specialities from our region, like for exemple "Zuppa Volterrana" (Volterranean Soup).
Other delicious plates are our tipical recipes with boar, pheasant and other wild animals living in the wood around our Agriturismo.
All is served with a finest Chianti from our region and prepared with our extra virgin olive oil.

On request it is also possible to book half board (breakfast and dinner).

We can also organize dinners for groups.

Our Olive Oil:
Driving down on the small private road, that leads to our Agriturismo, you can see on you left about 700 olive trees. Every year we get our real extra virgin Olive Oil from this trees.
The olive oil is the result of the cold pressing and you can taste the particular and delicious fragrance with an acidity of below zero.

All the appartements are decorated with massive wood - furniture and dispose of satellite - tv, washmachine and elettric oven.

" FEDERICO" (first floor)
Space for 8+2 - 160 mq
2 rooms with 3 beds
1 room with 2 beds
big living room 40 mq with bedsofa
Kitchen with all the tools you need for cooking
2 bathrooms: one with bath and one with showerbox
storage room

"ROBERTO" (ground floor)
Space for 4+2 - 69 mq
2 Doublerooms
big livingroom with bedsofa and complete kitchen
big bathroom with showerbox
storage room

"GRANAIO" (ground floor)
Space for 6+2 - 95 mq
3 doublerooms
Living room with bed sofa
kitchen with dishwasher
3 bathrooms each with showerbox
storage room

"CIPRESSO" (ground floor)
Space for 4 - 50 mq
2 doublerooms
kitchen with dishwasher and space for eating
2 bathrooms each with shower box

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