Farm Holidays Fattoria Castelli - Usigliano di Lari

TYPICAL PRODUCTS:

White and red wine, red wine refined in barriques (strored in the suggestive cellars of the farmhouse)

SPORTS AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES:

Mountain-bike
Horseback riding 4 Km. away, with special rates for farm guests (Fattoria Bellavista )
Thermal swimming-pool 9 Km. away, at the Casciana Terme spa, open all year round.
An equipped and marked medical/sports course is being set up.

CULTURAL ACTIVITES:

Tours of Tuscan art towns.
Visit of the "Castello dei Vicari" (Vicars' Castle) in Lari
"Corsi di iconografia" (Iconography courses) with the cooperation of the Faculty of theology of Pisa and Florence University.
In the farm's halls there are pictures and sculpture of local artist and artisan. The interested guests can personally visit the Daniele De Vita's office in Usigliano, Bacci street, and Giorgio Salvatori's office in Lari, Panattoni street.

BEING ORGANISED:

Visit of the farm, with guided tour of the wine cellars, the "coppaio" (oil cellar) and the old oil-mill. Wxhibition of typical tools belonging to old rural cultures.
Collection of photographs and autentic texts documenting the history of the farm from the 1800's until today, focussing on the life and works of Aristide Castelli, a rich land-owner and noble benefactor who lived on the farm from 1818 to 1879, after whom we have named the farm holidays resort.