What to do & see
The Farm house is located at the beginning of the Tidone Valley in the territory of Piacenza.
Piacenza and its provinces represent a genuine territory, where quite life and relaxation are real values, together with a simple but tasty cuisine and renowned, appreciated wines.
Our Farm is in the first hills, close to the main routes and motorways at the corner of four different Italian regions (Lombardia, Piemonte, Liguria and Emilia Romagna) that enable to you to visit many different towns and beauties while being a complete relaxing and quiet place for your stay.
Not only castles or medieval burgs, not only old monasteries and beautiful abbeys, and neither a fast tasting of some local products, but a slow plunging in all these: a typical dish tasted while sipping a glass of wine, after having visited a Romanesque church or a late Roman period tower, rich in legends and stories: an indissoluble whole of history, territory and traditions.
- Gropparello Castle: with its "Parco delle Fiabe" the first emotive park in Italy. Children dressed as olden-day knights accompanied by guides, redescover the traces of passage of faires, elves, druids and witches - with splendid banquettes in the Medieval Tavern.
- Rivergaro River Park: Aquapark for kids and families with animation
- Oasis S.Alessio (Pavia): birds and wild animals oasis
- The Aquarium of Genoa: an emotional trip across the immensity of the oceans.
- Swimmingpool: our guest may enter the private Sporting Club "Il Tartaruga (about 2 km from the Farm house),with private swimming pool and hidropool, ping pong, relax, bar.
- guided tour to the archeologic site of Rocca d'Olgisio
- trekking path
- mountain bike (at the house you can use mountain bikes with kids holders and safe helmets)
- Visits to the beauties of the town of Piacenza, Pavia, Lodi, Brescia, Castell'Arquato, Grazzano Visconti,
- Stradella and its Museum of Fisarmonica
- Visit to the Castles of the Duchy of Piacenza (Agazzano, Castell'Arquato, Gropparello, Rocca d'Olgisio, Paderna, Rivalta, San Pietro in Cerro, Vigoleno)
- SPA at the Terme di Miradolo (Pavia)
- Golf Club La Bastardina
- Guided tour to one of the best and oldest wine producer in the valley
- During every season many different traditional fairs and festivals (e.g. Middle age at the Castle, June, Castelnovo V.Tidone)
In the Farm House you will find information guides and turist help and we will be delight to guide you during your staying with us.
- Castel.S.Giovanni (Thursday and Sunday mornings)
- Pianello Val Tidone (Wednesday morning)
- Borgonovo Val Tìdone (Monday morning)
- Stradella (Tuesday morning)
On request we can provide baby sitter service to let you conduct visit to markets or historical castles or museum not so interesting to very small children.
Twenty DOC (controlled denomination of origin) wines, three DOP salami and cold cuts, two cheesees with protected designation of origin and dozens of traditional products make Piacenza one of the best reputed areas for fine and healty eating. The province of Piacenza is proud to be the Italian province with the highest number of traditional products, that is to say the products born within its geographical boundaries.
We will be glad to help you choose the best restaurants, farm houses we have personally tasted and that could satisfy your requests.
We produce and sell fruits, vegetables and jams and we can provide the best products from our friends nearby like cheese, wine, salami, pasta, turfles, mushrooms etc.
Agriturismo Il Casale del Sapere e del Sapore
Via Armani 6 - Ganaghello - Castel San Giovanni (Piacenza)
Tel. 0523 885508 - 338 2517 469 - info@saperesapore.it