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Experience the countryside

Agritourism in the open air

There is a wide variety of available farm hospitality: you can sleep in rooms with bath or in apartments or small independent units, stay in an equipped camping area either in your own tent or in a camper, or even spend a night in a tree house.
Many farms offer accommodations in houses that boast several hundred years of history, or have been rebuilt using building techniques now forgotten; in other cases, carefully chosen furnishings allow guests to relive the authentic atmosphere of the countryside.
There are numerous open-air activities available at Italian holiday farms, either organized at the farms themselves or in the surrounding area, or freely available to guests.
The most popular are horseback riding, both at riding schools and rental stables, road cycling and mountain biking, as well as fishing in the lakes and streams.
Many farms serve as a base for hiking or give guests the opportunity to practice outdoor sports, but many simply provide the opportunity to camp on the farm (Italian law provides in almost all regions the possibility of a specific form called agricamping) or stay in a camper. In any case, the average level of accommodation offered by Italian farms is very high; they are equipped with every comfort, even if the guests who consciously choose this form of tourism prefer authenticity and consider other facilities, such as the availability of a TV or a fridge, to be less important. This is another thing that makes agritourism different