Are you a “Foodie” and would love a luxury farmhouse with pool this summer ?Well … we have great news for you: Very close to our Luxury farmhouse with infinity pool “La Collina del Sole” is the best delicatessen in the whole of the Natural Park region of Tuscany and specifically in Garfagnana is “ L’Aia di Piero” in Via Roma, by the Porta O. Dini, Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Telefone 05893 62519, www.aiadipiero.com Open every day of the week, located just by the East side entrance to the fortressed part of Castelnuovo. Aia di Piero, is a Delicious specialty local food delicatessen, An Aladdin’s cave for “Foodies” you can also eat in, sitting comfortably in the old wine cellars or al fresco in the summer . L’aia di Piero makes and sells Delicious Italian and local specialties, wonderful sauces, ready prepared meals, AMAZING Potato Bread [Pane di patate] It also has a vast range of Hams and Salamis, locally cured meats, Funghi Porcini and truffles in every conceivable form from dried, in oil, in pasta, in sauces, in meats, sausages, salami and even in salt, Local specialities like Garlic chunks in oil, onion marmalade for cheeses, local honey, and marmalades not to mention all the locally made tortas, chocolate, apple, fruits of the forest, esquisita……….– all these delicacies are fairly expensive but worth it for a treat.

At La Collina del Sole, the infinity pool has a sunken Jacuzzi and the pool water purification is done by salt water electrolysis, which means there is no chlorine eye sting or smell, It is spectacular at sunset when hundreds of Swallows have their “Happy Hour” dipping their beaks in the pool water to drink. BLISS ! contact us at La Collina del Sole