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 Contact Information
Relais Il Fienile
Address - Loc. Gressa, 52011, Bibbiena
Telephone - +39 0575 593396
Website - Click Here
General Information
The Relais il Fienile is elegant, welcoming and environment-friendly, an ideal base for those seeking peace, good taste and comfort but wishing also to explore the many - and as yet largely undiscovered - riches offered by the Casentino: scenery, touring and trekking, history, religion, art, artisan work, and shopping.
The building (an old barn restructured with traditional materials - local stone, exposed wooden beams, Florentine terracotta) is surrounded by a green, tree-lined park, a swimming pool, a large car-park, and several acres of estate. On the ground floor there are the reception rooms (a portico, sitting rooms for chatting or simply relaxing in, a dining and breakfast room). On the other floors there are the guests bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, and each tastefully and simply decorated.
The Relais il Fienile follows a formula akin to that of the French Relais and the English Country House. A formula consisting of five basic ingredients: Character, Courtesy, Calm, Charm, Cuisine. In an environment where special attention is given to service and hospitality, the owners live in the house alongside their guests, serving a breakfast of homemade produce and, on request, dining with them at a ""table dhôte"" - an opportunity for pleasurable conversation, which may well extend into the evening before the flames of an ancient fireplace.
The Relais il Fienile is therefore the ideal place for anyone seeking quiet and discreet hospitality, a charming atmosphere, quality comfort in a family setting and at a particularly favourable price.
The rooms vary in size in order to meet guests different needs.
All the furniture consists of period pieces bought over the years at the many antique shops in the region.
The menu offers traditional Italian regional cooking: meat dishes, fish dishes and homegrown vegetables. Nature declares itself in every dish: the ingredients are all genuine, the flavours all authentic.
The Relais il Fienile is situated in an exceptionally beautiful part of the Casentino, about 550 metres above sea level with a magnificent view of the massifs of the Pratomagno and Alpe di Catenaia and of the upper valley of the Arno.
The Relais il Fienile is about 5 km from the historic town of Bibbiena, on the road leading to the medieval village of Gressa, in an ideal spot, not just for its magnificent panoramic position, a typical feature of barns, but also for its proximity to many centres of historical, artistic, scenic and religious interest, Poppi, the castle and Romanesque church of Romena, the sanctuary of La Verna, Arezzo.
SPOSTS IN THE IMMEDIATE SORROUNDINGS
Livery stable with a riding school and pony trekking facilities
Lake for fishing
Casentino Golf Club
Tennis courts
Indoor swimming pool at Bibbiena
The Relais il Fienile, moreover, lies on the edge of the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi, the most extensive virgin forest in Italy.
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