Renting a farmhouse in the Garfagnana for one or more weeks you will, indeed, live far from the chaotic masses of tourists visiting the traditional tourist destinations of the region.
Relaxation and privacy will be your travel mates.
A region stretching between the Apuan Alps and the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, in the territory of 16 municipalities in the province of Lucca, the Garfagnana is also renowned as the "green island of Tuscany".
The farmhouses in the Garfagnana are carefully renovated accommodations provided with all modern comforts overlooking rolling hills worked by man and still unspoilt mountains.
Many legends have developed in this "wild" region: from those concerning the 14th-century Ponte del Diavolo (Devil`s Bridge) in Borgo a Mozzano and the Grotta del Vento (Wind Cave) in Vergemoli, from which blows a chilly wind, to those about the two larky pixies "linchetto" and "buffardello".
If after leaving one of the farmhouses in Garfagnana you go to some cafes or "osterias" , stop a moment to talk with the elderly: they will tell you as enthralling stories as those you were told as children.
Moreover, Lucca`s city walls, the golden beaches of the Versilia and famous cities of art, including Florence, Pisa and Pistoia, will be within easy reach of your farmhouse in the Garfagnana .
Just a last piece of advice: during your vacations in a farmhouse in the Garfagnana you should taste the "neccis", chestnut-flour crępes filled with "ricotta" cheese.
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