WHERE WE ARE

Our area, spanning Romagna and Tuscany is rich in history and art. Nearby cities of historic and cultural interest benefit from a half day to a full day trip. We can arrange transportation or you can use a hire car to go to Ravenna to see the world's most famous Byzantine mosaics (60km), to Florence (80km), to Bologna (80km) and to Faenza to its famous ceramics museum and beautiful square and markets (30km).

We can also organize visits to the famous "Villa Emaldi" in Faenza, where the Countess Antonietta Mazzotti Emaldi has a ceramics workshop where she creates to order and ships throughout the world. You will be able to follow the process of making ceramics, while you can buy items made here in the lovely shop in the villa. Besides, in the splendid conservatory studio of the Villa Emaldi, we can organize courses, of a day or more, where the Countess will teach you how to make and decorate ceramics.

Donna Paola dei Principi Corsini, well known flower decorator, will explain the famous “della Robbia style” according to the “Tuscan Renaissance,” and will teach you how to make exclusive decorations by mixing flowers, fruits and even vegetables! We could organize a flower course if you wish.

If you wish to add a gourmet experience to your holiday, we can arrange a course in Italian cuisine with Pierluigi Gentilini, the chef-patron of the Michelin –rated restaurant, Il Mulino di San Michele, in our village, Tredozio. Chef Gentilini will conduct these courses in the splendid kitchens of La Collina, or at your villa. In the ancient, spacious and newly restored grain warehouse of Villa La Collina, we are offering creative courses ranging through various kinds of crafts: decoupage, stenciling, gold leaf, decorative plaster moulding. Contact us at our e-mail address for prices or any other information that you may require.

Shoe-making has long been a local industry, and the tradition of custom-making footwear continues at the family business of Stivali Fabbri, which has operated in Tredozio since 1924.  
By appointment, Stivali Fabbri opens its workshops to our guests, to demonstrate the handcraft skills involved in making bespoke walking and golf shoes, and the company's proudest product -- riding boots.