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This is a small, family-run "casa in campagna" near Rome

Enjoy true Italian hospitality and foods in a 16th century family house in a totally secluded environment. and surrounded by more of 500 rare " cultivar " olive trees. Absolute peace and quiet with spectacular views. Its rustic interior has meter-thick whitewashed walls that help maintain a pleasantly cool temperature indoors in the summer months, and warm in winter. Terracotta floors, the original chestnut beams and vaulted ceilings. Great care was taken during renovations to preserve these centuries - old features. They have certified organic kitchen garden and olive oil

Visit their website - www.cookitaly.it

A guest wrote about Fontana del Papa

- "...un luogo incantato, dove ho ritrovato il senso del silenzio in intensi e lunghi attimi di serenità, la gioia profonda e dimenticata del ridere di niente, la sazietà negli occhi di abbracciare ampie immagini remote, il calore e il crepitio giocoso del fuoco, il borbottio vitale e solitario dell'acqua che scorre. L'alba, i suoi irrefrenabili e violenti colori che preludono al giorno che verrà .. e le stelle, si...ho riscoperto che nel cielo la notte ci sono le stelle: tante, luminose, vivide, irraggiungibili, ma vicine a me..."-Francesco L.R

Who Claudio & Assuntina, the owner, live there and are able to provide a warm and personal welcome to their guests, seeing to their individual needs, making their stays comfortable and their holidays memorable.

Where
Monti della Tolfa northern Lazio makes a perfect base for exploring the sights of Rome and the stunning area of Etruria,. Rome is one hour's drive away, or 50 minutes from Fiumicino airport - they can help if you would like transfers to / from Rome airport or Civitavecchia train station or port.

You will enjoy full immersion Italian culture, fine wines, nature and pleasure of slow

life and food !

Cookery Courses
It's possible to create your own personalized program combining cooking classes with touring. If you don't want to cook every day, they will help you with any information to discover this unspoilt and unknown area. Spending days in an Italian family home, cooking and eating delicious food and learning some Italian, all in the peace and tranquillity of the undiscovered countryside.

What makes this holiday special?

• They promote their country, off the beaten track, through cookery courses & activity holidays to preserve their heritage and traditions from speculation.
• They offer small classes and literally hands-on cookery & activity holidays, living with them, lodging in our just restored "casa in campagna" local women, teach their classes, enjoying to share their culture and traditions.
• They operate in a way that increases the positive impacts and decrease the negative ones on the local community and the environment.
• They support the local community economically by bringing their groups to this rural area in Italy.
• Their cookery courses offer regional cooking, mainly vegetarian, using recipes and techniques passed down over the generations.

* Olive picking wild mushroom and chestnuts picking

Visit their website - www.cookitaly.it