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 Canoe outings along the reeds will allow you to bird watch the many species found on the lake, while sun worshipers can enjoy laying in the sun on the beach, or directly on the water on one of our "Malibu" floating beds. Upon request, we can organize informal meals directly on the beach. |
 Homemade jams (kiwi, plum, fig, raspberry, kumquat) and breakfast sweets will cheer your stay. We also sell local fruit, oil and wine. Sports you can practice on the Farm: soccer, canoeing, mountain bike, ping-pong and sailing (A 470 Olympic Class sailboat with main, jib and spinnaker is available for rent). |
| Property Facilities Summary: |  Barbecue | Beach Bed | | Beach Umbrella | Canoe Hire | | Car Rental (with Driver) | First-Day Shopping | | Fishing | Five-a-Side Football | | Flowers | Guest Laundry | | Home Produce | Horseback Riding Lessons | | Ironing | Ironing Equipment | | Italian Language Lessons | Luggage Storage | | Mountain Bike Rentals | Power Boat Hire | | Private Beach | Private Parking | | Restaurant | Tennis Rackets | | Trekking | Wind Surf Hire | | |
 The festivity of Corpus Domini: on June 18, it's remembered with a solemn procession that snakes its way through the city's streets which are adorned by a continuous carpet of flowers of truly unique artistic style.
Saint Cristina: the evening of July 23 and the morning of July 24, Bolsena celebrates Saint Cristina, its Patron and martyr, with the representation of the Mysteries, living pictures enacted on wood stages situated in the most important squares of Bolsena representing the martyrdom the Saint suffered. |
 The Lake:
The lake - the largest of volcanic origin in Italy and shiny in every corner - is exceptionally transparent thanks to the fact that large, pollution-generating industries have never settled around it. In fact, the local fishermen still use the water of the lake to cook "Sbroscia", the typical local fish soup. "Bisentina" island is the pearl of the lake and also of Italy's artistic patrimony. Once a papal summer residence, it was recently returned to the admiring public offering guided visits with daily departures from the Port of Bolsena. Fishing is one of the prominent pastimes of Bolsena, and is still practiced by local fishermen who use the triangular boats and asymmetric paddles that are typical of the area. Sport fishermen can enjoy catching the particularly abundant and noteworthy "coregone", but also "persico reale" (royal perch), "persico trota" (trout perch), "luccio" (pike), "tinca", "carpa" (carp) and "anguilla" (eel). |
 Nature Parks:
Just on the other side of the SS Cassia road from the farm is the wooded area and nature park of Turona. Enthusiasts can spend time picking mushrooms ("porcini", "galletti" and "famigliola") and wild asparagus, the latter of which are particularly abundant. Inside the park there is a ring shaped itinerary that starts from a glade near a small country church, and works its way through the woods touching upon different areas of archaeological and natural interest (Etruscan and Roman digs of Poggio Moscini). A short distance from the farm, in the township of Acquapendente, you will find the nature park of Monte Rufeno, crossed by the river Paglia, with numerous nature walks and, 2 km from Torre Alfina, the Museo del Fiore museum. Also a short distance from Bolsena, in the town of Farnese, you will find the nature park of Selva dell'Amone, characterized by the presence of enormous lava stones that, at times, assume impressively real amphitheater-like conformations.
Cultural Itineraries:
You cannot stay in Bolsena without making trips to the surrounding areas. Its location allows you to take day trips to the provinces of Viterbo, Siena, Perugia, Terni, as well as, obviously, the cities of Rome and Florence. Just 20 km. away is Orvieto and its Cathedral; an incomparable and unique jewel of Gothic art, the Well of St. Patrizio, the Etruscan Necropolis, and a number of Museums. A short distance away you will also find the towns of Todi, Deruta, Assisi and Gubbio. On the way to Terni you can easily visit Narni, Spoleto and Foligno. Crossing the Tuscan border, just past Acquapendente, you can visit the towns of Val d'Orcia, S.Quirico, Montalcino, Montepulciano, Pienza and finally Siena. The visit to Civita di Bagnoregio (10 km from Bolsena) is very suggestive with its medieval town and the extraordinary view of the "calanchi" (eroded cliffs).
Archaeological Itineraries:
The Etruscan part of Viterbo is rich with ruins of the past. The Necropolis and the National Etruscan Museum in Tarquinia, the Necropolis and Romanesque Churches of San Pietro and Santa Maria Maggiore in Tuscania, the Necropolis of Pianezze in Grotte di Castro, the Necropolis of Norchia in Vetralla, the Necropolis, the Castle and the Bridge of the Abbey in Vulci. Worth mentioning is the recent reopening of the archaeological and nature park of Vulci; 130 hectares (about 320 acres) of Etruscan and Roman ruins and protected species located between Montalto of Castro and Canino, very near a World Wildlife Fund Oasis. Also in Tuscany is the Necropolis of Sovana, important for the grave of Ildebrando. |
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