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 Breakfast is one of the most important events of the day. Luigi and Gabriella Buitoni will give you their utmost attention. In the charming and welcoming breakast Fireplace room there's place for everybody and you can choose from a variety of biscuits, cakes and sweets, all of them home made. Naturally, even the jams are home produced from the fruit organically cultivated in the orchard. Gabriella and Luigi Buitoni will surprise you with her sweets. |
 Breakfast is also a time for deciding what to do during the day. At" Rocca Buitoni "you have a wide choice: you can either choose to pass the morning in absolute relax in the garden or you can take a quiet stroll among the olive trees in our countryside, or maybe go on tour to one of the may beautifuul location like Perugia, Gubbio, Assisi, Orvieto ecc. or to the other villages of the neighbourhood or even go to Trasimeno Lake. |
| Property Facilities Summary: |  Child Friendly | Motorbike Rentals | | Mountain Bike Rentals | Outlet Tours | | Public Parking | Scooter Rentals | | Trekking | Wake Up Service | | |
 Hungry? Just outside town, a restaurant called Il Casale seems to have taken truffles as its main ingredient. Pina and her daughters will spoil you by grating it directly on your dishes. They grill their meat on the open fire, and serve excellent wines. None of the excess and high quality is reflected in the bill, which is always very fair. Pizza cravings? No problem, L'Oca Bruciata (The burnt duck) will serve pizza and bars will provide you with your mandatory espresso or cappuccino. A wine bar located in the town walls has outdoor tables providing a picturesque setting in the summer months. A butcher, two grocery stores and flower shop are all located within the town walls. A bakery opened just recently, as did a store selling wine and local products. If you want to get up to date with the local gossips, the are not one, but two hair dressers! A store selling local pottery, an art studio and a store selling their own hand-woven textiles are recent additions, bringing back old traditions to the community. A bank, post office and pharmacy exist as well. At the English Studio you can take Italian (or English !!) lessons, buy English books on the area as well as check your email. The train station serving the Rome - Florence line is only a 20 minute drive, and major supermarkets and shopping centers even less. Dropping by in the summer, you will find an outdoor theatre, music concerts and occasional feasts. The first week in December is dedicated to the Oil Festival. The festival coincides with the Olive Harvest, which alongside program filled with music, plays and festivities, you can taste the new oil and eat characteristic dishes in the town's restaurants. Do you want to get in on the local way of life before arriving? Then Geoffry Luck's book, Villa Fortuna, an Italian Interlude is a must read. He is an Australian who restored a villa in a hamlet outside Paciano and lived the life of a rural Italian (Well, that is the way he likes to see it). His stories take you in on the history of his house, his olive groves, and fun anecdotes on his fifteen years in Italy. In-between discussions on food and olives, he happily dishes the dirt on the local politicians, exposes incompetence and bureaucracy. Through his Australian eyes, he explains the contradictions and complexities of Italy, something you can not get away from, not even in the small sleepy town of Paciano. It is available on amazon. Order it in the UK, however, as they ship almost immediately. Amazon US has been known to take months. You can otherwise get it on Location at the English Studio. There are 8 public bathing sites at Lake Trasimeno. From there one can take the ferry to 2 or 3 islands, go for walks or perhaps follow in the footsteps of St.Francis of Assisi on Isola Maggiore. The old town of Castiglione del Lago is located on a peninsula that juts out into the lake. There are many excellent restaurants to choose from here. Castiglione del Lago was awarded the title Cittį Slow (A special award that recognizes a high quality of life). There is a weekly market where the local gentlemen gather together and gossip while their wives leisurely shop. Excursions to Florence, Rome or Perugia are also possible. You may reach these by car, however we suggest a train ride of 1 - 1 ½ hours, which is safe, comfortable, and stress free. The sea at Maremma is also an excellent day out from here. In addition to the fascinating history of the region which, according to legend is traceable back to the Etruscans, there are many culinary delights to accompany you during your stay here, for example: Pecorino cheese from Pienza, olive oil from St. Quirico d'Orcia, Brunello of Montalcino and the mushrooms from the forests of the area and much, much more. Perugia: 40 mins, Assisi: 50 mins, Siena: 1 hr, Arezzo 45 mins, Florence 1 hr, Pisa 1.5 hrs and Rome 1 ¾ hrs. |
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