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Visit the Casentino valley

If you have never visited the Casentino you will pleasantly be amazed of this small valley set behind the Appennino tosco-romagnolo because history, art, spirituality and nature weave him together in Casentino in indissoluble way and all particular.

The history of the valley with his castles and medieval parishes made to build from the gentlemen local Conti Guidi already palatine of the Tuscan just before Thousand.

pieve di romenaThe art in Casentino not only that that he/she is seen graven in the parishes but also the art of the wool that has given life to the Panno Casentino, and that of the beaten iron, of the wood, all handicraft activities performed by teachers with ability of whom has practiced her for a long time.

santuario della vernaThe spirituality in the Casentino of the great centers of cult as the monastery of Camaldoli, the sanctuary of the Verna and the abbey of Vallombrosa that in the ray of 30 km have not even given life to the three great monastic orders of the camaldolesis, of the vallombrosanis and of the Franciscan ones.

foresta della lamaThe nature in Casentino that, still uncontaminated, with the National park of the Forests Casentinesi, Mountain Falterona and Campigna he/she offers panoramas mozzafiato for the lovers of the nature and sporting activity as the trekking for the most willing.

Our house vacations, absorbed in the green of the Casentino, it is also very comfortable to reach in little time and to visit Italian city as Arezzo, Cortona, Florence and Siena.

The Casentino valley

casentinoCasentino means "small closed valley" to point out that it was isolated in comparison to the rest of the province.

Today the Casentino is less isolated than in past and our house vacations it is easily attainable in auto from Arezzo and Florence.

Parties, feasts, traditions

casentinoThe Casentino picks up thirteen communes each with his/her history, the habits, the traditions and the parties and feasts paesane that they assemble him in the summer months as for instance that of the bread to you Turn up, that of the ranocchia to Lierna, of the porky mushroom to Moggiona, of the hypocrite to Chiusi della Verna

Visit also...

Besides the Casentino you could also visit

Valtiberina

Arezzo and the Valdichiana