Lombardy cooking holiday, Italy

Our groups are small in number in order to preserve the environment and the local community. We use fresh produce from local farmers so we sustain their agricultural activity. All the people employed from chef, gardener, cleaning lady to the transport company are from the local community so we sustain local economy. We promote our region through the local cuisine and wine preserving in this way our culture and heritage. We have a local chef at disposal for clients who require one and she cooks just regional recipes using ingredients from the local farmers. We encourage our client to visit the local town, Bergamo and its province by giving them an audio-guide or booking a local guide.

The villa has been renovated using local and sustainable materials. The walls have been insulated in order to save energy in winter and it has triple glaze windows. It has been decorated with water paint. We use energy saving light bulbs and in the garden we have installed solar lights. We encourage our guest to respect the surrounding countryside by recycling as much as possible and not wasting water during the summer months. The water coming into the house is purified and we treat the sanitary water so we can then re-use it to water the garden. In winter our house is heated by solar panel and a wood-burner stove and the wood comes from our land.