Description:
The River Tiber feeds a lake, its waters snuggling among the hillsides to create landscapes of rare beauty. Lake Corbara, between Orvieto and Todi, lies in a part of Umbria which embraces the true essence of the region: the soft hills and the mysterious darkness of the woods and volcanic tuff. Set on the hills overlooking the lake in the River Tiber Natural Park, and near the Alviano Nature Reserve, the Barberani Farm Holiday Centre offers independent apartments in the restored old stone farmhouses of the Vallesanta Estates, enjoying a hillside site of 70 hectares in the Orvieto Classico DOC wine-producing region (45 hectares of which dedicated to vineyards). The production of quality wines - taking the names of the various Vineyards where the grapes are grown (Calcaia, Castagnolo, Selvaso, Pomaio, Polvento, Pulicchio, Polago, Foresco - which equally give their names to the apartments themselves) - is the main activity of the Estate, which grows its own, noble and traditional grapes. Guests staying here in Autumn have the opportunity to observe and take part in the ancient rituals of the grape harvest and pressing, not to mention in November the harvesting of olives, themselves pressed in traditional stone mills. In the immediate vicinity of the farmhouses, guests at the Farm Holiday Centre can enjoy a Club on the shores of Lake Corbara offering a swimming pool, tennis courts, five-a-side football, beach volley, a fully-equipped gymnasium and sauna, as well as activities such as angling and canoeing. There is also a hall for receptions, meetings and seminars, as well as a centre for tasting wines, grappas and extra virgin olive oils. Art, history, architecture, crafts, oeno-gastronomy, music and folk-lore are the magical ingredients of a rich and evocative land which can best be enjoyed and experienced through direct contact with the rhythms of Nature... by staying at the Barberani Farm Holiday Centre!
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