8 bedrooms villa, 437 m²

Fiumalbo, Modena (province)

Monte Cimone FIUMALBO, 1500-meter altitude.
That is, you have no idea of the spectacle!
a long road that climbs through woods and fields, panoramas and sky, nature and freedom.
Then you arrive here. It's a small village at the foot of the Cimone, one of those places where the grass is so light it feels like it forgives you every step, and the earth is the kind that sounds, it makes a 'tonftonf' as if there was an old spirit underneath telling you, 'oh, go easy, we've been living here for centuries.'
And then there's always someone who says: but the Alps are better???
Yes, of course, as if!
I've seen the Alps well, I've walked in them, I've caught a cold, I've admired them, I've eaten speck and delicate-flavored cheeses there.
And I live in the Apennines, so I can say: there's cheese here too, but ours is Parmesan. Want to compare? So much flavor that does so much good, just like the mountains from which it's born.
The Apennines have everything, think that there are the Apuan Alps: they are identical to the Alps but in a pocket version, like when you buy the mini Nutella and say beautiful, it's the same!
The Apennines, however, have so much more, they are richer in nature, in diversity, in shapes, in beauties, they are mountains that can be explored, they are the backbone of Italy, they are a wonderful "geological mess."
That is, in the Apennines you can find volcanoes, glacial lakes, very high waterfalls, suspension bridges, tuff rafts on which medieval villages rise.... you can even swim in an extinct volcano! and then culturally every valley is a world, every village a millennial tradition, every path a million stories and tales... all to be listened to!
I could go on and on but risk boring you, so I return to my description.
Oh, one thing: the only thing the Alps have more of is glaciers...
But let's proceed for real:
We are right under the highest peak of the northern Apennines, Monte Cimone. From its 2165 meters you see more of Italy than from any other point: the entire alpine chain, Tuscany, Sardinia, Elba and when the air is clear you can even see Corsica, Croatia, and perhaps the future, if you look closely.
And right here, very close to the summit, there is an ancient village, with houses that look like Celtic huts, all in stone, all low, all clinging to the mountain and all in the middle of their field of very green grass...
Among these huts, in the middle of the village of only two houses, there is Alpe di Sara, an agriturismo that looks like it came out of a book you've never read but you still remember.
The agriturismo
four rooms, all with bathrooms, all with that scent of wood that makes you want to stop and smell it.
A mansard suite that is practically a nest: beams, soft light, kitchenette, living room, bathroom if you go in you risk not wanting to leave ever again. It happened to me.
A restaurant with 40 seats, a room with a fireplace that hypnotizes you, a stainless steel kitchen that seems to say come on, cook me something serious.
Outside, a garden with white tables and umbrellas, where in summer you eat looking at the clouds tearing across the ridges like badly stretched sheets.
And around, all sorts of things happen:
Cow bells, horses passing slowly as if they had all the time in the world, falcons whistling and making large circles as if they were signing the sky.
It's an isolated and sunny valley, a corner of paradise that seems far from everything but in reality is a stone's throw from the ski resorts and right in the middle of nature and trails.
It's already ready to welcome people, stories, laughter, long dinners, slow awakenings.
You don't have to do anything: it's ready. It looks at you and says then?.
Key features
Restaurant and bar: where you can seat people and make them feel good, which is already half the job.
Industrial kitchen and laundry: fully equipped, everything works, everything makes you feel serene.
Three double rooms + a mansard suite: spacious, warm, ready, all with bathroom.
A room suitable for Law 13/89 (it is the law that protects people with reduced mobility)
Private parking for all guests: which seems like a triviality, until you have it.
Land and agricultural annex: to cultivate, create, breathe, or simply look at it and say beautiful.
It's a quiet, sunny, panoramic place that works both in summer and in winter.
And above all, it's one of those places that makes you want to walk slowly, because you feel that the earth underneath has something to tell you and if you stop to listen.... you can't go back down to the city!
ENERGY CLASS: G 302.84 kWh/m3 a