Poggio
al Sole lies in the midst of the magnificent scenario of the Florentine
hillsides, and leans over the gentle slopes of the Mugnone valley.
It rests on a 450 m hill, 6 kilometers from Fiesole in a neighbourhood
called Torre di Buiano, only 8 kilometres from Florence. This viewpoint
surrounded by olive groves, cypress trees and fruit trees is named
after the sunny position it offers from sunrise to sunset, in summer
and winter as well.
We
left the original country features of the two buildings that constitute
the farm; luckily both the farmhouse and the barn were kept unchanged
until nowadays.
Until
2003, Poggio al Sole will be under the process of becoming an organic
farm. Its main produces are extra-virgin olive oil and saffron. With the
fruit produced in the farm (cherries, apricots, figs, pears, plums, walnuts
and sorb apples) jams and natural liquors are prepared and offered to
the guests that have dinner with us. We are planting other fruit and olive
trees to increase the production.
Az. Agricola POGGIO AL SOLE - Via Torre di Buiano,
4 Fiesole (FI) - Tel./fax.055 548839 cell. 328 7227431 - e-mail: poggioalsole@poggioalsole.net
