If you book your holiday in the agritourist farm of Mr. Mario Maffei you will enjoy in full relax, salubrious air, silence, nature, genuine food and an atmosphere of the past. We are in the heart of Lunigiana, at Apella di Licciana Nardi (in the province of Massa), at an altitude of 660 m, in the centre of the climatic region located on the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, where Malaspina family used to dominate uncontested all over the territory. So, in memory of the past, there is a sighting tower dating back to 1000 A.D. (obviously located in a strategic position), which was enlarged and turned into a defending fortress in the 13th century; later on, in 1700, it was turned into Belltower and abbey.
This derelict building, seriously damaged in time by the wars and by several earthquake events, in 1995 got back to its ancient beauty thanks to Mario Maffei.
Now, as you can see from the pictures, the building rises in the middle of a 1200 hectare exclusive reserve, where you can enjoy horse excursions or walking tours and pick up (in the right season) strawberries, bilberries, chestnuts and mushrooms of all kinds, which are abundantly available in all woods of this territory. During your excursions, may be supported by expert guides, you will certainly see wild cows, goats, sheep and poultry as well as game of all kinds (deer, fallow deer, mouflon, roe deer, wild boars etc.). The river, which crosses the large territory belonging to the agritourist farm, is available to the guests keen on fishing, who can fish wonderful mountain trout in its clear and clean water.
And after a few hours spent more or less dynamically, why don’t you relax a little bit, may be going for a swim in the nice swimming pool available at the agritourist farm? Just in time for lunch or dinner, which are served in the wonderful and large hall used as restaurant and got out of a room connecting with the tower.

The simple but accurate cooking offers traditional dishes of Lunigiana, prepared with biological healthy and genuine products of our own production. Meat (veal, beef and lamb of “Zerasca” breed), game, fresh and preserved mushrooms and underwood products are the essential raw materials used for the preparation of the tasty dishes suggested to the guests, such as:
vegetable pies, “pattone” (chestnut flour flat bread or “focaccia” cooked on terracotta tiles), tagliatelle with mushrooms, tortelloni with vegetable and fresh ricotta stuffing, game and mushrooms cooked in different ways, thinly-sliced raw beef, baked lamb etc.
The agritourist farm has six flats and eight rooms with double bed and additional third bed, all equipped with private bathroom.
This is the ideal place if you want to spend a relaxing holiday in close contact with nature.
However, it is also important to say that in less than half an hour (30’) you can reach by car the wonderful and very crowded coast places of the Versilia, the whole east cost (Tellaro, Fiascherino, Lerici, Portovenere, Cinque Terre) and the resorts of Levanto, Framura, Bonassola etc.