LA CROCE RETREAT CENTRE FOR YOGA, HOLIDAYS, RETREATS AND SEMINARS IN THE CASENTINO NATIONAL PARK, TUSCANY
La Croce is a beautifully situated, South facing farmhouse in the Casentino National Park, in Tuscany. It stands at 650 metres up on a ridge between two valleys along which run two rivers, tributaries to the Arno. It nestles into the slopes of Mount Penna (1,259 mts.) , the Sacred Mountain at the summit of which lies the Verna monastery, and through which passed the ancient Via Roma, once connecting the people from North eastern Italy to Rome.
Being within a safe haven of the National park the area is rich with wild flowers and fauna and full of wild life: boar, deer, various birds of prey, porcupine and wolves which can often be heard calling at night.
There are two natural springs on the property from which we collect all our completely unadulterated mountain water.
The house lies on the footpath , (the' 53') which joins up the two most important medieval monasteries, 'Camaldoli' and the 'Sanctuary of Chiusi della Verna' where San Francesco reportedly received his Stigmata. There is a 1 1\2 hour walk directly from the house to the Verna .
There are roughly 30 hectares of Oak , Beech and Chestnut forest with some pasture land belonging to the property .
La Croce is a beautifully situated, South facing farmhouse in the Casentino National Park, in Tuscany. It stands at 650 metres up on a ridge between two valleys along which run two rivers, tributaries to the Arno. It nestles into the slopes of Mount Penna (1,259 mts.) , the Sacred Mountain at the summit of which lies the Verna monastery, and through which passed the ancient Via Roma, once connecting the people from North eastern Italy to Rome.
Being within a safe haven of the National park the area is rich with wild flowers and fauna and full of wild life: boar, deer, various birds of prey, porcupine and wolves which can often be heard calling at night.
There are two natural springs on the property from which we collect all our completely unadulterated mountain water.
The house lies on the footpath , (the' 53') which joins up the two most important medieval monasteries, 'Camaldoli' and the 'Sanctuary of Chiusi della Verna' where San Francesco reportedly received his Stigmata. There is a 1 1\2 hour walk directly from the house to the Verna .
There are roughly 30 hectares of Oak , Beech and Chestnut forest with some pasture land belonging to the property .
