Albergo Gli Orzali
Firenzuola (Italy)
Via Contessalina 991, Firenzuola, Italy, 50033
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$ 43.87 |
Hostel Description
Hotel ?Gli Orzali? is situated in the Tusco-Emilian Apennines, in the heart of Italy, in the district of Firenzuola (Province of Florence), around 56 km from Bologna and 50 km from Florence.
The present-day hotel complex was built at a height of 540m above sea-level, surrounded by mountains exceeding 1.000m above sea-level. At a distance of around 1.900m, the centre of Firenzuola is within easy walking distance.
The surrounding area is especially suited for an all-out restful holiday, as well as providing the possibility for relaxing hikes, horse and mountain-bike riding, fishing and hunting.
Being housed within a hunting lodge, the hotel in particular offers guided visits within the grounds, providing the possibility of witnessing and experiencing all the Apennine?s hoofed animals close-up in their natural habitat, from the red deer to the fallow deer, from the roe to the wild boar and even the mouflon sheep.
Hotel ?Gli Orzali? is comprised of three buildings, originally employed as follows: a farmhouse dating back to the XVIII century with living space on the upper floors and the lower floors being set aside for stables and storage sheds; a stable and barn built in 1939 as per the date inscribed on the main façade; and finally a small building being a former pigsty, dating back to the beginning of the nineteen hundreds.
The property?s restoration and restructuring work was carried out with the complex?s rural values in mind, and especially keeping a hold on the historical evidence in terms of the ratio between buildings and open land; for this reason the necessary functions were architecturally integrated using traditional local materials such as stone, brick and wood, with simple, elementary shapes, such as the lodges, porticos and stairways which emphasise and exploit the foundational substance of the existing buildings.
The present-day hotel complex was built at a height of 540m above sea-level, surrounded by mountains exceeding 1.000m above sea-level. At a distance of around 1.900m, the centre of Firenzuola is within easy walking distance.
The surrounding area is especially suited for an all-out restful holiday, as well as providing the possibility for relaxing hikes, horse and mountain-bike riding, fishing and hunting.
Being housed within a hunting lodge, the hotel in particular offers guided visits within the grounds, providing the possibility of witnessing and experiencing all the Apennine?s hoofed animals close-up in their natural habitat, from the red deer to the fallow deer, from the roe to the wild boar and even the mouflon sheep.
Hotel ?Gli Orzali? is comprised of three buildings, originally employed as follows: a farmhouse dating back to the XVIII century with living space on the upper floors and the lower floors being set aside for stables and storage sheds; a stable and barn built in 1939 as per the date inscribed on the main façade; and finally a small building being a former pigsty, dating back to the beginning of the nineteen hundreds.
The property?s restoration and restructuring work was carried out with the complex?s rural values in mind, and especially keeping a hold on the historical evidence in terms of the ratio between buildings and open land; for this reason the necessary functions were architecturally integrated using traditional local materials such as stone, brick and wood, with simple, elementary shapes, such as the lodges, porticos and stairways which emphasise and exploit the foundational substance of the existing buildings.
Hostel Directions
From Florence: main road number 503 "Passo del Giogo" or motorway number A1, exit Barberino, following directions for Passo della Futa/Firenzuola.
From Bologna: motorway A1 exit Roncobilaccio and follow directions for Passo della Futa/Firenzuola.
From Imola: mountain road for Borgo Tossignano/Castel del Rio/Firenzuola.
From Bologna: motorway A1 exit Roncobilaccio and follow directions for Passo della Futa/Firenzuola.
From Imola: mountain road for Borgo Tossignano/Castel del Rio/Firenzuola.
Albergo Gli Orzali Picture Gallery
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Facilities
- Swimmingpool
- Cards
- Carpark
- Cheap
- Curfew
- Lounge
- Net
- Shower
- Free Breakfast
- Free Towel
- Free Linen
