Casentino

Highest part of the Arno Valley, enclosed on one side by the mountains of Verna, Camaldoli and Alpe di Catenaia, on the other by the Pratomagno chain, the Casentino wanders among vast  woods and monuments of faith, between profound silences and vocations of the soul that only in some chosen places like this one manages to find its maximum expansion.

Treasure chest of meditation and recollection, the Casentino has in Camaldoli, with the Hermitage and the Monastery, and in the Sanctuary of La Verna, where St. Francis received the stigmata, his two great peaks of spiritual elevation.

What to see in Casentino

Crossed by the Arno, the Casentino is covered with chestnut woods, beech, of oak And of fir, tall trees that constitute the soul of the naturalistic heritage of the  Casentino Forests National ParkThe history of this valley is consubstantial with that of the Counts Guidi, of Poppi, who raised castles as well as in their country of origin, also in the beautiful hilltop villages of Romena, Porciano, Montemignaio, Castel San Niccolò.

Because Casentino is a world and a way of being that goes far beyond its appearance. Casentino is the Poppi Castle, theOratory of the Madonna del Morbo, the Parish Church of Romena.

Casentino is the porticoes of Stia, the Parish Church of Santa Maria Assunta, the imposing tower of the Porciano Castle. Casentino is also part of the Pratomagno with its giant red iron cross.

Casentino artisan traditions

Casentino is ancient traditions, artisanal wisdom. Casentino is the "Casentino cloth", wool fabric fulled and felted to make it waterproof, and then colored orange or bottle green.

Casentino is wrought iron, worked stoneCasentino is centuries old shepherds' recipes which still echoes of transhumance, is the scottiglia, theacquacotta, potato tortelli, the cheeses, the ham, the honey, the chestnuts.

Casentino it is the heart that opens up to greenery, to woods, to meadows, to unknown pathsCasentino is a reconciliation with oneself away from the great clamor of the world.