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 Extensive gardens surround the farmhouses at Voltrona where our guests may relax or read a book. The farm has rooms with bath and shower, and families and groups of friends will appreciate the home cooking of authentic Tuscan dishes. Voltrona farm produces wine and olive oil. It covers an overall area of 40.00 hectares, much of which is used to grow fodder and cereals. There is also a small herd of Icelandic horses. It was one of the first farm holiday centres to be opened in Tuscany; it is family run and for over twenty years it has constantly provided outstanding country hospitality. |
 Since 1984, we have continued to renew the structure by renovating the buildings and investing in specialized crops. Sebastiano Leanza purchased Voltrona Farm in 1978. The farm was half ruined: there was no drinking water, no phone line, neither was there a gas mains. The electricity supply was rated at 160 volts and the access road was little more than a cattle track. 80% of the buildings were in a dreadful state and parts of both barns had collapsed. Only one house was inhabitable. |
 Brambles and weeds had covered an entire olive grove and wild boars ventured as far as the garden of the villa looking for food. In the eighties, the law on farm holiday centres issued by the Tuscany Regional Government revitalized the farming sector by helping farmers to take their first steps towards a new idea of farming: as well as producing food, providing services and promoting the local area. In the summer of 1984, the first guests (Germans) slept in the inhabitable part of the house. At that time, the term "farm holiday" was totally unknown both to farmers and to their guests. More than anything else, it was a "naïf" phenomenon: people looking for new emotions... |
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