Casale delle Farfalle is a beautiful villa situated in the quiet surroundings of the Italian Apennines. Uniquely located in the Taro valley this house provides multiple opportunities for an active or relaxing luxurious vacation varying from lager groups of people to a romantic holiday for two. The villa is fully renovated and consists of 3 stories with on each story an independent apartment. All apartments have their own entrance, living room, kitchen fireplace and bathroom. This makes it ideal for use with combined groups of family or friends. Plenty of ares's to meet up but also the privacy of your own apartment. The villa has a private swimming pool and is surrounded by terraces with in the back a wood fired pizza oven. There is a large chance you will find some deer around the house in the early morning.

We are Michael Bollmann and Dianne Schrijver. The desire to have a vacation home abroad combined with our love for Italy inspired us in June 2016 to buy Casale delle Farfalle. The initial idea was to have a modest house for ourselves, in the end it turned out to be a bit more. This beautiful house chooses us and offers more possibilities than that we had imagined. The house was partly completed when we bought it leaving sufficient work to do with the possibility to finish it to our taste. This took approx. one year and resulted in 3 independent apartments which offer the possibility of frequent use with family and friends. As it would be a shame to have the house unoccupied for longer periods of time and to offer others the possibility to enjoy Italy, the magnificent surroundings and the beautiful house we decided to rent it out to others.

In the Apennines, between the city of Parma in the East and the small Ligurian coast stroke in the West is a piece of undiscovered rural Italy. West Emilia Romagna and namely the province Parma is locked between Tuscany in the South and Piemonte in the North. If you would like to enjoy a peaceful holiday in an area, that is more than worthwhile to be discovered by tourists, but is not yet, then this could be the ideal destination. The valley is located conveniently close to the highway Parma – La Spezia (A15) This brings opportunities to visit Cinque Terre, the Ligurian coats, Tuscany, cities as Parma, Bologna, Pisa, Florence and Lucca within hand reach. In the near vicinity many old castles can be visited, as well as the villages Borgo val di Taro, Compiano, Bardi, Bedonia These are lively places with restaurants, terraces, cafes and bars. Activity or tranquility as you like! Bedonia is a lively village with restaurants, café’s, ice-cream parlor’s, and bars. On Saturday is market. Approximately 250 meter from the house the river makes a bend where a natural lagoon has been formed. Here you will find a recreation area where you can swim, play volleyball and BBQ.