Le Occare farmhouse is surrounded by a large shady fenced
garden, including a
little swimming pool, and by a 38000 square meters wooden area.
Here you can taste the freshness and the relaxing atmosphere of the
countryside. You can just relax in the garden and in the pool, walk in
the wood searching for wild flowers and fruits, truffles,
mushrooms and officinal herbs or go for birdwatching
If you walk along a wooden trail you can reach two little
ponds, once used to macerate the hemp, here you can look for herons and
wild ducks. If you wish, you can have a bicycle to wonder around, with
a short trip you can reach the nearby Verginese Castle with its Brolo and Belriguardo
Castle.
At night you'll find very good conditions to look at the
stars, with very low light pollution. A little
telescope and some binoculars are available for our guests.
Le Occare is a very good starting point to visit the
nearby areas of naturalistic and artistic interest. First of all the
beautiful city of Ferrara,
recently acknowledged as
anUNESCO world heritage, it is only 15.5
miles (25 km) away. You can have a lot of interesting excursions in
the neighborhoods.
Within 3 miles you
can reach the Este's Delights Delizia del Belriguardo and
Delizia del Verginese and the ancient Roman necropolis of
Voghenza, that you can easily reach also with a bicycle. A little
farer you have the "Valli di Campotto" and "Vallette di Ostellato",
interesting naturalistic reserves, a real paradise for the
birdwatchers. If you go a little further you can reach the Parco
del Delta del Po, the "Boscone della Mesola" and "Bosco della
Panfilia", Ferrara seaside, and the ancient art cities of Comacchio
and Ravenna. On a daily trip you can reach also Bologna (39 miles,
62.5 km); Modena (67.2 miles, 107.9km); Padova (63.6 miles, 102
km); Venice (85 miles, 136.5 km) and Florence (102 miles, 163.9
km).
