About the village, the mountains and the slow life in Gavinana — history, nature and authentic Tuscany, away from the tourist crowds.
High above the Val di Lima, Lucchio literally clings to a cliff face. Houses without foundations, a fortress dating from the 14th century and deep silence — a Tuscan rock village you come upon rather than find.
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At 1,775 metres, with no visible inlet or outlet, surrounded by Boccaccio legends: Lago Scaffaiolo in the Tuscan Apennines is one of the most enigmatic mountain lakes in Italy and a rewarding day hike for guests staying in Gavinana.
227 metres long, 36 metres above the Lima, once listed in the Guinness Book of Records: one of Europe's most remarkable pedestrian suspension bridges, free to visit in the Pistoian Apennines.
Eight hundred and twenty metres above sea level, surrounded by chestnut forests, caught between stillness and one of the most dramatic moments in Florentine history: Gavinana is not a place you simply pass through.
Borgo Bello's apartments — il Nido & il Loft — are waiting for you.