Art and Nature



Sasso, the village where you will live, has one of the largest and most ancient Romanesque churches with a beautiful carved baptistry. Situated on a cliff, the church is surrounded by the forest of Mount Fuso.


Below: the medieval town of Bastia Fattori in Scurano

Scurano, 8 kilometers from Sasso, where you can buy the newspaper in the morning and read it in the sun with a piece of fresh baked focaccia:

And here are the fawns of the Monte Fuso Park, at Scurano:

16 km away you can visit and dine in a charming restaurant in the medieval setting of the Castle of Torrechiara in Langhirano. In the summer there are concerts of classical music and jazz:




Only 18 km away you can visit Lesignano Bagni, the Badia Cavana:

In 30 kilometers, the great natural settings of the Apennines, Lake Calamone, await...



Pratizzano and Passo of Scalucchio:
Spilla ... But enough of the mountain, now you're halfway. Another 40 kilometers and you can take a dip in a creek of the Cinque Terre:

Or diverted to the left you go to bathe in the thermal river Equi and enjoy the sunset over the Apuan Alps. Beware, what you see is not snow, it is the white marble of Carrara: