Holiday apartment in Brunetta: cycling, hiking and vineyards

Brunetta is connected to the mapped “Civita–Acquaformosa” route of the “Pista Ciclabile dei Parchi / Percorsi Complementari” in Pollino National Park. Contrada Brunetta is located in the Zona Vigne area of Castrovillari. Tenuta dei Frati is located in Contrada Vigne in Castrovillari. For planning your trip, active route ideas and culinary themes can therefore be considered as separate focal points.

Cycling and hiking at your own pace

The Castrovillari–Lungro–Acquaformosa stage of the Ciclovia dei Parchi di Calabria is part of the itinerary network of Pollino National Park. Another route idea is stage 15 of the Cammino di San Francesco di Paola: it crosses Località Vigne along the SP241. The hiking section follows an unpaved path into the valley of the Coscile River. Combining a cycling route with a hiking stage thus brings two different forms of activity into your trip planning.

Vineyards, olive groves and special places

Tenute Ferrocinto offers a tangible impression of the landscape: the estate covers approximately 120 hectares of vineyards and olive groves. Tenute Ferrocinto offers a visit including a walk through the vineyards and a tour of the ageing cellar. At Tenute Ferrocinto, the walk through the vineyards and the tour of the ageing cellar are part of the same visit package. At the Convento Boutique, visitors can stroll through the botanical garden and see an old well. In this way, the landscape and individual discoveries alike are among the themes you can incorporate into your holiday days around Brunetta.

Culinary experiences, courses and tours

The Convento Boutique offers cooking courses with professional chefs. In the wine area, the offerings include a complete vineyard tour, a tour of the winemaking process or a wine tasting. The Convento Boutique also organises excursions among the vineyards and tours of the winery. The offerings therefore take you from the vineyard through the winemaking process to the winery.

At Tenute Ferrocinto, a tasting includes five wines, olive oil and regional products. A Slow Food tour included lunch at Tenuta dei Frati in Castrovillari. The extra virgin olive oil used at this Slow Food event came from the Tenuta dei Frati farm. At the tasting, the regional products are separate components alongside the wine and olive oil.

A holiday apartment in Brunetta to suit your travel plans

When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday house in Brunetta, you can therefore first decide on your preferred pace of travel: should your stay be shaped by cycling and hiking days, or are vineyards, cooking courses, tours and tastings the main focus? This comparison gives your choice a clear direction without limiting the trip to just one focus. Your accommodation thus becomes the starting point for your personal planning, while the specific travel ideas determine which days you would like to shape.

More destinations for your trip planning

Other places you can discover include Lungro, San Marco Argentano, Paola, Vaccarizzo, Lorica, Bisignano, Verbicaro and Aiello Calabro.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cosenza.