Experiences

The Ristorante dell’Antica Fattoria la Parrina is not just a place that serves mouthwatering food. We also teach the experience gained from years of studying the Maremma’s culinary traditions to cooking enthusiasts: we organise special cookery courses and cooking classes, led by our Chef, giving you the chance to learn how to make new dishes in the splendid setting of our Restaurant, where participants will have all the tools they need to make all kinds of recipes.

The courses are suitable for both beginners and more expert cooks who want to broaden their horizons.

For further information and details, click on organise a cookery course or book one of courses online.

Books grow under the plane trees. In the area in front of the square, in the midst of the cool plane trees, the Antica Fattoria organises a full calendar of meetings with authors and personalities from the world of culture and science. The book presentations and debates on current events open to guests staying at the Antica Fattoria and visitors make this part of the heart of the Tuscan Maremma a hive of intellectual activity.

The aim is to be a model for the relationship between man and nature, as well as between people themselves.

 For further information and to see more of the Under the Plane Trees calendar choose an event.

Visiting the Antica Fattoria la Parrina’s wildlife area means stepping through the increasingly blurred boundaries that separate a world where nature and man have found their balance, and a dimension where the wild soul of the Maremma retains all of its age-old charm.Stretching out across around 585 hectares in a predominantly hilly landscape, the areas devoted to farming sit side by side with a large wooded area that provides a safe haven for both local and migratory wildlife.If you pick the best time of day, in other words early in the morning and at sunset especially, and with just a little patience, you may easily tick off a list of animals in a habitat that includes many species such as hares, pine martens, stone martens, weasels, hedgehogs, porcupines, badgers, squirrels, foxes, as well as larger animals such as fallow deer, roe deer and wild boar. Raise your eyes towards the sky and the highest branches and you may well see, among others, pheasants, quail, hoopoe, jays, woodpeckers, bee-eaters, and a wide range of diurnal birds of prey, such as hawks, kites, buzzards, kestrels, and nocturnal ones like owls, scops owls, barn owls and tawny owls. Then there are the species that prefer larger stretches of water: mallard ducks, teal, moorhen and herons. Don’t forget, at the Antica Fattoria la Parrina you should always have your camera and binoculars with you!