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excellent-value
agriturismo
(farm-stay accommodation) option. Rooms are old-world
with clean modern bathrooms, and dining translates as copious amounts of homemade
farro
pasta, chestnuts, salads fresh from the veggie patch and meats cooked to perfection
in a wood-fuelled oven outside.
Michele, who took over Pradaccio di Sopra with his mother Rosalba in summer 2013,
hopes to cook up lunch and dinner too in the future - watch this space. Find the farm
3.5km from Castelnuovo in Pieve Fosciana. No credit cards.
Osteria Vecchia Mulino
( 05 836 21 92;
www.vecchiomulino.info
;
Via Vittorio Emanuele 12; tasting menu incl wine €25;
lunch Tue-Sun, evening with advance reservation)
Run with passion and humour by the gregarious
Andrea Bertucci, this 160-year-old
osteria
has no menu - rather a symphony of cold
dishes crafted from local products and brought to shared tables one at a time. Advance re-
servations essential. Oh, and if you're renting a villa nearby, you can always arrange for
Andrea to come to you to host a tasting evening.
OSTERIA
€
Fuori dal Centro
(
www.fuoridalcentro.com
;
Piazza Dini 1f; 1/2/3/4/5 ice-cream scoops €1/1.70/2.20/2.70/3.20; 1-8pm
Mon-Sat, 11am-8pm Sun)
Dare we say it: having tried and tested dozens of Tuscan
gelaterie,
this bright modern ice-cream shop comes out tops. Fuori dal Centro's regional-inspired
flavours are magnificent - try chestnut, fig and honey, pine kernel, apple pie, meringue or
- most unusually -
crema di farro
(which really does has grains of
farro
in!).
GELATO
€
Il Pozzo
( 05 8366 6380; Via Europa 2a, Pieve Fosciana; pizza €5-15; lunch & dinner Thu-Tue)
A great
'cheap meal' address with loads of outside seating, particularly handy on Sunday evening
when everything else seems to be shut. Find it 3.5km north of Castelnuovo in Pieve Fos-
ciano.
PIZZERIA
€
Information
Centro Visite Parco Alpi Apuane
( 05 836 5169;
www.turismo.garfagnana.eu
; Piazza delle Erbe 1;
9am-1pm & 3-7pm summer, to 5.30pm winter; )
Regional park visitors centre with bags of info
on walking, mountain biking, horse riding and other activities in the Apuane Alps; sells
maps and has lists of local guides and mountain accommodation. Free wi-fi hotspot com-
plete with sofas for connecting in comfort.
