Bioagriturismo La Conca, Smerillo

Bioagriturismo La Conca: Location in Smerillo

Ceresola lies south of the town of Smerillo, in a landscape of quiet hills. Around the house there is a large garden with an orchard, a vegetable garden and a truffle ground.

Bioagriturismo La Conca: What It Offers

The restaurant serves locally sourced (chilometro zero) lunches and dinners. The orchard grows Rosa dei Sibillini apples, a variety protected by a Slow Food presidium, and the farm is part of the Alliance between Italian cooks and Slow Food presidia.

Alongside the cooking there are classes on wild herbs and unusual jams, made with petals of heirloom roses, primroses and violets. For overnight guests there are rooms and apartments.

Bioagriturismo La Conca: What to See Nearby

The church of San Nicola di Ceresola dates from 1627. Further on is Castorano, a settlement of Lombard origin with the church of San Pietro Martire, and lower down, toward the valley, San Martino al Faggio: here the church of San Vincenzo Ferreri has a Romanesque bell tower beside it, and there are walks in a rare low-altitude ("depressa") beech wood, between the Rebuscano stream and several sulfur springs.