Restaurants: there are many local restaurants The Jolly Cafe at Biecina (5 minutes by car) has a good restaurant on the first floor which serves excellent homemade fare & the trattoria at Pracando (just up the valley) is famous for its pizzas.
'Pizzeria in Collodi'
There is a more expensive restaurant with stunning views at Monte a Pescia and others at Montecarlo and Pescia. Local wine and olive oil can be purchased in the surrounding area and there are many other local delicacies.
Pariana is a steep ten minutes walk away (two minutes by car) and has a small shop with (locally famous) bakery and the Jolly Cafe has a larger shop and these are open each day. It helps to have some Italian to shop in the village.

There is a large supermarket at Pescia, about 20 minutes away by car. Pescia also has a market on Saturdays and many other shops and restaurants and a railway station.

There are plenty of banks in the area.

Both house are overseen by a family in the village who are very helpful and clean the houses and wash linen weekly and will sort out any problems you may encounter.
'Entrance to Pariana'



'Local vineyards'

'Market day in Pescia'

'Villa Basilica – the next village'


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