INSIDER'S GUIDE TO THE MUGELLO

 

La Casa di Caccia
Località Farneto - Roti
50039 Vicchio di Mugello (Firenze), Italia
Telephone: 055.8407629
Fax: 055.0347.7128957
Owner and Chef: Mirella Settori

Above and below: La Casa di Caccia near Vicchio di Mugello, owned by Mirella Settori & C.



View from the dining room of La Casa di Caccia.


View of the dining room in La Casa di Caccia.


View of the Mugello Valley from the dining room in La Casa di Caccia.


Tuscan antipasti and vino rosso served at La Casa di Caccia.


Mirella Settori, owner and chef of La Casa di Caccia.

 

Casa del Prosciutto - Bar, Trattoria, Alimentari
Via Ponte a Vicchio , 1
Vicchio di Mugello (Firenze), Italia
Telephone: 055.844031


La Casa del Prosciutto in Ponte a Vicchio.


The interior of La Casa del Prosciutto.


Mark Corney (left) and Greg Warden (right) with Casa del Prosciutto sandwiches.

 


 

Ristorante "Degli Artisti"
Nel Centro Storico, Piazza Romagnoli, 1
50032 Borgo San Lorenzo (Firenze), Italia
Telephone: 055.8457707
Fax: 055.8490372


Left: Il Ristorante "Degli Artisti" in Borgo San Lorenzo.
Right: the owner Donatella Margheri serving antipasti in the garden.


The dining room of the Ristorante "Degli Artisti"


The Ristorante "Degli Artisti" has a superb selection of wine.


Home-made breads and bruschetti pomodori.

 

Albergo Ristorante Villa Campestri
Via di Campestri, 19
50039 Vicchio (Firenze), Italia
Telephone: 055.8490107
Fax: 055.8490108
http://www.villacampestri.it


The Villa Campestri.


View of the Villa Campestri pool with the Mugello Valley below.


One of many secluded spots to rest at the Villa Campestri.

Agriturismo Muccianello
Località Vespignano
50039 Vicchio (Firenze), Italia
Telephone and Fax: 055.8448017 or 055.242713
E-mail: pcateni@iol.it

Internet: http://www.blubus.com

Farmhouses to rent in the countryside 30 km north of Florence.


La Casa della Vigna (the main Poggio Colla Field School residence) houses 16 persons.


Le Selve I and II (staff residence for the Poggio Colla Field School) are two apartments,
each sleeping 4-5 persons and with a separate entrance. Furnished and rented weekly.

La Casa
Barberino di Mugello
Email:
jacques.lemaux@tin.it


View of the Mugello Valley from the bed and breakfast, La Casa.


The bed and breakfast, La Casa, is in the building on the right.


Guests in La Casa are served meals here.


Your hosts at La Casa: Ricciarda and Jacques Lemaux.

 

Environmental Issues: a landfill proposed by the city of Florence for a site in a pristine section of the Mugello Valley will destroy wildlife habitats, farmland, and drain into the watershed of the Sieve River. This page has photos of the area that will be destroyed.

The Environs: a photo journal of the Mugello Valley and its people.

 

Co-Directors: Gregory Warden gwarden@mail.smu.edu and Michael Thomas mlthomas@mail.utexas.edu
Excavation house phone during the field season: (011-39) 055-844-9834