CampoGrande Farm

Welcome to Campo Grande Farm Holidays

Set In the natural amphitheatre of the Valle di Chio sits Campo Grande, a working organic farm owned for generations by the Giusti family whose main occupation is agriculture. The love for the land and its produce has created a happy union leading to many innovations and improvements to our activities and farming methods. In recent years we have introduced many agricultural changes, from crops, plants, vegetables and, more recently, farm holidays. Throughout all these changes, we have never abandoned our olive trees or our vineyards – which have always been a great passion of our family. In fact, our farm produces extra-virgin olive oil , typical Tuscan red wine IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica - Typical Geographic Indications), vegetables and ornamental plants including Tuscany’s famous cypress trees.

Our family works very hard and take great pleasure from our wine production. During the production period, the wonderful aroma of fermentation fills the house and thereafter the satisfaction of bottling the wine brings great pride to us all. And what can we say about our olives.... Having soaked up the Tuscan sunshine, they are collected during the winter period when the climate is often not the best for outside work, but... what joy when the harvest is abundant and in the evening we can count the collected baskets and look forward to producing our own organic olive oil. Four years ago, we decided to introduce Agriturismo – farm holidays. In spite of the worry of this new activity, we are very pleased with the result. Perhaps the hardest task was to find a name for this project. After much thought and discussion we decided to use the nickname used by our grandfather for the plot of land where our house is situated: and so, Campo Grande it became!

Activities

Thanks to our favourable geographic position there are many activities you can try during our long summer days. Walking and hiking around the vicinity of Campo Grande or using mountain bikes you can explore the valley and beyond. There is a useful guide-book available which illustrates the various tracks available for beginners and professional cyclists along with a brief history of villages, streams and other evocative sights etc as well as the distances and the level of difficulty. Upon request we can arrange for you to participate in horse riding or you can be taken out for a tour by horse and carriage. And, if you really love nature and life in the country, you are welcome to participate in our agricultural activities e.g. Grape collecting at the end of September, Olive gathering from mid November and harvesting the vegetables during the summer. Upon request we can provide typical Tuscan meals during your stay using our organic products. Breakfast is also available to our guests upon request.

Products

Twelve years ago our farm was converted to organic status. Now organic produce has become very popular, but many people do not know what this means and how it is obtained. In simple terms, all produce is grown without the use of artificial chemical substances. We have chosen this method of farming as we love to eat only genuine produce which is not harmful to our health. Our produce, which can be tasted and purchased at Campo Grande include: Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Tuscan Red Wine, Vin Santo (delicious served with Catucci biscuits) and Fresh Grilled Vegetables preserved in the best Olive Oil from Campo Grande