Gourmet tours (visit and tasting) at a farm near Trasimeno Lake
We are happy to invite you to an interesting itinerary to discover the gastronomic specialties of our territory, a journey within a company, the Agricola Bittarelli.
This farm has been open since 1970 and it has recentlly obtained the organic farm certification and Vegan Ok certification.
This family-ruled company, covers 30 hectares and uses for its productions land rotation and low fertilization in order to get a better quality harvest.
The highlights of this farm are undoubtedly cereals and legumes, in particular smaller national chickpeas, barley, grass peas and “Fagiolina del Trasimeno” (fine beans), an ancient legume that found in these places the ideal climate and soils to become a unique, great quality product.
We will be happy to take you on a special company's tour through a nice walk in the fields, to explain you how the production is performed till the end: the final product.
After the visit and the tour, you will be delighted by a special tasting of the farm products together with local wines.
The following itineraries are perfect for everyone, adults and children, the most important things are: being curious and… greedy!
DISCOVERING THE FARM
Duration: 2 hours
Visit to the company and its products’ introduction;
Farm products tasting: oil, legumes, soups, fine beans of Trasimeno, accompanied by local wines.
Prices Euro 40,00 per person
Minimum 4 participants
This experience takes place on Wednesdays.
RELAXING AT SUNSET
From 6.30pm in spring and summer.
From 4.30pm to 5.30pm in autumn and winter
In the restaurant room or in the panoramic garden you will have the opportunity to taste farm and seasonal products: oil, cheese, legumes, soups, accompanied by local wines.
Prices Euro 32,00 per person.
Minimum 4 participants
This experience takes place on Wednesdays.
Upon request, we can also arrange Educational farms for children, cooking classes and specific tastings.
Some info directly by Bittarelli's Family
FARMERS FOR GENERATIONS
Quality of the organic.
Our Company is located at 300 mt s.l.m. on the hills of Lake Trasimeno. The Bittarelli family lives and works in these lands since 1940, first as peasants and since 1970 as owners. The family farming company Bittarelli is born, covering approximately 30 hectares and uses for its productions the biological method and the rotation of the soils, to obtain a genuine harvest and quality.
FAGIOLINA DEL TRASIMENO
Legumes and cereals of tradition.
Since 2003, we started production of small national chickpeas, spelled, barley, strawberries and beans from Trasimeno, an ancient legume that has found in these places the ideal climate and terrain to become a unique and high quality product protected by Consorzio Fagiolina del Trasimeno . It is distinguished by the color, white or polychromatic, its small size and its unique and delicate taste. It is collected by hand.
ACTIVITIES ON THE FARM
Visits and events at the farm.
In 2013, the "La Rosa dei Venti" Teaching Factories was created. This company offers its visitors, large and small, educational paths aimed at the knowledge of the territory, methods of production and valorisation of typical products also through the realization of ancient recipes. On request they arrange visits to the farm and the cultivations, kitchen workshops and tastings of our products related to Trasimeno area.