Farmhouse
Cà Vecchia M.te Ceva

The farm tourism estate Cà Vecchia, at the foot of Mount Ceva, is located between Battaglia Terme and Montegrotto Terme, in the Euganei Hills Regional Park.  The renovation of the three cottages on the Cà Vecchia estate was completed in spring 2004. The first floor of the farmhouse is divided into two studio flats: one of them – called “Il Nocciolo” (“The Hazel”) – consists of a room with a kitchenette and a bathroom, the other one – “La Quercia” (“The Oak”) – consists of a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom. Both flats are equipped with fly screens on the windows, a fireplace, air conditioning, a television, a DVD and a VHS player.

The ground floor hosts the entrance for reception, the farm kitchen and dining-room for eating together and for gathering round the fireplace. The Herbarium of Mount Ceva is kept in the meeting room on the first floor of the former barn, and the ground floor is available for workshops and experiments.  The turret is an ideal observatory for animal watching. The restoration made use of bio ecological architecture techniques: airy roofs, eco-friendly natural lime plaster; and the plaster in the living-room is mixed with straw from the farm’s organic plantations.

Central heating and sanitary water of the three units are taken care of by a wood biomass boiler that allows reusing the waste product after pruning the trees in the woods.On the roof, instead of getting walled up, the top part of the chimney has been left open in order to let small birds build their nests and shelter. A stay at Cà Vecchia is especially recommended for visitors who feel the need to plunge into the peace of the environing wood and who would enjoy seeing the fallow deer which often come to quench their thirst at the fountains next to the buildings, and it would also please people who would like to be within short distance of an extremely interesting historical and cultural tourist centre.Even in the hottest summers the weather is temperate, thanks to the “microclimate” due to the estate’s privileged situation in a small valley.

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How to reach us

From the A13 Bologna-Padova, exit Terme Euganee. The toll, turn left and reach, after about mt. 500, the intersection with State PD-RO. Turn left, proceed a few hundred yards to the bridge at the Castle Catajo (structure on right). Turn right on the bridge and immediately right again. Ignore the right road that climbs the embankment and continue until crossing the railroad tracks, put the arrow on the left before crossing the tracks because you have to turn left immediately after them. Continue straight ahead, ignoring the first street on your right. After a turn, avoid a lane on the left and continue uphill on the flat path through the trees (note there is a creek on the right) for more m. 200, until arriving at Cà Vecchia.
From Montegrotto, follow signs for Battaglia Terme. Immediately before the level crossing street Catajo turn right and follow the directions above. Access within the property until you can type with trucks and school buses to 35q.li; for heavier vehicles there is a rest area beside the main road near the level crossing where a road 500 m dirt road leads to the company.
Bus: The bus stop is at 2800 meters by the Company; agreement with the direction SITA (tel. +39 0498206830, +39 336577911) was possible to request a stop directly in front of the Company. The line is the Padova-Battaglia.