La Mandolata b&b
A dream born from the love for people and conviviality

La Mandolata is the realisation of a dream which is born from a love of people and conviviality. The initial idea was mine and that of my sister's Manuella after having lived for many years in various European cities when we needed to stay in a quiet place on a human scale. On one of those days you could define as rather dull, while we were looking through an old family photo album, a desire came to us to revitalise our grandparents' old farmhouse which had been abandoned for years.

That photo had all our family's history with their bygone ways and traditions. Historically the cottage was lived in by the farmers who worked the land, while our grandparents used it as a holiday home in the summer months...

It was a place of relaxation, silence and for recharging the senses... and it is exactly this we want our guests to experience together with a taste of the old farmers' traditions.

Fortuitously there are only a few studio-flats, all with mod cons - air conditioning, fridge and composed of living room/kitchen, large bedrooms and bathrooms. Each residence enjoys a veranda and pergola where one can just relax and contemplate the garden planted out with typical local plants... cypresses, evergreen oaks and aromatic herbs with a beautiful view of the Alpi Alpuane.

The upstair flats, other than the pleasing view of the orchard and swimming pool, invite one's glance towards the surrounding hills.The flats are all uniquely designed, and allow the guest to experience an atmosphere of warm hospitality - typical of the area - in an elegant and welcoming context. We wanted that each residence took inspiration from the senses - recalling the colours, scents of the fruit trees and plants that characterise the lands of Tuscany.

Deeply in Versilia country-area and only one km far from the seaside of Focette, La Mandolata is 10 min far from the small typical towns of the area, as Pietrasanta, Forte dei Marmi, Camaiore e Viareggio, and only few km far from the mean historical cities of Tuscany - Lucca (25 Km) / Pisa (30 Km) / Firenze (90 Km) / Siena (130 Km) / Carrara (30 Km - and it is only 70 km far from Cinque Terre.