Braccicorti farmhouse

The origins

The Braccicorti farm is centred around a typical rural farmhouse dating back to the late 19th century, which was extended in the 1920s.

The main building was the residence of sharecroppers who worked the land on behalf of the landowners from Villa Collemandina. This continued until the late 1980s, when the property was purchased by the Giovannetti family, originally from the nearby village of Pieve Fosciana, who renovated the buildings, making them their residence and converting the farm buildings into tourist accommodation, while maintaining the original architectural style.

This led to the creation of one of the first agritourism in Garfagnana, now run by Angela Giovannetti with the help of her sister Lucia and other family members. It can be said that the family business model here has remained unchanged over the centuries.

We are part of a community

We develop relationships with the local area because we believe that together we can truly influence the development of our local communities.
This is why we have forged relationships with various organisations active here:

• we are members of the Garfagnana food and agrobiodiversity cooperative, which promotes the protection and enhancement of local species and breeds, sustainable production methods and short, ecological food supply chains;
• we collaborate with the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine National Park, of which we are one of the recognised “Information Points”;
• we collaborate with the Union of Municipalities of Garfagnana on various agricultural and tourism development initiatives, and we have made one of our reservoirs available for the forest fire service.

A farmyard’s warmth

‘Happiness from small things‘ is what Giovannetti family, who have established and run the farm Braccicorti with passion, wants to offer to their guests.

Expect a lot of friendliness and the company of friendly animals (dogs, cats and chickens, ducks, pigs) in a peaceful countryside.

For a Sustainable Tourism

Agriturismo Braccicorti adheres to the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism, a practical management tool that enables Protected Areas to develop tourism sustainably and commits operators to take action to protect the environment and develop the local economy.

These are the concrete actions we have committed to follow:

• Electricity: producing renewable energy with an 18,4 kWp photovoltaic system
• Consumption: we constantly monitor energy and water consumption
• Light bulbs: we are replacing all incandescent bulbs
• Lighting: most of the outdoor lights are automatically switched on with presence detectors or timers
• Irrigation: we have installed automatic and timed irrigation systems in the green spaces around the accommodation and the swimming pool
• Toilets: they are equipped with a water-saving double-button and flush cut-off system
• Waste: we separate waste by different types of waste (paper and cardboard, glass and plastic), compost organic waste and properly dispose of hazardous waste (batteries, electrical equipment, light bulbs, waste oil, etc.)
• Disposable: when preparing packed lunches we eliminate single-use cutlery and packaging and reduce food waste
• Drinking water: at meals we only provide natural water from the aqueduct in jugs
• Detergents: we use at least 50% biodegradable and environmentally friendly detergents and cleaners
• Toilet paper: we only use toilet paper made from recycled paper
• Linen change: we only change towels and bed linen at the end of each stay
• Enogastronomy: for meals, we use as much as possible our seasonal fruit and vegetables, our eggs, our wine and buy the rest wherever possible from local producers, we promote the purchase of food and wine products from local suppliers and support the activities of the ‘Food and Biodiversity Community of Garfagnana‘ of which we are a member
• Hiking routes: we have created a number of hiking routes of varying lengths with departure and arrival at our agriturismo, therefore without the need to use means of transport
• Transport: we promote the use of bicycles, public transport and train

We invite our guests to support our choice, asking them to use water, lighting and heating without waste, to separate waste in the appropriate bins, to buy local and seasonal food products, to discover the area on foot or by bicycle, and to visit Lucca using the train.