Agriturismo Grotta dell'Eremita

Nestled in the green of the Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane Regional Park, it consists of an ancient hamlet dating back to the 14th century. Agriturismo Grotta dell'Eremita is the ideal place both for those who want to spend moments of pleasant tranquility, and for those who want to experience strong emotions and experience the thrill of the Lucanian outdoors.

The farmhouse is located just 5km from the fascinating Castelmezzano, and the spectacular Flight of the Angel; it is the perfect destination to regenerate your body by establishing a new relationship with unspoiled nature rediscovering the flavors, smells and sensations

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The farmhouse has spacious and bright rooms, characteristic for their rustic design, free Wi-Fi and LCD screens, hospitable with free tea and coffee offered by the property.

The restaurant gives the strong and sometimes delicate flavors with a rich choice, which belies the commonplace of a "poor" cuisine; the offer of the gastronomy of Basilicata, in which first courses, vegetables, lamb and pork meats dominate.

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The farm's equestrian center offers visitors the opportunity to take long horseback rides on the rural trails that surround the facility and pass through the woods of the Gallipoli Cognato Park.

A few hundred meters away, still belonging to the farm, we find an ancient village dating back to the 17th century, and a little higher up on the rocky ridge is a cave dating back to the 9th-10th centuries inhabited by Basilian monks (the hermits), which is the reason for the farm's name.

Trail ofthe Croccia: A trail is proposed that leads from the pass of Mount Croccia to the anthropological nature reserve of the same name located at an altitude of m. 1149 and above. The reserve area is bordered by a fence and is accessed via a footpath, recently
arranged.

Tempa Castello trail: the trail begins near the Palace fountain and leads to the top of Tempa Castello, after a distance of about 1 km. The path climbs up a rocky outcrop, hidden from view by a dense forest of oaks, maples, hornbeams and holly, and leads to the ruins of an ancient settlement whose defense walls, dwellings and stairways carved into the rock are evident.

The Educational Farm aims to promote in citizens and in particular, in children and young people, the culture of food seen in its complexity, in relation to the territory and local tradition.The service we intend to offer consists of the proposal of projects and educational paths, aimed at schools, citizens and any other potential interlocutor interested in knowing and touching the starting point of the path of food production,of the importance of the agricultural world not only under the productive aspect but also social, as a garrison and defense of the territory from natural phenomena such as the 'erosion, the environment, its balances, ecosystems, the concept of agricultural and environmental sustainability.

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