Italian Agriturismi

Whenever we travel to Italy we always look up an agriturismo to dine at if we are not staying at one.  An agriturismo is essentially a farm stay.  Generally the accommodation is fairly basic but what you lack in luxuries here should be made up in the food department!  Agriturismi (plural) are renowned for serving food prepared from produce fresh off the farm sometimes even including olive oil and wine that is made on site. They are also usually family run operations so don't be surprised if you see nonna running the cooking show!  

We came across a great one a few years ago in Sardinia called Borgo di Campagna where we stayed for a few nights.  Amazing antipasti, freshly made pastas and roasted meats were served every night by the pool.  I was just thinking this would make a cute wedding venue?

Fresh pasta

We visited Lake Orta in the Italian Lakes region a last year and had very memorable meals at a quiet unassuming place called Il Cucchiaio Di Legno (picture below).  We stopped there the next day for another lunch and said we would drive back just to experience the food again ... it must have been very good for us to say we would want to drive 4 hours for it!

We have chosen another agriturismo to stay at for one night on our way to Milan to break up the journey and also to hopefully have a delicious meal.  I'll make sure I take lots of photos!

I recently used this website to search for an agriturismo and found it really easy to use with some great recommendations:

http://www.agriturismo.it/en/

MP