Casa Rosa is located in the north Tuscan area known as the Garfagnana, near to the medieval walled town of Barga. This is a quiet part of Tuscany, a mountainous and peaceful retreat from the busier tourist areas of southern Tuscany. We bought this pretty pink farmhouse in November 2024, after a long search for a family holiday home.
Casa Rosa was once a farmhouse (date unknown) but today is a very comfortable four bedroomed family house. It has two sitting rooms, one with an large original fireplace, a modern kitchen, three double bedrooms (one en suite), one small single room, and two bathrooms. The house has beautiful terraces offering amazing views of the surrounding valley, forests and mountains, including a view of the ‘Sleeping Giant’ on the opposite mountain range. From one corner of the house, you can see the beautiful medieval town of Barga in the distance. In fact, the house is nestled on the side of a mountain range next to a forest with views across a wide valley to and mountains on the horizon. The forest is full of diverse wildlife (wild boar, deer, badgers, pine martins and porcupines, kestrels), insects (praying Mantis, stag and rhinoceros beetles, and small, non-poisonous scorpions) and wild flowers in abundance.
As a family we enjoy visiting Casa Rosa all year round. The house is cosy on winter days, with a roaring fire in the pink sitting room, as well as bright and airy on even the hottest days of summer due to its mountain location. The house has a large, fenced-in garden with a 10 by 5 metre swimming pool with solarium that looks out to the valley. The front of the house has a dining area with shady pergola for al fresco dining, and there are several sunny terraces to watch the sunset. Facing east, the house and garden get sunshine all day long.