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Speed down to Casal dei Fichi
It’s been the half term holidays in the UK, that means a full on week at Casal dei Fichi. With 2 couples who got married
03/06/2024
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Great Deals in Our Favourite Time of Year
We are often asked which is our favourite is time of year in Le Marche. Each one has its special appeal: the crystal clear winter
11/04/2024
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Looking forward to 2024
As we begin another New Year at Casal dei Fichi we first of all want to reassure everyone that we are still here in Italy,
12/01/2024
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New Era for Casal dei Fichi
After much soul searching, and with heavy hearts we have decided that the time for moving on from Casal dei Fichi is approaching. It
29/06/2023
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2022 Special Offers
March 8th is International Women’s Day. A reminder that we can work to make a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. Here in Italy
08/03/2022
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Need a Holiday?
Finally! The UK government has announced that people in England, and hopefully shortly, Wales and Northern Ireland, will soon be able to travel more
20/09/2021
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Guaranteed Sun at Casal dei Fichi
We never know what the farmers will plant in the various fields around us, grain, sweetcorn or just leave them fallow with occasional sheep grazing.
07/06/2021
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Wishing you Health, Happiness and Holidays in 2021
We’d like to wish everyone a very Happy, if slightly belated New Year from Casal dei Fichi. Though at the moment it feels as if
14/01/2021
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Environmental Sustainability Plus Win a Free Holiday at Casal dei Fichi
Like everyone else we found ourselves thinking about so many things this year. Like have we got enough tablecloths and mocha coffee makers for the
30/10/2020
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Thank You
A huge thank you to everyone who voted for us in the Eco category in the Shortyz awards, we’re delighted to say that we won.
20/03/2020
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Can you spare 30 seconds please
We’re delighted that an Eco Award category has been included in the Shortyz “Short Term Rental Awards 2020,” overjoyed that Casal dei Fichi was nominated
13/02/2020
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Prestigious award for Casal dei Fichi
Like everyone else we are increasingly aware of the effects that our lives are having on our planet. At Casal dei Fichi we have always
12/10/2019
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Easy Holidays in Italy
First of all, apologies to those not in the UK – you are probably tired of hearing about Brexit. Imagine how us Brits feel! We
18/04/2019
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Passion and War
Every time we drive across the border which divides our region, Le Marche, from Emilia Romana in the north we marvel at the imposing castle
01/03/2019
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year Buon Anno, tanti cari auguri. Bob, Ian, Obi, Sofia and cats. oh, and Jakes
01/01/2019
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Bubbles, Cheers
It has been a harsh winter here in Italy, as in much of Europe, and like so many people we have been looking forward to
01/04/2018
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Filming Casal dei Fichi
We’ve been keeping a secret since June. Well we’ve told a few people, quite a few probably. Earlier this year Casal dei Fichi was chosen
02/12/2017
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A Bumper Year.
It must be a sign that the climate is changing as the ultra traditional Italian country folk are now picking their olives earlier than ever.
06/11/2017
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Gourmet Breaks and 2018 Booking
Now that most people are about to have, or maybe have already had their summer holiday it may be time to line something up to
13/08/2017
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The winter’s too short.
Not a complaint you hear often and not one we make seriously. It’s just that the winter is when we have all those jobs which
18/05/2017
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The beautiful, but devastating, mountains.
Once again November saw the end of the season here at Casal dei Fichi with our gourmet weekend breaks. Loosely themed around the olive harvest
02/12/2016
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Assisi by the sea sea
Although across the border from Marche you have to admit that Umbria has its fair share of lovely towns: Spoletto, Gubbio, Orvietto and Todi, to
21/09/2016
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A night at the opera.
One of the highlights of our summer is the Macerata Opera Festival. Every July and August three productions, generally of Grand Opera are staged in
21/08/2016
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Oberon joins the team.
Hello, or as Bob and Ian say to me Hell-Obi, or Hell-Obi dobey doo. I think they are being friendly. Though life is so confusing
20/07/2016
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Food
Bologna
We were delighted to see that the famous British chef Rick Stein chose Bologna for one of his weekend breaks as it is one of
07/06/2016
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Remembering Hattie
Hattie was the dog you expected to live for ever. As long as she was breathing her trademark curved plume of a tail would
19/03/2016
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Gourmet time
It’s the end of the season at Casal dei Fichi and, as usual, we have finished it off by running our gourmet breaks. This time
04/12/2015
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Meet Jake
CRASH!! As I sit down to write this a bowl comes tumbling off the coffee table. A small price to pay for having a
21/09/2015
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Escaping the crowds
2015 is shaping up to be a record breaking hot and dry summer here in Marche and now that we are well and truly
16/08/2015
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Francavilla’s Got Lorraine.
If you saw Lorraine Bowen on Britain’s Got Talent recently you are unlikely to have forgotten her. There was no mistaking Lorraine’s quirky individual
13/07/2015
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