​ Villa Campestri Resort is not only a beautiful place to spend wonderful holidays in the Tuscan countryside enjoying great food. ​ ​Villa Campestri is also producing and selling extra virgin olive oil.

Florence, a city to visit A few hours drive from Rome, heading north, at the foot of the Apennines, lies the charming Florence.

Visit Tuscany! Let’s face it: Tuscany is one of the most beautiful regions of Italy, a picturesque green expanse that goes from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian coast through endless vineyards, medieval villages and towns of an irresistible charm as Florence, Siena and Pisa.

Visit the Mugello? Welcome to the “other side” of Tuscany Mugello is that area of Tuscany that extends north of Florence, rich in historical and artistic beauty and dotted with small towns and villages to discover.

Campestri is a magical place for our family. A place where history and nature come together in one great beauty. We are talking about Vicchio in Mugello, in the heart of Tuscany, where Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort is located.

For almost five centuries the ancient cutler tradition dedicated to the production of cutting tools and cutlery both for war purposes (daggers, spears, and swords) as well as for domestic and labor purposes (forks, awls, pruning knives, shears, and sharpeners) has been handed down across generations.

Situated in the untarnished nature of Mugello, Bilancino Lake (Il Lago di Bilancino) is the biggest manmade lake in Tuscany with a depth of 31 meters and surface area of 5 kilometers squared.

The ceramic tradition of Mugello has truly deep roots. The first records date back to the Renaissance when in the first years of the 1500s Pierfrancesco de’ Medici had a ceramic factory built in Barberino near the Villa of Cafaggiolo.