With only five bedrooms sleeping just 11 guests, arranging a group visit and benefiting from special group rates for the exclusive use of Cascina Papaveri
'The Poppy Farmhouse' with an itinerary tailored to your specific needs, is a great way to enjoy the stunning location, outstanding facilities, and have a taste of rural Piemonte life in Italy's premier food and wine region.
Guest numbers in visiting groups have ranged from seven to eleven. Usually, one or two guests elect to occupy a solo bedroom with the remaining bedrooms configured as double, twin, or in one case triple occupancy.
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Groups can visit for periods of three, four or seven nights. Group rates are fully inclusive of all accommodation, use of the extensive facilities, all meals, endless flow of great local wines, plus local market, wine tasting and restaurant visits. Culinary Experiences sessions, with resident chef Gino Minacapilli, and all local taxes are also included.
Not included.
- Flights and insurances.
- Pilates instruction. (A Pilates instructor can be arranged at an additional charge)
- Truffle hunt if in season approx. Euro 40 per person
- Horse trekking Euro 20 per hour, minimum two hours.
- Transfer to and from airports.
Trent McEntire Pilates studio owner and VP of the PMA, and President on the PMA visited with eight clients from Michigan for seven nights in April 2008 and 2009.
Trent as part of a review on Tripadvisor wrote the following “I will never forget the special week I spent at Cascina Papaveri. The owners have a passion for over delivering on your expectations. The hilltop view combined with remarkable facilities and delicious food create a stress-free experience that I highly recommend”.
Veronique Coignac Studio owner of Tring Pilates, from Hertfordshire England spent four nights here, along with nine clients plus another instructor. (Veronique and the other Pilates instructor slept in our apartment in the village)
Veronique wrote on her return to the UK : Cascina Papaveri is "un petit paradise in Italy" where, body, soul and taste buds are being equally bathed in delight.
Possible groups could include any of the following;
- Special interest clubs and associations such as, Pilates, yoga, golf (courses are within easy distance) walking, singing, painting, running, cycling, etc. through to gourmet and wine tasting. The list is endless.
- Groups of friends and families. Children are welcome on these group visits.
- Companies using the retreat for incentives, seminars, small conferences and team building.
Please
contact us for rates and additional information, indicating possible dates and what (if any) special facilities and equipment you would require.
Bookings are now being taken for 2010.
