{"id":24541,"date":"2018-09-05T10:14:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T08:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/?p=24541"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:16:52","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:16:52","slug":"castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany\/","title":{"rendered":"As It Once Was&#8230; Castelfalfi Celebrates its Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a little girl, my favourite pastime was to accompany my grandfather to the farm. I was fascinated by how the ripe olives were picked; it stunned me how the tractor pulled the plow and loosened the earth; I was always amazed when, after all this work, the olives became oil. I was therefore admittedly moved when I learned that the origin of the farms was to be celebrated in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/il-castelfalfi-hotel-opening-tuscany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Castelfalfi<\/a> with an exhibition of agricultural machinery from the 19th century and regional agricultural products. Reason enough to waste no time and check out the whole thing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23967\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23967\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi.jpg\" alt=\"tractor kid castelfalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktor_kind_castelfalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fascination for tractors is obviously in the blood of children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7bccd503c7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e7bccd503c7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany\/#Sounds_and_Smells_of_Tuscany\" >Sounds and Smells of Tuscany<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany\/#Delicacies_from_Castelfalfi\" >Delicacies from Castelfalfi<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany\/#Authentic_Flavours_and_Old_Traditions\" >Authentic Flavours and Old Traditions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/castelfalfi-celebrates-traditions-of-tuscany\/#Life_in_a_Tuscan_Village\" >Life in a Tuscan Village<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sounds_and_Smells_of_Tuscany\"><\/span>Sounds and Smells of Tuscany<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On my way to the festival, I can hear the roar of the tractors from afar. I pick up the pace &#8211; I want to see them as soon as possible! As I get closer, I&#8217;m enveloped in the typical, rural scents and enchanted by the magical landscape that surrounds me! The farm is teeming with colourful tractors; some have rusted over the years, here and there the paint is peeling off. Your owners have put the machines nicely in rank and file. They proudly start the engines, talk shop with each other, and let the children hop on. Well, to be honest, I also can&#8217;t resist and &#8211; a short time later &#8211; find myself sitting in the driver&#8217;s seat of a tractor.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23963\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23963\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi.jpg\" alt=\"horseback riding castelfalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pferde_reiten_castelfalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Of course, horses are not to be missed at an agricultural festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delicacies_from_Castelfalfi\"><\/span>Delicacies from Castelfalfi<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the Farm Festival in Castelfalfi, I discover the delights of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/seven-reasons-spend-holiday-tuscany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuscany<\/a> around every corner: At one stand there&#8217;s honey and organic olive oil from the area, another sells handmade <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/cooking-class-tuscany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pasta<\/a>, at another there are various cheeses to taste, and of course wine &#8211; excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wine-tasting-tuscany-4-steps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuscan wine<\/a>. The Castelfalfi estate produces six different wines: five red wines, one Vermentino, and one excellent Vin Santo.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23955\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23955\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi.jpg\" alt=\"woman wine castelalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/frau_weinhandel_castelalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the wine shop one or the other bottle goes over the table.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I taste them all &#8211; the emphasis being on tasting &#8211; because after all, I want to remember the Farm Festival in Castelfalfi tomorrow. In each wine, I recognise ancient fragrances and explore them extensively with my nose. And you already guessed it, the reason there&#8217;s 2,000 years of agricultural history here in Castelfalfi: in the time of the Etruscans, the peasants in this area worked the soil diligently to win the best fruits with an unforgettable fragrance and unique aroma.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23959\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23959\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi.jpg\" alt=\"pasta sale castelfalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pastaverkauf_castelfalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What&#8217;s better than pasta? Handmade pasta!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Authentic_Flavours_and_Old_Traditions\"><\/span>Authentic Flavours and Old Traditions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Italian tradition seeks to bring all people together with good food and good wine, so not a single typical Tuscan dish is missing from Castelfalfi&#8217;s first Farm Festival: real home-style cooking, accompanied by Cerchiaia, a wine made from Sangiovese grapes and Poggio i Soli, a white wine that, as they say in Tuscany, &#8220;goes down like water!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23975\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23975\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi.jpg\" alt=\"wine castelalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/wein_castelalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wine, wine, wine, wine everywhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Many of the visitors are children, running around the farm with astonished eyes darting between the tractors and animals. And for me, it&#8217;s an opportunity to take a trip back to my childhood and the lifestyle of <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/7-insider-tips-excursions-tuscany\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tuscany<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23971\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23971\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi.jpg\" alt=\"castelfalfi tractors\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/traktoren_castelfalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They used to cultivate the fields, now they keep the machines from that time in good working order.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For the glorious finale of the festival, all the tractors make a parade and plow a field together &#8211; an impressive sight. One by one, the farmers use their tractors to break up the soil and cultivate the fields in order to give us delicious fruit in the future as well.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Life_in_a_Tuscan_Village\"><\/span>Life in a Tuscan Village<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The village of Castelfalfi was abandoned in recent decades and is now reviving: she lives on in the enthusiasm of the people who work there, she lives on in the eyes of the hotel guests at Il Castelfalfi who fall in love with Tuscany, she lives on in the laughter of the children who find joy in the tractors and animals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23951\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23951\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23951\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi.jpg\" alt=\"visitor farm castelfalfi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/besucher_landwirtschaftsfest_castelfalfi-240x240.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The agricultural festival attracts visitors from near and far.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tuscany is a place of breathtaking landscapes and spectacular colours, far from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. In some places in Castelfalfi, time seems to have stopped, and in others the history of the place breathes new life and creates new perspectives for the future &#8211; I can&#8217;t wait to see all this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through the eyes of a child, I discover Tuscany as it used to be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":23943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":16241,"loftocean-enable-content-navigation":"","loftocean-content-navigation-position":"","loftocean-content-navigation-heading":"","loftocean-content-navigation-label":"","loftocean-content-navigation-icon":"","loftocean-map-location":"","loftocean-map-latlng":"","loftocean-map-auto-latlng":"","eaven_single_post_hide_thumbnail":"","eaven_single_post_template":"","eaven_single_post_sidebar":"","eaven_hide_before_page_content_ad":"","eaven_hide_after_page_content_ad":"","eaven_advanced_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2542],"tags":[802,2331,804],"class_list":{"0":"post-24541","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-destinations","8":"tag-italy-en","9":"tag-things-to-do-tuscany","10":"tag-tuscany-en"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24541"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36939,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24541\/revisions\/36939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.tui-blue.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}