For those who love the pristine nature in the Italian Riviera just a few minutes from the sea. For those who appreciate the simple things, the olive oil produced with your own hands, chestnuts collected from the trees, mushrooms and your own garden.
There is a medieval road that connects Sori, a small city placed between Genoa and Portofino on the Eastern Ligurian Riviera, with the province of Pavia through the Apennines and up to the Padana flatland.
This path was once treaded by the transhumance of goats which were wintering near the sea and which, through this road, in the spring and summer were gradually reaching the plain of the Po River. On this road, in a totally virgin and quaint environment, in a grand landscape opened to the solemn sea and the hills, there are few small houses where shepherds were living temporarily with their flocks; where they were cultivating small gardens, olive and fruit trees of which there are still many tracks. These small houses and their lands are now considered natural beauties under the tutelage of the Liguria Region.
These are two houses located in close proximity to the medieval street (pedestrian); they can be reached by car with a 200 meters long small road that was built specifically and does not interfere with the ancient landscapes.
The construction project recently completed was an authentic restoration that has maintained the ancient stone walls, has renewed the characteristic slate roofing, and has restored the outdoors employing traditional materials, with attention to energy saving and requisites for alternative energy sources.
The two houses are about 390 meters above sea level. They are at about 50 meters apart from each other and they are spatially organized so that they can be bought together or separately. They are at a ten minute drive from the sea of Sori and fifteen minutes from the Val Fontanabuona which is particularly convenient for shopping. At two-minute drive, and five minutes on foot, you can find the small village of Leva which maintains its traditions and its small church, is served by public transport and is inhabited by historical families, but also from new people such as lawyers of Genoa and, even permanently, by an architect of Renzo Piano Studio with his family.
