Toscolano-Maderno is a municipality in the province of Brescia, overlooking the guard lake and part of the Alto Garda Bresciano regional park. It is a tourist destination that must be experienced and, today, it offers something even more special: the possibility of staying in a yurt.
The yurt is a tent that, generally associated with Mongolia, is widespread throughout Central Asia. Circular in shape and supported by a wooden structure, it has vertical walls and a cone-shaped roof to allow smoke to escape from the stove. And, although it is an old type of housing, in some places it still survives despite progress and urbanization. Because despite being aSemi-permanent home created to follow the movements of the shepherds., always has great charm. So much so that it has been chosen, all over the world, as an original lodge within eco-resorts.
And nowadays you can sleep in a yurt even in Italy. On Lake Garda, in Toscolano Maderno (or rather, in its village of Pulciano), the Maripa Queendom is the kingdom of Maria Paola Gambusi, a former extreme sports photographer who decided to settle in this large family house, uninhabited for a long time. more than fifty years. her old – along with her two children. It was the year 2009 and that place of great beauty surrounded by olive trees It was perfect to become home to a one-of-a-kind B&B.
Here you can sleep in the rooms built from the old barn or, precisely, in the yurt. You can look at the sky from the roof opening, drink Prosecco by candlelight, sleep in the heart of an olive grove, feel the embrace of the ancient trees and the singing of the birds. Or sit on the terrace and enjoy the view of the lake. Before going to discover an extraordinary territory, where culture meets nature.
Toscolano Maderno is reached through Lake Garda, through the Valley of the Paper Mills with its ancient history, through the mountainous interior rich in itineraries. Because it is above all one active vacation, the one that happened here. There is the beach, of course, but also mountain bike routes, hiking, walks along the lake shore or among ancient olive trees; The fittest will be able to reach the top of Pizzoccolo or reach Campei di Cima within the Alto Garda Bresciano park.
For a corner of Italy waiting to be discovered.
