Villa Monticello

Spectacular Villa in Ozzano Taro, an oasis of luxury and comfort immersed in pristine nature.

Upon entering, you’ll be greeted by a spacious, tastefully furnished living room with comfortable sofas and armchairs, ideal for relaxing and socializing with family and friends. The living room overlooks a breathtaking landscape, offering panoramic views of the surrounding vineyard.

The kitchen is the heart of the home, fully equipped with high-quality appliances and a professional layout that makes it perfect for preparing delicious meals. The adjacent dining area is illuminated by large windows that let in natural light, creating a welcoming and bright atmosphere during meals.

The sleeping area consists of three elegantly furnished bedrooms. The master double bedroom boasts an en-suite bathroom and a private balcony, ensuring privacy and comfort for its guests. The two single bedrooms, with the option of additional beds, share a bathroom, perfect for families or groups of friends. One of the bedrooms has a private balcony. The second double bedroom, located in the basement, offers an outdoor bathroom.

Outside, the large garden offers space to relax and enjoy lunches and dinners surrounded by nature, while the pond adds a touch of serenity and tranquility to the landscape. Parking spaces under a pergola ensure your vehicles are safe during your stay.

This villa is ideal for those seeking a natural experience where they can unwind from the stresses of everyday life, with all the comforts and conveniences of a prestigious residence. Come and enjoy an unforgettable experience in our splendid villa in Ozzano Taro!

For guests:
– Book with suggestions for a comfortable stay: excursions, restaurants, museums, shops, etc.
– Ping-pong table;
– Soccer goal;
– Board games;
– Garden games (rackets, etc.);
– Hammock;
– Nespresso coffee machine;
– Bathroom kit (vanity kit, dental kit, shower gel;
– Weber BBQ

Upon request:
– Crib;
– Dog kennel;

VILLA MONTICELLO; FOOD VALLEY

Monte delle Vigne winery from 1983

100 hectares of woodlands, ravines, meadows, lakes, streams, and vineyards. It is precisely from these vineyards—which extend between the Taro River Park and the Boschi di Carrega Natural Park—that Monte delle Vigne wines, with their unique and unmistakable character, are born. A farming method that pays particular attention to preserving nature: this is the element that characterizes the winery’s daily work.

Guatelli Museum

“I would like a museum from the extreme yesterday to the extreme tomorrow” – Ettore Guatelli
Among the many definitions he used to describe the collection named after him, Ettore Guatelli often resorted to “museum of the obvious” or “museum of the everyday.”
The objects he recovered and exhibited were not, in fact, rare or precious pieces like those in many traditional museums, but were things of everyday use, which still today retain the imprint of those who, using them daily, have worn them out to the point of making them become part of themselves.
Hammers, tongs, shovels, scissors, barrels, and pestles line the walls in simple geometric patterns, filling the museum’s furniture and shelves, creating a visually evocative scenographic effect that evokes, through a unique museographic language free from realistic intent, the everyday gestures of peasant life.

Tomato Museum

Originally from the Americas, the tomato found fertile ground in the province of Parma as early as the second half of the 19th century. The region has not only grown tomatoes, but has also embraced processing, so much so that today it exports not only tomato-based products but also the technology for the canning industry worldwide.
The museum is located inside the Corte di Giarola, in the municipality of Collecchio, in a medieval agri-food processing center. Home to a tomato canning industry for the first sixty years of the 20th century, it is now also the center of the Taro Regional River Park.
The exhibition is organized into seven thematic sections. The exhibition concludes with the culture of the “World of Tomatoes,” featuring advertisements, quotations, paintings, sculptures, and recipes featuring tomatoes, culminating in gastronomy, with its marriage to pasta and pizza.

Pasta Museum

The museum is located within the Corte di Giarola, in the municipality of Collecchio, in a medieval agri-food processing center.
Home to a tomato canning industry for the first sixty years of the twentieth century, it is now also the center of the Taro Regional River Park. Dried durum wheat pasta, of Middle Eastern origin, found its home in Italy, developing over the centuries in various parts of the country: Sicily, Liguria, Naples, Bologna, and throughout the Emilia region.
In the nineteenth century, Barilla, now a world leader in the sector, began operations in Parma, making a significant contribution to the creation of the dedicated museum.
The exhibition is organized into ten sections.
An overview of pasta in art and culture—from paintings to stamps—concludes the rich exhibition.

Parmigiano Reggiano Museum

The Parmigiano Reggiano Museum is housed in the historic 19th-century Casello (farmhouse) that stands in the shadow of the Rocca Meli-Lupi in Soragna, in the province of Parma, a few steps from the town square, in an area rich in castles and memories of Verdi, natural oases and historic parks of rare beauty and charm, and rich and inimitable flavors along the “Strada del Culatello.”
Parmigiano Reggiano is the prestigious Italian cheese, known and appreciated throughout the world, which boasts ancient origins.
The Castellazzi Court, home to the Parmigiano Museum, consists of a farmhouse with stables and barn, and a precious circular dairy with a colonnade, where the tools and equipment used in making the King of Cheeses are on display.
Over 120 objects dating from 1800 to the first half of the 20th century, and around a hundred images, drawings and period photographs, illustrate the evolution of milk processing techniques, the stages of maturing and marketing, and the fundamental role of the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium in safeguarding quality, within a building used for centuries for cheese production.
And finally, the Museum Shop where you can taste this unsurpassed product.
For gourmets and connoisseurs of good food, Parmigiano is perfect for any occasion, with any dish, and paired with the finest dishes offered by local restaurants.

Parma Ham Museum

In a fertile land, bordered to the north by the Po and to the south by the Apennines, and lying between the Enza and Stirone valleys, pig farming developed since ancient times, aided by the vast expanses of woodland and the presence of oak trees, and with them, acorns.
Herds of pigs grazed in vast wooded areas and the populations of Celtic origin, settled here, developed the “technologies” necessary to use and preserve their meat, also thanks to the salt water springs and wells of Salsomaggiore and Rivalta.
Once again, the characteristics of the territory played a fundamental role, and it is here that the Parma Ham Museum stands today: in Langhirano, the recognized capital of ham, in the fully restored complex of the former Foro Boario, a splendid rural architecture from the early twentieth century, historically used for livestock trading.
The exhibition is organised into eight sections.
The visit ideally concludes with a tasting at the Museum’s Prosciutto Factory and at the shop selling excellent local products.

Salami Museum

The Felino Salami Museum bears witness to the special relationship that has developed over time between the unique product we know and its land of origin.
Felino thus pays homage to its most beloved “son,” whose story is finally given a worthy home in the magnificent eighteenth-century cellars of Felino Castle.
The Museum offers an opportunity to learn about and appreciate not just the essence of what has been called the prince of salamis, but also the region and community it embodies, from the quality of the raw materials to the skill of the hands that continue to craft it.
The effort required to realize the Museum project fully reflects the desire to offer one of the most notable new stops along the prosciutto and wine route of the hills to the attention of experts, the curious, and tourists.

Culatello Museum

The Antica Corte Pallavicina complex in Polesine stands out in a glimpse of the Bassa, dominated by the sound of the Great River, where fog is an essential ingredient of flavor. The museum tour presents, one after another, the protagonists of the Culatello story. The first is the territory: the environment, the poplar groves, and the Po River are the protagonists of a narrative that leads to the room focused on the figure of the pig, domesticated by man in ancient times. It also includes insights into the typical black pig of Parma and its recovery, the symbolism, and the image of a creature so closely linked to man that it was chosen to evoke his vices and virtues.
In the Hosteria, where the tasting concludes the journey dedicated to the King of Cured Meats.

VILLA MONTICELLO & COUNTRYSIDE WALKS

A pleasant walk near the Tomato Museum towards the river

1 – The ancient entrance to the Giarola Court with the centuries-old hackberry tree
Continuing along the path, a few meters past the Church of San Nicomede, visitors encounter three large hackberry trees. One in particular silently guards the ancient entrance to the Giarola Court, through which pilgrims once passed to find rest and refreshment on their journey along the Via Francigena.

2 – The catalogue field of ancient fruit varieties located west of the courtyard, towards the Taro River bed.
On the right, almost hidden by hazelnut and black elderberry bushes, a sparse forest with several ancient fruit tree varieties appears. Around the bend, you can also see the ruins of the old mill that once served the Giarola courtyard.

3 – The floodgates along the Naviglio Taro Canal
Continuing along the path, you reach a stilling basin on the Naviglio Taro Canal: here, a system of floodgates allows irrigation water to pass to the fields or returns it to the river.

4 – Flora and fauna of particular interest in the Taro Riverbed
Those curious to see the river and do some birdwatching can reach the riverbed immediately by following the short detour to the right that runs alongside the floodway. In the riverbed, near the banks, you’ll be greeted by white willows, black poplars, and black alders.

5 – Gabions once erected to counteract riverbank erosion, now surrounded by riparian forest vegetation
The trail enters the forest towards Oppiano Taro and remains under the canopy for a long time, following the winding course of the Naviglio Taro canal. Among the most representative trees are elms, black and white poplars, and hazel trees. All around, a myriad of woodland birdsong echoes: blackcaps, nightingales, tits, and woodpeckers. Halfway along the trail, ancient hydraulic structures are still visible: gabions, used to counteract the erosive action of water.

6 – Sea buckthorn, with its grayish leaves and characteristic orange fruit, visible in the clearing near Oppiano
Upon reaching Oppiano Taro, guided by the church’s tall bell tower, you find yourself in a large clearing surrounded by rose hips, hawthorn, and, above all, sea buckthorn, with its grayish leaves and characteristic orange fruit, very rich in vitamin C.

7 – The bell tower of the Oppiano church visible above the vegetation
Continuing along the path, the hill of aromatic herbs emerges on the left, and scattered among the blades of grass are small butterfly food plants: bulbs, wild carrots, centaury, and aristolochia.

VILLA MONTICELLO; TREKKING

Intermediate – Carrega Woods Park: Monte Castione and the Lakes
Circular hike – 2:26 – 8.70 km

Difficult – From Sala Baganza to Monte Castione, Lake Svizzero, and the Forest Museum
Circular hike – 5:16 AM – 19.0 km

Intermediate – Small lake in the woods – Lake Switzerland loop starting from Ala Baganza – 2:34 – 9.65 k

Difficile – Lago della Svizzera – Piccolo lago nel bosco giro ad anello con partenza da ala Baganza -05:33 -20,2 km

Easy – Small lake in the woods – Lake Switzerland loop trail starting from Ala Baganza 1:23 – 5.18 km

Want to go on excursions to Parma and explore this beautiful corner of Emilia-Romagna?
We have selected the best trekking routes in Parma.

Mount Sillara and Lake Ridge
Intermediate loop trail 4:58 – 13.1 km

Lago Santo e Monte Orsaro
giro ad anello dal Rifugio Lagdei Intermedio 03:24 – 7,30 km

Badignana Valley
Circular hike from the Lagoni Refuge Intermediate 2:12 – 5.99 km

Carrega Woods Park: Monte Castione and the Lakes
Intermediate Loop 2:26 – 8.70 km

From Castelcorniglio to the Pessola Waterfalls
Nature loop trail (Intermediate) 2:43 – 8.07 km

Parma and Cedra Valleys Regional Park
Circular tour: Difficult 5:15 – 12.3 km

From the Bardone Woods towards Mount Pinzera and Rocca San Genesio, a circular hike (Easy 1:56 – 6.28 km).

Incisa Pass, Tre Comuni Beech Tree, and Monte Trevine
Intermediate loop trail 2:56 – 8.40 km

From La Caserma to Monte Fuso, returning through Sarignana
Circular tour of views and history Easy 1:49 – 5.56 km

Mount Aiona, Incisa Pass, and Prato Mollo Refuge Intermediate 3:23 AM – 8.34 km

VILLA MONTICELLO & RESTAURANTS

Il Castello Restaurant
A rustic and elegant restaurant located on the feudal walls of Varano de’ Melegari Castle, it offers creative cuisine featuring local products, freshwater fish, mushrooms, and truffles.

Osteria Delle Vigne
This small and welcoming restaurant offers simple, home-style cuisine. Specialties include appetizers of traditional cured meats with torta fritta and focaccia, delicious first courses with over seven varieties of tortelli, prepared with seasonal vegetables, and inviting homemade desserts.

La Maison
A historic building in the town center houses this understatedly elegant restaurant with characteristic wooden beams on the ceiling. A warm and welcoming atmosphere with terracotta floors and stone vaults. The kitchen showcases carefully selected ingredients and prepares dishes rooted in the local area, inspired by authenticity and traditional flavors.

Podere Miranta
Park along the road and walk up the gravel driveway to the porch where tables with turned legs and light wood tops are set. Half-lined placemats, discreet lighting, and a breeze from the nearby river mitigates the summer heat and offers welcome relief.

Bistrot il Cerchio
In a casual setting, you can enjoy seasonal, modern, light, and high-quality dishes crafted with a good dose of imagination. Spices, vegetables, and aromatic herbs are added to each dish, a personal touch that enhances each individual flavor.

VILLA MONTICELLO; SHOP

Fish Market in the Center
Equality Course 15
Collecchio (PR)

Guareschi and Marani Fish Shop
Via F. Maestri
Sala Baganza (PR)

Alinovi Bakery
Via Montagnana, 16
Ozzano Taro (PR)

Marcello and Ilenia Horse Butcher
Via La Spezia 24
Collecchio

Ready Meat – Baccanelli
Via La Spezia, 216
Baccanelli – Parma (PR)

Green Ice Cream Shop
Via Spezia 12
Collecchio (PR)

You will have access to all the spaces within the property, including the natural park in which the villa is immersed.

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