The farm tourism estate Cà Vecchia is located between Battaglia Terme and Montegrotto Terme, in the Euganei Hills Regional Park, in a doubly-protected area: SIC (Important Site for the Community) and ZPS (Special Protection Area). It counts over 50 hectares of woods with large expanses of the Mount Ceva´s Wildlife Sanctuary. Within the estate, three paths of different lengths and difficulty have been chosen and provided with signs to give directions and to show illustrations of the botanical species; in the former barn next to the lodgings is kept the Herbarium with those of the species of Mount Ceva which are present on the Holiday Farm, it was commissioned by the estate and was carried out by Prof. Noemi Tornadore of the Geobotany Institute, Padova University. The visitors will be led along the paths on the hill and will be invited to see and recognise the place´s characteristic plants and rocks, as well as to admire the attractive surrounding views of the Euganei Hills. If they are lucky they might even see the fallow deer that roam freely on the grounds. The importance of the biodiversity on Mount Ceva is recognised by the European community. For visiting, for consulting the Herbarium, for lone or guided hikes on Mount Ceva and in different areas (marshland, oak grove, chestnut wood, Mediterranean scrub...), for going into specific subjects like the geology of the place, phytosociology, mushrooms, the identification of the very numerous insects that live in the Euganei Hills, and any other topics, and for organising whole days, please contact the company numbers.
The renovation of the three cottages on the Cà Vecchia estate was completed in spring 2004. The first floor of the farmhouse is divided into two studio flats: one of them - called "Il Nocciolo" ("The Hazel") - consists of a room with a kitchenette and a bathroom, the other one - "La Quercia" ("The Oak") - consists of a bedroom, a kitchen and a bathroom. Both flats are equipped with fly screens on the windows, a fireplace, air conditioning, a television, a DVD and a VHS player.
The ground floor hosts the entrance for reception, the farm kitchen and dining-room for eating together and for gathering round the fireplace. The Herbarium of Mount Ceva is kept in the meeting room on the first floor of the former barn, and the ground floor is available for workshops and experiments.
The turret is an ideal observatory for animal watching. The restoration made use of bio ecological architecture techniques: airy roofs, eco-friendly natural lime plaster; and the plaster in the living-room is mixed with straw from the farm´s organic plantations. Central heating and sanitary water of the three units are taken care of by a wood biomass boiler that allows reusing the waste product after pruning the trees in the woods. On the roof, instead of getting walled up, the top part of the chimney has been left open in order to let small birds build their nests and shelter. A stay at Cà Vecchia is especially recommended for visitors who feel the need to plunge into the peace of the environing wood and who would enjoy seeing the fallow deer which often come to quench their thirst at the fountains next to the buildings, and it would also please people who would like to be within short distance of an extremely interesting historical and cultural tourist centre. Even in the hottest summers the weather is temperate, thanks to the "microclimate" due to the estate´s privileged situation in a small valley.

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