{"id":28469,"date":"2020-01-04T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T07:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=28469"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:36:41","slug":"sagna-rotonda-ancient-village-sustainable-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/sagna-rotonda-ancient-village-sustainable-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Sagna Rotonda, the ancient village reborn with Sustainable Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s the story of Sagna Rotonda<\/strong>, an eco-village in Valle Maira<\/strong><\/a> (Piedmont). The owners Giovanni<\/strong> and Teresina<\/strong> restored the village to its former beauty. They indeed are the Pioneers of sustainable hospitality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Find out their story!<\/p>\n

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the ancient abandoned village<\/div><\/div>\n

Interview to Giovanni and Teresina<\/h2>\n
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Giovanni and Teresina with their sons, in Sagna Rotonda<\/div><\/div>\n

How the idea of Sagna Rotonda was born?<\/h3>\n

The dream<\/strong> of Sagna Rotonda began in 2007. Teresina and I have always loved spending time in nature and especially in the mountains. For this reason, in summer 2007, we spent our holidays with our children in a chalet in Valle d’Aosta<\/strong> at 1880 m above sea level (which wasn’t easy to find). In an area nearby our chalet, we bumped into an abandoned old village<\/strong>. That’s when the idea of Sagna Rotonda came to our minds! We thought that: ‘there would be other people like us who want to spend their holidays in the mountains. Since secluded chalet are difficult to find, maybe we can make other’s research easier!’<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sagna Rotonda, the building recovery site<\/div><\/div>\n

Our never-ending research brought us to Valle Maira<\/a>, a place we already knew. In fact some years before, we spent our holidays there with the church community. We used to love that magic place<\/strong> because we have some beautiful memories there.<\/em><\/p>\n

In those years, Teresina already owned a B&B, and me, I worked in the field of reconstruction and innovative systems. So we decided to combine our skills and experiences and Sagna Rotonda was born<\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sagna Rotonda today<\/div><\/div>\n

What eco-friendly practices have you adopted?<\/h3>\n

Although we worked firsthand on the construction site, local artisans<\/strong> made possible most of what you see today. We exploited exclusively larch wood<\/strong>, stone<\/strong> and natural lime<\/strong>. While the roof surface is made of layers of cork for 12 cm. We worked hard to find all the materials, but the result is really satisfying.<\/em><\/p>\n

For the energy system<\/strong> we installed photovoltaic panels<\/strong>. They ensure a production even higher than our energy requirements! That’s why all our apartments exploits electricity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t