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Choose family-friendly interconnecting rooms at this farm in the mountains north of Bergamo. Tons to do, including pony rides, milking the goats, helping with the animals, canoeing, haymaking, donkey trekking up to Ferdy's high-altitude dairy farm (where you can help with the cheese-making and stay the night), or bike rides along the converted railway line with its exciting bridges and tunnels. +39 0345 82235, agriturismoferdy.com, from 50pp half-board
Matthew Thurston