Antico Benessere hosts company meetings, training days, private dinners and weddings for up to 200 guests in four air-conditioned rooms, with a gourmet restaurant, a spa and 14 bedrooms on site. The house is a restored 19th-century farmhouse at Via Treviglio 2058 in Fara Gera d'Adda, in the province of Bergamo, set in about 30 hectares of meadows, woods, crops and ponds.
Seminars and company events
Each of the four rooms can be booked exclusively and is step-free, and three of them have natural light. The meeting pack in every room includes a video projector, a slide clicker, a laser pointer, an audio system, free Wi-Fi, stationery, technical help at the start, water for speakers and parking. The three larger rooms add two microphones and two flip charts each. Companies can have a welcome sign and menus printed with their logo and colors. For team experiences the spa can be reserved for the group alone, and the restaurant opens on Mondays and Tuesdays for groups and events by reservation.
Weddings and receptions
The Sala delle Memorie is used for civil ceremonies and vow renewals, so the ceremony and the reception can take place in one location. The wedding menu opens with a buffet of antipasti stations and passed bites, followed by three courses served at the table, the wedding cake and a toast with spumante. Special menus for intolerances are included for up to 10 percent of guests, vegan menus excepted. A room is set aside for the couple during the reception, and a children's entertainer can run five hours of activities for ages 2 to 12. Tensile tents allow dinners outdoors in summer, and receptions also use the inner courtyard and the panoramic loggia.
Rooms and capacities
The Salone delle Feste covers 180 m² and takes 100 to 145 guests, or 150 seated theatre-style. The Sala delle Memorie, 120 m², takes 40 to 80 and opens onto a covered terrace with a view. The Sala del Camino, 140 m², takes 100 guests and up to 200 with its outdoor dehor. The Taverna Incanto, 85 m², set inside the original farmhouse walls, takes 25 to 45, or 34 at one imperial table.
Accommodation
There are 14 rooms and suites: Deluxe rooms of 25 m² for two, Junior Suites of 30 m² on two levels and Suites of 50 m² on two levels, each for up to four. All have air conditioning, Wi-Fi, a minibar and a private bathroom. The spa has a heated pool, a Turkish bath, a Finnish sauna and relaxation areas, open to guests aged 15 and over.
Catering
The in-house kitchen runs the gourmet restaurant, open for lunch and dinner from Wednesday to Sunday. Private lunches and dinners are usually held in the Sala del Camino or the Taverna Incanto, and the bar serves the aperitif before a wedding dinner.
History and setting
The farmhouse dates from the 19th century and was fully restored before opening as a restaurant, hotel and spa. The Taverna keeps the original walls of the cascina, while the estate around it mixes lawns, woodland, fields and water.
Getting there
Bergamo Orio al Serio and Milan Linate airports are both about 25 minutes away by car. Treviglio station, on the Milan to Venice line, is the closest main rail stop, and the venue has a large car park.
