ADI - Associazione Nazionale Alberghi Diffusi

Anja Walter, Tuesday 17 August 2010 wrote:
We were at this marvelous wedding which was perfectly organized by the 'piana dei mulini'! we stayed for 3 days and were impressed by nice and clean rooms, a beautiful surrounding, friendly and competent staff and last but not least the exeptional restaurant with its tasty wines. Thank you for an unforgettable holiday!

La Piana dei Mulini

Daniele Marseglia, Thursday 12 August 2010 wrote:
Una splendida scoperta! Verde, tranquillità, professionalità. Quattro giorni di relax e buona cucina. Non solo Michele, ma anche uno staff giovane e professionale. Camera pulitissima e standard (in particolare il bagno) di categoria alberghiera elevata; con servizio discreto ma presente. Un posto ideale per perdersi nella lettura, passeggiare ma anche giocare con i propri figli nei prati. Il ristorante è la ciliegina sulla torta. Alla prossima. Daniele, Ginevra e Isabella.

Objectives

Partly a house and partly a hotel, dedicated to those people who do not like hotel stays; in short, this is a new form of hospitality that takes the name of “Albergo Diffuso” (hereafter AD). Its main components are distributed in different buildings, all located in the same village/town. The term “diffuso” (diffuse) denotes a structure that is horizontal, and not vertical like the one pertaining to traditional hotels, which often do not constitute a pleasant sight, reminding us of blocks of flats. ADs satisfy the tourists’ demand of stays in renowned and famous areas and towns, of contact with residents and local people rather than only with other tourists, and of the traditional comforts offered in hotels, such as room service or a restaurant. This form of hospitality has showed to be very efficient for the valorisation of towns and villages that are artistically or architecturally peculiar and interesting; through ADs we can valorise old and dismissed buildings and, at the same time, we can avoid to solve the problems of hospitality only through the construction of new structures.

(G. Dall'Ara, Un pó casa ed un pó albergo, "I Viaggi di Repubblica", 15 May 2003)