The swimming pool was built in 2018. It was not difficult to recognize the place designated to welcome it. Water, the primary element that belongs to it, was our natural attraction.
In 1860, the great-grandfather in this space terraced by dry stone walls, had a pink cocciopesto cistern built, a sort of cuba, with the aim of collecting rainwater always precious for peasant culture. Today the tank is its symbol and the guiding thread of the project that wanted to respect the original environment in its natural beauty.
On the green lawn, surrounded by sunflowers in summer, it is pleasant to sunbathe or take a nap on the sun loungers in the shade of the ash that acts as an umbrella to the cistern.
The swimming pool in pink cocciopesto, 14 meters long and covered with a forest green brick recalls the shape of an ancient drinking trough (drinker) narrow and long, the overflow is channeled through an ancient Arab system that thanks to the use of the tiles brings together the water in an ancient tub in living stone that releases in its continuous flow a sweet music that invites contemplation and reading. It was designed to reside gently at the foot of a row of olive trees and is surrounded by them, it is also topped by a centenary pine forest, fruit trees and other tree species typical of the Mediterranean scrub.
Adjacent to the swimming pool there is a pergola covered with Sicilian tiles which constitutes an area where you can stay in the shade or lie back and relax on comfortable sofas and on cool evenings turn on the outdoor fireplace.
The area has an internal massage room, a sauna, a dressing room and two bathrooms.
Dara Guccione biofarm develops in a 10 hectare garden that includes olive trees from which we produce, at our oil mill, the Organic Lalia EVO Oil and a rich variety of essences from fruit and ornamentals such as medlar tree, the dog rose, the rowan, the lavender, the roses and the geraniums that were planted by our great grandfather.
