Nadia – a retired English teacher, was born on the hills of San Martino Alfieri with that generous land deeply engrained in her heart.

Sandro – formerly a bank employee, has a passion for the pleasures of a simpler way of life, is fond of making things with his hands and gardening in the countryside air.

Married for forty years, and with two sons working in different parts of the world, we wanted to rediscover a slower pace of living.  So in 2007 we started refurbishing Nadia’s old family home, the walls where her great-grandmother – la ‘granda’ – held court during long winter nights in the stable, now our breakfast room.

When we decided to open our home to our guests, our minds immediately went back to our ancestors, their innate sense of hospitality, typical of who has little to give and yet offers selflessly. These are the generations and voices that echo in the rooms of our B&B; memories of people who have built these places, working the land, taking care of children, growing a family –from Nadia’s great-grandmother all the way to her mother, Ines, who was born in this house and who returned here every summer to breathe in the sweet memory of her childhood.

Times have changed, and yet we hope the spirit behind this enterprise reflects the hospitality of our forebears. That’s why we decided to call our B&B ‘La Granda’: to honour all those grandmas who have lived within these walls and who taught us the simple art of welcoming friends.