"Multifuel" stoves take logs or coal.
They rely on a multi-fuel stove, a log-burning stove and a small generator and small wind turbine.
The rate includes breakfast, after which you can opt to self-cater or eat meals cooked by a local chef on a mud stove and log fire.
In Lombardy, the biggest region in Po Valley, about 16% of households have a wood burning appliance, and generally, it is an old and inefficient system; in fact, only 10% of households are equipped with modern combustion systems (automatic pellet or chip stoves, innovative log wood stoves) [45].
Inside, there is a fire in a wood-burning stove and waiting logs, stacked neatly behind glass, are a heartening sight.
Though it was a muggy day, the log stove was burning.
And the more efficient it is, the more heat for your cash – a top-end log stove can be 80% efficient, a pellet version 85%.
My guide, driver and I sat round a log stove, which crackled in the centre of the living room belting out heat.
The narrow, elongated front room contains a cheap office chair and desk, bookshelves, a small table with two uncomfortable wood-backed chairs, a roaring log stove and an ancient, immaculately restored Peugeot bicycle.
Don't overload a fireplace or stove with too many logs.
