About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: La Fattoria in Durham offers a bed and breakfast with private bathrooms, garden views, and parquet floors. Each room includes a tea and coffee maker, shower, TV, and electric kettle. Dining Experience: The family-friendly restaurant serves Italian cuisine with vegetarian and vegan options. Guests can enjoy dinner in a traditional ambience, complemented by free WiFi. Leisure Facilities: The property features a sun terrace, garden, and outdoor seating area. Additional amenities include a lounge, bar, and free on-site private parking. Location and Attractions: Located 40 km from Teesside International Airport, La Fattoria is near Lumley Castle (15 km), Beamish Museum (19 km), and The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (29 km). Highly rated for its restaurant, breakfast, and attentive staff.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.0 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

    • Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.0)

    • Free private parking available on-site


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1 large double bed
1 large double bed
1 extra-large double bed
1 large double bed
1 large double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

  • Daniel
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Peaceful countryside location, free parking and 7 min drive from centre of Durham. Max was very helpful, both with my arrival time and with changing my breakfast order. The room I stayed in was very comfortable with a beautiful view of the...
  • Louise
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Cosy Italian restaurant with rooms with warm welcome.
  • Sid
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Authentic Italian food. Best outside of Italy where I have visited for 60 years. Room comfortable, in a quaint old farmhouse. Loved it. The owner/chef has a great sense of humour aided and abetted by his assistant. Both are very chatty and...
  • Cheryl
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Location great for Durham and Beamish Museum. The food was good especially the Italian Restaurant. Exceptional chef who even cooked for us on Sunday evening when restaurant closed.
  • Sarah
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    It's a beautiful, peaceful setting. We were up for a wedding at Brancepeth Castle, so we were very sorry to miss out on eating at the restaurant! The room was bigger than I expected, good shower (excellent water pressure!), lovely view. Durham is...
  • Kerry
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Very friendly welcome. Excellent dinner and service, really friendly. Absolutely recommend it.
  • Mark
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    Staff very friendly location was very good food was very good 👍
  • Amy
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The place us feel like you was actually in Italy. The food and the atmosphere was fantastic.
  • Steve
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The location of la fattoria is excellent just enough out of the city to be that bit quieter but easy enough to get back to if you so wish , we arrived at teatime and were checked in and shown to our room by a very pleasant member of staff , the...
  • John
    United Kingdom United Kingdom
    The host was really great nothing was to much trouble, had dinner at the restaurant and it was great Italian food could not fault anything. A lovely place to explore Durham and surrounding areas. Very quiet room with views over the fields.

Managed by Max Ferro

Company review score: 9.5Based on 329 reviews from 1 property
1 managed property

Company information

Max is from the Amalfi Coast, speaks very good English and will ensure you are welcomed with his bubbly personality and his passion for everything Italian, especially his knowledge of fine Italian food.

Property information

Italian Farmhouse in the picturesque Durham Countryside. Relax and enjoy one of our many Italian wines in the lounge area while you wait for your wood fired pizza or Italian dish prepared by our Italian chef or just enjoy the comforts in one of our Italian inspired bedrooms.

Neighbourhood information

Set in the countryside in the quaint hamlet of Alum Waters. Less than 10 minutes drive from the centre of Durham

Languages spoken

English,Italian

Property surroundings

Restaurants

1 restaurant on site
  • La Fattoria
    • Cuisine
      Italian
    • Open for
      Dinner
    • Ambiance
      Family friendly • Traditional
    • Dietary options
      Vegetarian • Vegan

House rules

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Check-in
From 15:00
Check-out
From 07:00 to 11:00
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Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.