15. Can we drink the water?

Yes, you can drink the water, which comes from an enclosed spring higher up on the mountainside.  It does have a high level of calcium, so it leaves a white residue inside the teakettle and wherever water sits. And if you stayed long enough, you’d leave with your fingernails stronger than when you arrived.  At the same time, the local bottled water is delicious – both natural and frizzante (with bubbles)  -- and costs a fraction of the cost of bottled water in the U.S.