Some serious card playing has been going on at the newly renovated Liberty style Hotel Villa Moorings in Barga Giardino. The hotel, which only opened to the public in the past next few weeks has been playing host to the Associazione Burraco Comune di Barga.

124 players were seated outside the villa close to the newly completed swimming pool (article here) for the 9th Night time tournament – Sotto le stelle a Barga

Burraco, also sometimes spelt Buracco or Buraco, is a game for four players in fixed partnerships in which the aim is to lay down combinations: groups of cards of equal rank and sequences of cards in a suit, ace ranking high. There is a bonus for combinations of seven cards or more. Burraco is played with a double pack of 108 cards, incuding four jokers; the jokers and twos are wild.

Maybe you fancy a game of cards on line ? You can try out a game of burraco on line here or maybe at the burraconline.com site. You can also buy a set of burraco cards here

The Associazione Buracco Comune di Barga website is here