Monteverdi Tuscany

Style

Mellow mediaeval village

Setting

Colourful Castiglioncello

Monteverdi Tuscany isn’t just a hotel, it’s part of a Val d'Orcia-view village: with cobbled mediaeval streets, art galleries, an ancient church, and a peaceful pool. Flowers bloom prettily in the sprawling gardens, where guests loll by the pool and chefs don't just run the culinary academy but also proffers fabulous farm-to-table cuisine; spices, herbs and vegetables are plucked straight from the garden. The wellness centre and spa takes a cue from the glorious Tuscan surrounds too, with herb- and flower-infused treatments. As if this weren’t traditionally Tuscan enough, there’s also the ruins of a 12th-century castle to explore.

Facilities

Chambres

19, including 13 suites. There are also three private village houses (a two-bedroom, a three-bedroom and one with six bedrooms).

Checkout

11am, but flexible, subject to availability; check-in 4pm.

Plus de détails

Rates usually include a generous breakfast.

Also

Arrange private lessons with culinary director Giancarla Bodoni or one of her talented team and you'll learn to whip up authentic Tuscan dishes, including pici pasta and boar ragu. Afterwards, you’ll enjoy the fruits of your newfound cookery skills in the academy’s indoor or outdoor dining area, and be gifted with a Monteverdi apron and recipe book to take home. Book in advance to attend a session; they’re held at 11am on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The hotel also hosts a musical programme headed by world-class musicians in the old church, gardens or art galleries.

Centre de fitness

Accès internet gratuit

Blanchisserie

Spa

At the Hotel

Spa, culinary academy, gardens, gym, library, art gallery with artists in residence, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: flatscreen TVs, Santa Maria Novella bath products. Private village houses have fully equipped kitchens.

Our Favourite Rooms

The private village houses are an excellent option for families, with plenty of space (ranging from two–six bedrooms), cosy living rooms and neat kitchens. Designed by Ilaria Miani, the rooms evoke rural romance: wood-beamed ceilings, elegant, slender-framed four posters (in some rooms), original artworks and agricultural artifacts hanging on walls, and fresh flowers from the hotel's gardens.

Poolside

The glittering turquoise infinity pool surveys the verdant Val d’Orcia and is surrounded by lavender. There's also an indoor pool with two saunas, plunge pools, a sensory shower and a relaxation area as part of the hotel's over-14s-only spa circuit (€90 for 100 minutes; free if a treatment or massage is pre-booked). The pool is open from the end of April until the end of October, but exact dates will depend on the weather conditions.

Spa

The spa brings the rustic surroundings indoors; trees snake through tables, baskets of fruit and fragrant herbs are dotted throughout the lobby. There are four treatment rooms (including one for couples), a separate wellness center, underground hot and cold pools, a hammam, countryside-view heated pool and garden-view relaxation lounge. Treatments use natural lotions and potions – herbal unguents sourced from 13th-century Florentine farmacia Santa Maria Novella and Biologique Recherche's Parisian imports. There are facials to soothe and illuminate, rose-scented moisturising treatments, massages, and revitalising scrubs; spring for a signature treatments and you’ll find yourself submerged in a perfumed bath, slathered in Etruscan mud, or de-knotted and pummelled for 75-minutes after a half-hour soak. Although, access to the spa is only possible if you have a treatment booked in. The Technogym kitted-out fitness centre is a four-minute walk away.

Packing Tips

Walking shoes and sketch books for afternoons in the Tuscan campagna.

Also

The hotel hosts artists in residence and decorates bedrooms with their work: if you like what you see, buy a print or painting to take back home.

Enfants

Very welcome: extra beds for under-12s (free) and cots (also free) can be added to rooms. English-speaking babysitters cost €35 an hour (for a minimum of three hours).

Galerie

Food & Drink

Top Table

Sit at one of the little tables out on the terrace, or outside at Zita, with the Tuscan tapestry of fields and valleys stretching beneath you.

Code vestimentaire

Linen; leather sandals; an unbuttoned shirt.

Hotel Restaurant

Top-flight eatery Oreade is helmed by chef Riccardo Bacciottini. He carved out a name for himself at Gordon Ramsay's London-based restaurant Maze, before moving through a multitude of Michelin-awarded kitchens. Now, he's brought his forward-thinking culinary prowess to Monteverdi Tuscany, sourcing the freshest regional ingredients and going back to basics with unpretentious yet delicious dishes. If not in the kitchen, the team are scouring the local markets for ingredients from nearby farms and cherry picking herbs, fruit and vegetables from the hotel’s gardens. Enjoy a laidback breakfast, lunch or dinner at Zita, where the flavours and traditions of Tuscany are preserved; think ricotta and spinach gnudi with a pecorino sauce or baked cauliflower and cabbage with mustard and taleggio.

Hotel Bar

The Library bar, which has a terrace with sweeping views of the Val d'Orcia, serves locally brewed beer, wine, prosecco and an impressive cocktail menu featuring locally inspired cocktails. Abstainers can enjoy a small but tasty menu of non-alcoholic cocktails, too. Cosy up by the fireplace in the Lobby Lounge & Terrace Bar, or take your spritz or classic cocktail out onto the terrace and watch the Tuscan sunset.

Last Orders

Zita’s breakfast runs from 7am–11am; lunch from noon–2pm and dinner from 7pm–10pm. The Lobby Lounge & Terrace Bar pour from 3pm–9.30pm (noon–5pm in the Library Bar). Dinner at Oreade is 7pm–10pm, Tuesday to Saturday.

Room Service

There’s a comprehensive in-room menu featuring fresh garden salads, regional meats and cheeses, bruschette, pastries and just-baked panini and crostini.

Planes

The closest airport is Florence, it's 144km from the hotel – roughly a 90-minute drive or taxi ride – and services a range of flights to major European destinations and within Italy. Pisa International Airport is about two and a half hour's drive from the hotel and serves a wider range of destinations. Most transatlantic flights or flights across the Pacific will arrive at Rome Fiumicino Airport, which is 180km (a two-hour drive) away.

Trains

Chiusi-Chianciano Terme in Chiusi is around 30 minutes from the hotel by car, with services connecting to Rome and Florence, via Arezzo, and Siena.

Automobiles

The town of Sarteano is less than 10 minutes from Monteverdi Tuscany by car. The hotel has free valet parking, but be prepared for narrow, windy roads and gravel-topped streets in the village.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Days at the hotel are best spent doing very little, aside from eating, drinking, wandering over to the spa and being very merry. Castiglioncello del Trinoro is a great base for discovering Tuscany’s vineyards, historic villages and tempting trattorias. Ask staff to arrange hiking trails around Monteverdi Tuscany, yoga, painting and sketching in the lavender garden, or a discussion with the current artist in residence. Sant'Andrea church comes alive with the sound of music in regular music concerts; the Incontri in Terra di Siena festival, of which the hotel owner is a patron, occasionally hosts performances in the hotel's grounds. The hotel also recommends tours of La Foce’s famous gardens, 15 minutes away by car, as well as trips to Montepulciano’s vineyards to sip some Vino Nobile, or Montalcino for Brunello. Olive-oil tastings and horse riding can also be arranged.

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