Castelfalfi, Tuscany

Why Stay Here?

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  Located between Pisa, Florence and Siena, within an hour of Tuscany’s most iconic sites and cities, the immaculately restored hamlet and country estate, Castelfalfi, debuts new accommodations, a new wellness offering and fine dining restaurant for 2024. This marks the culmination of an extensive transformation project that started in 2022 to create a unique, destination resort in this much-loved region of Italy. A ‘borderless’ estate with no walls or gates, Castelfalfi combines one of Tuscany’s most scenic hill-top villages with a contemporary-luxe hotel and stylish, renovated villas set in over 2,700 acres of rippling countryside, woodland, vineyards and olive groves. Travellers can immerse themselves in a timeless Tuscan dreamscape, whilst experiencing sensational contemporary design, culinary creativity and transformational wellbeing.

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  Accommodation includes 146 rooms, comprising 115 rooms in the main building and 31 rooms in the historic tobacco warehouse, as well as seven reclaimed villas scattered across the estate. In the main hotel, four spacious new Signature Suites by Affine Design showcase lavish finishing from glossy wood veneers, bespoke fabrics and private outdoor living rooms. Original art and endless views of the gardens and Tuscan hills add a further touch of magic. The first of the new, luxury accommodations set within historic borgo (hamlet) will open in March. The seven villas range from two to eight bedrooms, accommodating from 4 to 16 people. The renovated 18th century Casa Medici is a delightful three-bedroom villa with plush, contemporary interiors and glamorous, mid-Century-Deco styling, features a dining room, kitchen, lounge, its own private, botanical garden and vistas over the Medicean Park and Tuscan Hills.

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  Guests can experience an epicurean adventure discovering the resort’s six restaurants and bars, helmed by Executive Chef Davide De Simone. All are founded on a farm-to-table ethos and creative, contemporary menus using the finest Tuscan and seasonal produce. Olivina is a dynamic modern bistro and food atelier with entertaining spaces, including a wine room, delicatessen, bar, bakery and open show kitchen. Given a stylish new facelift for 2024, Tuscan trattoria, Il Rosmarino is a favourite with guests and locals alike, serving wood-fired pizza, grills and traditional Tuscan dishes in convivial surrounds. Sophisticated indoor seating coupled with a panoramic outdoor terrace, international cuisine, live music and crafted cocktails can be found at Ecrù Lounge Bar, and light lunches, low-carb options and healthy smoothies at Giglio Blu Pool Bar.

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  An exclusive RAKxa Wellness Spa at Castelfalfi launched this Spring 2024. Castelfalfi is the first European outpost for the respected integrative wellness brand, who have collaborated on a set of curated, rebalancing treatments and packages for the resort, targeting sleep, stress and healing. The spa now offers over 1,500 sq.m of serene wellness spaces, including seven treatment rooms, two saunas, a steam room, relaxation area, salon and granite-lined indoor/outdoor heated infinity pool with breath-taking hillside views. Originating in Thailand, RAKxa combines a variety of long-established therapies with modern day knowledge to create personalised healing programmes. Expert therapists, a new hydrotherapy suite designed to reduce inflammation and promote relaxation, and a nourishing wellness menu support RAKxa’s core principles of rebalancing body and mind.

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  The hotel offers a full programme of active adventures set in nature and inspiring cultural experiences, providing an insight into Tuscany’s rich heritage. Highlights include beekeeping, animal mindfulness, learning bushcraft, tackling the treetop adventure park, pizza making, private picnics, truffle hunting with dogs and joining the grape harvest. Yoga, personal training, tennis, padel, trekking, cycling and e-biking and countryside pursuits, like archery and fishing, are arranged by the vibrant and warm-hearted estate team.

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  The certified organic, agricultural estate is overseen by farmer and agronomist, Diego Mugnaini, Director of Agriculture. With over 62 acres of vineyards, the Castelfalfi wine estate produces six wines in conjunction with expert Tuscan winemaker Emiliano Falsini. Each vintage is available to taste and purchase in La Barriccaia the on-site wine shop and larder. Fruit from over 10,000 olive trees are pressed in Castelfalfi’s frantoio (mill), which also serves the local community each harvest. The estate also hosts resident honeybees in 40 hives, a seasonal kitchen garden which inspires the resort’s restaurants, a scented rose garden and a shaded, public pool for locals to use. Sustaining the community, protecting the local ecology and reducing impact are core considerations for every new development of the estate, which is CasaClima®-certified. Carefully monitored efforts include collecting rainwater in purpose-built lakes, so the property has a 100% autonomous water supply, filtering wastewater for irrigation and using an innovative wood biomass plant for heating and cooling.