Our fortunate location allows our guests to easily enjoy the beauties of three regions, from Castelrotto jewels such as Rome, Florence, Arezzo, Siena, Perugia, Orvieto, but also other small gems of art and culture are readily accessible.
Our fortunate location allows our guests to easily enjoy the beauties of three regions, from Castelrotto jewels such as Rome, Florence, Arezzo, Siena, Perugia, Orvieto, but also other small gems of art and culture are readily accessible.
San Casciano dei Bagni, a well known thermal station since the time of the Etruscans and loved by the Romans, is a town of medieval structure, on the slopes of Mount Cetona. You can admire the Collegiate with the Oratory of the Immaculate Conception and, about 1 km from the heart of the village, at the Fonteverde Spa , the church of S. Maria ad Balnea, an ancient parish church dating back to the Early Christian period.(IV-V sec.). After long vicissitudes, in 1559 San Casciano became part of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and it was the Grand Duke Ferdinand the First who, in 1607, on the site where the hot spring of Ficoncella comes up, ordered the building of the beautiful portico that is admired today at the baths, described by the Travel Leisure as "the most beautiful in the world in the most beautiful area of the world."
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DISTRICT OF SAN CASCIANO HOT SPRINGS OF SAN CASCIANO
The Etruscan Charmars, Chiusi today, reached its heyday from the seventh to the fifth century BC, especially under King Porsenna who, according to the legend, is said to have been buried in a majestic mausoleum surrounded by a large number of precious objects, including thousands of golden chicks . Under the name Clusium, it was a military station in alliance with the Romans, then a Lombard duchy and a Free county seat. Because of the swamping of Valdichiana it began to decline, but in 1556 it was incorporated into the Mediceo State. The first archaeological discoveries in the nineteenth century Chiusi was included in the cultural tourism circuit, and today you can admire the beautiful archaeological finds in the National Archaeological Museum, the Porsenna Labirinth , the Etruscan tombs and the catacombs of S.Mustiola and St. Catherine, the oldest evidence of Christianity in Tuscany . Near the Archaeological Museum there is the beautiful Cathedral dedicated to San Secondiano, patron of the city and, belonging to the church, the Cathedral Museum.
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DISTRICT OF CHIUSI
Città della Pieve, the ancient Castel della Pieve, overlooking the Chiana valley, with the red colour of its facing bricks, retains its medieval appearance. In Città della Pieve you can admire the works of Pietro Vannucci, known as Perugino who was born here; in his paintings you can easily rocognize the typical Umbrian landscape. The Palio dei Terzieri takes place in Città della Pieve in August, with the historical procession and the archery contest that recalls the medieval "hunts".
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DISTRICT OF CITTÀ DELLA PIEVE PALIO DEI TERZIERI
Chianciano is located in the watershed that divides the Val d'Orcia from the Val di Chiana. Its thermal baths are those famous for Fellini's dream, in the film "8 e 1/2" but also those of two short stories by the Nobel Prize Luigi Pirandello. In Chianciano, the Archaeological Museum of Waters testifies to the deep bond that this region has with the thermal waters since Etruscan times. Water to drink, to breathe, to enjoy.
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DISTRICT OF CHIANCIANO SENSORY SPA SPA POOLS THEIA
Montepulciano, Mons Politianus, hometown of Agnolo Ambrogini known as Il Poliziano, poet and humanist, is the pearl of the '500's. Artists such as Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Baldassare Peruzzi, Il Vignola, Ippolito Scalza have left here the signs of their genius. The most famous event is the Bravìo of barrels with the historical procession in fourteenth century costumes. The Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte offers music, theater and exhibitions of visual arts. Not to forget the famous Nobile wine produced here.
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DISTRICT OF MOTEPULCIANO BRAVÌO VINO NOBILE
Pienza, formerly called Corsignano, was the birthplace of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pope Pius II who decided to elevate his village to the status of ideal city. The design was supervised by himself and executed by the Florentine architect Bernardo Rossellino, who had worked for Leon Battista Alberti on the Palazzo Rucellai in Florence. In the tiny square, named after Pope Pius II, in alignment with the road axis of the medieval city, you can admire the Cathedral and, on its sides, the diverging bodies of Piccolomini and Borgia Palaces with a charming travertine Well executed and designed by Bernardo Rossellino himself. Pienza, recognized as World Heritage Site in 1996, is also famous for its Tuscan pecorino D.O.P.
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DISTRICT OF PIENZA
The hamlet of Bagno Vignoni is popular for its spa, built in the Middle Ages, and for its spring water which was reputed for its effectiveness in the treatment of arthritis and rheumatism as far back as Roman times as evidenced by the discovery of a dedicatory inscription.The houses cluster round an old swimming pool, flanked, on one side, by St. Catherine's Portico
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SPA AND WELLNESS