Hotel Castello di Casole – a Timbers Resorts Hotel & Residences has opened its doors on the company’s 4,200-acre private estate in Tuscany, Italy. Occupying a 10th-century castle that was once home to Italian nobility, the hotel employs a design that showcases distinct Italian style while taking into account the region’s history and landscape.
The property’s 41 suites come in five unique styles, and all of them feature custom-made Tuscan furnishings. Fourteen of the suites offer large private gardens and terraces with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking acres of vineyards and lemon and olive trees. The three-bedroom, two-story, 3,350- square-foot Bargagli Penthouse features a spacious private terrace.
Fine-dining venue Ristorante Tosca uses fresh local produce from the hotel’s gardens and extra virgin olive oil produced on the estate, while Pazzia boasts a traditional wood-burning pizza oven, an espresso bar, and gelateria. Bar Visconti-named after Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, who once lived at the Castello-rounds out the F&B venues. Located in the estate’s original wine cellar, Essere Spa features seven treatment rooms with barrel-vaulted ceilings and restored stone walls. In addition, a restored 18th-century chapel serves as a unique function space.
