Press & Accolades

"Hunt for black Perigord truffles with a Lagotto truffle hound on the forested, 4,200-acre private estate of Casali di Casole-A Timbers Resort."

Drive through the wheat fields and vineyards of Tuscany in a classic luxury Italian sports car -- a bright red Ferrari -- on a do-it-yourself tour offered by Hotel Casali di Casole, a restored Italian castle on a country estate in Siena. The three-night Ferrari Experience includes a guided test drive, a day of touring through the countryside and a chance to drive laps on an international race track. Other activities include a shopping day at the Prada Factory Outlet as well as a visit to the house and private museum of one of the famed Palio of Siena jockeys.

"Pick grapes in Italy. Where to go? Housed in a 10th-century castle - think terra-cotta floors, wood-beam ceilings and antique everything - Casali di Casole is surrounded by acres of olive groves and vineyards."

Drive through the wheat fields and vineyards of Tuscany in a classic luxury Italian sports car, a bright red Ferrari, on a do-it-yourself tour offered by Hotel Casali di Casole, a restored Italian castle on a country estate in Siena, Tuscany.

"A hunting excursion in Siena encourages guests of Casali di Casole to shift their gaze downward to look for the area’s most prized treasures: black, white, and muscat truffles.”

For the parents: If you’re visiting in the fall, don’t miss out on a truffle hunt followed by a dinner starring the delicacy. For the kids and the whole family: The budding young foodie will thoroughly enjoy this hotel. Casali di Casole’s chefs are on hand to teach your bambini how to make Tuscan-style pizza, and little ones can tour a nearby chocolate factory and gelateria (and learn how to make their own gelato).

The painstaking restoration of the Hotel Casali di Casole and its surrounding villas and farmhouses took a decade to complete, but the results are quite spectacular.

Using locally-harvested Millefiori crystallized honey, Essere Spa’s Honey-Infused Massage features long, soothing massage strokes to fully absorb the honey and local olive oils into the skin. Choose from 50 or 80 minute treatments.

Casali di Casole, Tuscany, Italy, with the Ferrari Red Passion package, you’ll bomb through Chianti and Siena vineyards in a $256K machine capable of revving to 9,000 rpm. From $1,420/night, casalidicasole.com.

Feel like you’ve escaped to your own sparkling Tuscan estate at the luxe 41-suite Casali di Casole (a restored Italian castle from way, way back).