Sante J. Achille, Author at Italy Advisor

A Luxury Week End in Tuscany to celebrate St. Valentines Day

Il Bottaccio, 5 star hotel in Tuscany, near Forte dei Marni, view of indoor pool

For those seeking a unique and exclusive place to plan a romantic getaway for St. Valentines day, Il bOttaccio may be just the place you are looking for…

In a quiet and secluded location just outside of Forte dei Marmi, Il bottaccio is one of the most exclusive 5 star luxury hotels in Tuscany, featuring a prestigious restaurant managed by hotel director and Chef Nino Mosca.

hotel relais chateaux il bottaccio, 5 star hotel in Tuscany near forte dei marmi

The hotel has been derived from a 17th century water powered olive mill after a careful restoration which returned the villa to its ancient splendor and toady one of the finest travel destinations for those seeking only the best Tuscany has to offer.

Hotel location is ideal for those were about privacy, yet keen on participating in the fast and exciting nightlife of Forte dei Marmi which is literally minutes away from the hotel premises.

For the upcoming St. Valentines week end, Il Bottaccio has proposed a romantic week end special offer

AMORE RUBATO

Which means literally “stolen love”. RUBATO is a musical term referring to expressive and rhythmic freedom by a slight speeding up and then slowing down of the tempo in music for maximum emotional impact. RUBATO is a term used in the kitchen as well to indicate cooking time and spiciness of dishes to enhance their taste. RUBATO is also the LOVE dedicated to Him…

For St. Valentines evening the Chef Nino Mosca has elaborated an original menu in the tradition of his ways and customs which have made Il Bottaccio a world class travel destination in Tuscany. A unique combination of fine dining and art.

The St. Valentines Day Menu

Field Mushroom Soup with crisp Red Mullet and Shallot herb Crème Fraîche
Cannelloni of Devon Crab with Olive Oil sauce
Steamed fillets of Sea Bass in green jackets with Leek Coulis, Saffron and Dill
Roasted Quail with Watermelon, Spring Onions, Hazelnuts and Quail Vinaigrette
Chocolate Bonet with Caramelized Raspberry and Pavlova filled with Coffee Sorbet

Price: Euro 75,00 per person, wines and drinks not included.

Romantic St. Valentine Week End in Tuscany

Junior Suite or Suite
Welcoming to Il Bottaccio (Champagne and fresh fruit)
Room Turndown with fresh rose petals and scented candles
Breakfast a la carte
Gourmet Dinner at Il Bottaccio restaurant
Hammam treatment and 2 massages in the Otzium Wellness facility (on site)

Price: Euro 1150,00 for 2 persons

Further information and bookings

http://bottaccio.com/en/san-valentines-day/
E-mail: bottaccio@bottaccio.com
Tel: +39 0585 340031

Christmas Day 2015 At Il Bottaccio in Tuscany

Hotel Relais Chateaux Il Bottaccio: external view of the hotel

For those on a holiday in Tuscany and seeking the very best this fascinating region of Italy has to offer, Il Bottaccio is a unique luxury hotel and restaurant. Located in a quiet and peaceful location, Il bottaccio is in the immediate vicinity of Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany: the ideal getaway for a romantic and original Christmas Day Lunch in Tuscany.

Hotel Relais Chateaux in Toscana Il Bottaccio: foto sala ristorante

One of the finest 5 star luxury hotels in Tuscany, Il Bottaccio is also a well known restaurant, brought to fame by Hotel Director and Chef Nino Mosca in charge of the hotel from the very beginning more than 30 years ago.

Restaurant Guests enjoy the refined environment: tables are arranged around what was a tub where olive oil was collected of this antique oil mill. The environment is rich in precious sculptures, paintings and antique furniture in different styles, offering an uncommon fusion between fine dining and art.

Dining at Il Bottaccio is a complex yet fresh experience where the four elements of the universe combine: air, earth, water and fire. Dishes are created around these natural elements which nurture not only the body, but also the soul.

The beauty of the environment combined with the excellence of foods and wines make this restaurant a top priority for even the most demanding of food and wine tasters visiting Tuscany.

Il Bottaccio restaurant in Tuscany: view of tables and indoor pool

Il Bottaccio is open all year including Christmas. This year the Christmas day menu is an outstanding ensemble of traditional tastes – all the details can be found here.

Il Bottaccio will also be open for the New Years Eve Gran Galà, inspired by the Capricorn Tropic.

Luxury Holiday for Christmas

Hotel relais Chateaux Il Bottaccio in Tuscany: Royal Suite

As they say in Italy “poco ma buono” – in English we’d say “good things come in small packages”: A short Christmas holiday at Hotel relais & Chateaux in Tuscany Il Bottaccio is just that: Top quality, the very best Tuscany has to offer in luxury accommodation.

This Year Il Bottaccio offers a minimum 2 day package which includes a stay in one of the eight Rooms or Suites. The New Year’s Eve Luxury Break includes the New Years Eve Gran Galà, a four-course gourmet dinner in the “Sala della Piscina” or in the romantic ”Sala Diana” featuring dinner tables near the fireplace, and access to the Otzium Wellness circle for two.

Further Information and Booking:
E-mail: bottaccio@bottaccio.com
Tel: +39 0585 340031

Logo deI Bottaccio, Hotel Lusso 5 stelle in Toscana, vicino Forte dei Marmi
http://bottaccio.com/en/

A Selection of 5 of the Most Beautiful Wedding Destinations and Wedding Photos

Certainly Italy is one of the most romantic countries in the world. Its unique atmosphere, the passion of the people and last, but definitely not least, is the stunning variety of unique cities and landscapes. All breathtakingly beautiful, yet so different from one and other. This is what makes Italy a place as no other and a primary destination for weddings from all over the world. We would like to take you on a trip through a selection of 5 beautiful wedding locations in Italy, accompanied by some of the most amazing wedding photos by Carlo Carletti. Our trip starts in the eternal city of Rome, very few other cities in the world can boast so much history, artistic and architectural beauty all in one place. The city transmits fantastic energy and liveliness, a charming place to be, a great location for a wedding and a superb background to an unforgettable day.

By Carlo Carletti — Photo by Carlo Carletti Wedding Photographer

Our next stop, not as popular among the wedding destinations, but not for this any less beautiful than the previous, is Lake Garda. Its peaceful shores are home to many stunning villas, which, especially in the summer time during clear days, offer phenomenal views of the Alps in the distance on the far side of the lake. This truly is a fairytale place to celebrate the most important day of your life.

Photo by Carlo Carletti Wedding Photographer

Let’s call the next destination Lake Garda’s more popular brother, Lake Como. Famous not only for the many celebrity appearances but also for landscapes of unique beauty, its villages are will surprise you with their unbeatable charm and atmosphere.

Let’s head to southern Italy now, in what is certainly one of the most amazing and beautiful places not only in Italy, but worldwide: Positano and the Amalfi Coast. Its characteristic colourful houses, its beaches and the breathtaking views of the coastline and the sunsets over the sea make of it one of the most romantic places to be. With many venues to choose from you definitely will find the one to satisfy your needs and preferences becoming the background to the wedding you have always dreamt of.

Photo by Carlo Carletti Wedding Photographer

The last stop of our tour is a classic wedding location, its charm is one of a kind, and never fails to create the perfect ambiance in which to celebrate a fantastic wedding. The many ideal locations the city offers for a wedding are all characteristic in their own way, offer different perspectives of the city but all breathtakingly beautiful offering many opportunities for superb wedding photos along with a memorable ceremony.

Credits: All Photos by Carlo Carletti click to learn more.

60th Puccini Festival in Tuscany

Living the unique emotions that only an experience as the opera can transmit is something not to miss out on. All the more if the location is a truly splendid one as Tuscany during summer.

The Puccini festival once again, this year, will give you The chance to be part of this exclusive and chamring atmosphere, which brings back to life old but timeless stories and tales, certain to evoke strong but beautiful emotions.

The festival has reached its 60th edition, a historical achievement, And never fails to bring back more and more people year after year.

The Festival will take place in mid summer, from the July 25th to August 30th, The best part of the summer season when the weather will be at its best.

The Puccini Festival is a unique chance to explore places the great composer Giacomo Puccini profoundly loved and often was seen attending during his life. Crossing Tuscany you will have the chance to explore and discover all its hidden beauties and charms, starting from the composer’s loved village: Torre del Lago Puccini.

This quiet and peaceful village, a fraction of the Tuscan city Viareggio, originally called Torre del Lago, added Puccini to its name in honor of the world famous composer and illustrious citizen.

It is especially because of Torre del Lago’s quiet and peaceful nature that Puccini decided to move there; he was in fact looking for a location to find profound serenity to express his immense creative genius.

There is no better place to start the Puccini themed tour of Tuscany than Villa Puccini, the residence where the famous composer resided in during a long portion of his life falling in love with this amazing part of Italy.

The nearby city of Viareggio was also a very important location for the composer Puccini. The city was already famous back then as a tourist destination, and was the home for Giacomo’s friend Galileo Chini, who was also the first set designer of the Turandot, in one of his many collaborations with Giacomo. If you happen to visit the city of Viareggio it is possible to take a tour of one of Puccini’s residences where he passed the last years of his life.

Continuing the Puccini tour of Tuscany a must on the list of places to visit is Lucca, birthplace of the great composer. In the city of Lucca it is possible to tour the house where Giacomo Puccini was born in 1858.

Also worthy of notice are other historical places to visit where Puccini liked to pass his time and days as: Caffè di Simo in Lucca or the Gran Caffè Margherita of Viareggio.

No better location could be the perfect setting for the Puccini Festival as this stretch of Tuscany, between the Apuan Alps the breathtaking Tyrrhenian coasts.

For further information and bookings:
E-mail: ticketoffice@puccinifestival.it
T: +39 0584 359322 / +39 0584 427201
www.puccinifestival.it

World Class Travel alla Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita has been a slogan for generations inspired and attracted to a world of luxury and vice, transformed into a legendary masterpiece by Federico Fellini in the 1960 comedy drama written and directed by the maestro himself.

For those with big budgets and deep wallets, living life to its fullest is indeed a pleasure beyond reach for most who will never get to experience “La Dolce Vita”.

Be it a holiday or a memorable event, Italy offers a wide variety of locations from which to choose in a number of regions.

Sicily, and Sardinia are the projection of Italy in the Mediterranean Sea, so different in style and culture. Sicily offers a rich cultural and historical background with roman villas and heritage norman churches, Sardinia is a more fashionable and modern with striking blue waters and will surpass your expectations for a truly glamorous time. Featuring the Costa Smeralda and a natural charm thanks to the many bays and inlets of the coast.

Puglia for a truly southern experience and explore the beauties of the Adriatic of the Gulf of Taranto, with a rugged landscape and luxury farmhouses, or the romantic Amalfi Coast famous for the small boutiques in Positano, Sorrento, Amalfi and Ravello: a combination of elegance and excellence made in Italy.

Tuscany is without doubt the most popular Travel destination of Italy and boasts the highest concentration of luxury villa rentals on the market today. One of the most popular travel destinations in Italy, Tuscany is often chosen as a wedding destination. A land blessed with unlimited creativity and skills, this people created material wealth being the inventors of banking and commerce, opening the doors to a flurry of unrivaled cultural and architectural initiatives, today available only to the World Class Travelers. Tuscany’s patrimony of climate, foods and wines have paved the way in establishing the “Tuscan Lifestyle” many seek and imitate.

Villa L'Acacia in Ansedonia, Luxury Villa in Tuscany — Villa L’Acacia in Ansedonia – Foto by dolcevitavillas.com

Less known but not for this less appreciated is Umbria also offering typical farmhouses allowing travelers to move freely throughout central Italy and visit Assisi and the Basilica of St Francis, Italy’s patron saint, and a place of great beauty and cultural importance.

Little need to be said about Florence and Rome, the cultural cities and primary destinations of most travelers visiting Italy: With so much to see and do, these cities welcome elite travelers in posh central apartment rentals as well as villas just outside the city walls …

For a more charming and restful holiday break the lake district of northern Italy is very fashionable, offering some of the most luxurious villa holiday rentals in Italy: Lake Como and Veneto offer country homes of superior quality offering comfort, typical traditions, along with modern luxury and privacy.

With Modern Luxury travel seeking a quite more discreet style, a renewed interest in exploring and learning about local cultures and traditions, and a strong interest for little known destinations, Italy has great potential for a different holiday experience and can meet if not exceed changing consumer expectations, also in the ultra luxury travel segment.