Restored medieval village with Tuscan restaurants, spa, winery
Località San Felice, 53019 Castelnuovo Berardenga SI, Italy Get directions
"A medieval village reborn as a Relais & Châteaux destination, this property blends refined hospitality with deep regional roots in Chianti Classico: an Albergo Diffuso hotel anchors the village, while the Poggio Rosso restaurant (Michelin star and a green star) showcases creative yet tradition-respecting cuisine under the oversight of Enrico Bartolini and chef de cuisine Juan Camilo Quintero. The estate’s holistic philosophy extends into social projects such as Orto e L’Aia, which supplies ingredients and meaningful work, and its wine history—dating back centuries and including the launch of Vigorello, an early local Super Tuscan—remains central; Vigorello itself is a rich, enveloping wine that nevertheless retains refinement." - Federico De Cesare Viola
"Luxury on a wine estate This wonderful wine estate ticks all the right boxes. Set in a timeless landscape of gently rolling hills and vines, olives and cypresses in the southernmost part of the Chianti wine producing area, Borgo San Felice is a stone hamlet that once housed the estate workers and their families. Today, the buildings have been beautifully converted into a top-class hotel with just about everything you could possibly want for a luxury holiday in the hills. There is an elegant, gourmet restaurant with a Michelin-starred chef, a trattoria serving typical Tuscan food for more casual dining, an enoteca for sampling the (excellent) estate wines, a swimming pool, tennis courts and mountain bikes and extensive gardens for wandering in. You can ease away stress in the newly re-vamped spa with the signature wine and olive oil treatments that will leave your skin silky smooth for days, and work off those excess calories in the small gym. The 50 or so bedrooms and suites are scattered throughout the village and range from large apartments to cosy doubles: all are done out in country chic style with a clean, fresh colour palette and natural fabrics. There is plenty to do on the estate itself, but Siena, Florence and Arezzo are all within easy reach if you feel like some culture."
"Set your GPS to Borgo San Felice, a member of Relais & Chateaux, with spacious rooms in old stone villas cloaked in ivy and set in the undulating vineyards of Chianti Classico."
"On a hilltop in Chianti, with views of Siena on the horizon and vines and oaks in the middle distance, just about an entire village has been converted into a luxury hotel, the only exceptions being the residences of the farmers who tend the vineyards. May as well read that sentence just once more before you make your reservation. This is the Borgo San Felice; this, more generally, is why people never get tired of going to Tuscany." - Tablet Hotels
