Relais San Maurizio

We adored Relais San Maurizio. The location is beautiful, surrounded by the glorious vineyards, close to Asti and the famous winemakers of the region. The hotel is in a former Cistercian monastery and is a magical place where there is a feeling of harmony and happiness. The gardens are a most enjoyable place to walk and explore, to see the beautiful old trees and visit the monks' herb garden and meditation place. We really enjoyed the peacefulness. The rooms are lovely and light, and characterful. The two restaurants, the Guido Michelin starred restaurant and the bistro, were both excellent and you could enjoy the magnificent view of the Swiss mountain Monte Rosa in the distance from the restaurant terrace. The breakfast is fantastic and is served in the garden with the buffet in the old chapel, a beautiful building where there is the added interest of the contemporary wall art by artist David Tremlett - it look absolutely splendid. We had a very enjoyable and informative wine tasting in the bar with the somelière which we really enjoyed. All the staff in the restaurants and the bar were fabulous, as were all the staff at the reception and the pools/wellness centre and throughout the hotel. The gym is very usable and has good equipment, and it is housed in a pleasant space with lovely view. The hotel's wellness centre is quite special - we loved the salt cave with various salt baths and temperature contrast bath, and we made the most of this by using these wonderful facilities every day of our stay. The reception staff were very helpful, made some excellent recommendations and made sure we had everything we needed. The hotel is superbly run and everyone is efficient, friendly and quite charming. We couldn't fault anything. At San Maurizio everything comes together in a most magical and serene atmosphere. What a wonderful holiday! I would love to visit again, maybe next time with more of my family, and I wholeheartedly recommend it.

We arrived to this amazing property for 4 nights. Though they didn't commit to a specific room, they fulfilled my request for a room with a view and a balcony and I think we got the nicest room in the hotel... a stunning view of the valley covered with vines and a small beautiful balcony to sit in with a glass of wine (room 114). The place itself is quite big (used to be a monastery), a lot of beautiful spots, lounges, gardens. Also the decor in the public spaces is really divine and very tasteful, you see that someone thought carefully about every little detail, including fresh plants and flowers everywhere. The spa area is wonderful, very big, lots of facilities, we also enjoyed a treatment which was good. The fitness room is more than one would expect - fully equipped, including protein bars... there are 2 restaurants; one has a Michelin star and also a Bistro. We ate at both and they were very satisfactory. The place is very pampering, the guest really doesn't have to ask for anything, since they really thought about everything. The stuff is absolutely kind, polite, helpful and professional, also adding to the overall perfection. Very difficult leaving the place... hope we come again. Do take into consideration, if you're the type that doesn't like to eat in the same place everyday, that the closest restaurant is a few minutes by car (nothing is walking distance) via a dark curved path, not so pleasant. But hey, who wants to get out of here anyway?! Thank you for a great hospitality🙏🌺

To begin with, the service and staff are simply fantastic. They are extremely professional and go out of their way to make your holiday perfect. They take care of everything for you, ensuring you are completely carefree and relaxed. Everything we asked for was arranged down to the smallest detail. The food at the bistro and the restaurant was excellent every time, with our highest compliments to the service staff. The rooms were very well maintained and were tidied up two to three times a day. An amazing experience — we recommend it to everyone and will definitely return if we are in the region again. Greetings Thirion & Bukavyn

We stayed two nights and this awesome relais. A little bit far of everything but it’s absolutely stunning.|Gorgeous gardens and beautiful decor inside. It has two restaurants, one with an outside area with beautiful scenery and the service of Simo was amazing!|One restaurant is closed on Sundays so we could not go to that one.|They also have a very cute bar which is open till midnight. |I would definitely recommend this relais!

As a five star leading hotel of the world we sort of expected the typical Six Senses or Four Seasons resort. This is not that! Instead it an authentic, unique, quiet and truly lovely alternative. As a monastery from the 1600s it has a contemplative charm you can’t replace. Birds sing, quiet rules. Don’t get me wrong there are fluffy towels and candles etc. it is however a little dated, it’s not exacting on its standards. But it’s totally perfect. You’ll love it. We did.

I had a chance to use their Spa, harmony day package which comes with a light lunch at Origini Bistrot. Origini bistro’s interior is so beautiful, very special. It’s even worthy to stay there only for it. The menu was simple and classic. The service was great. Inside the spa,the heated pool has just few hydromassage and it was a bit too simple for me. The sunlight coming from outside was great. Until the apertivo package guests came in, it was very quiet and super relaxing. The thalassotherapy cave was stunning, the greatest spa experience ever with the Dead Sea water and the wonderful view over the vineyard. Also the massage included into the package was very good. I would highly recommend. The only one negative thing was the changing room and shower is very very small and you can hardly find the place to out your stuff and take a seat while you dry your hair. After an amazing experience, having the stress to get dressed in a small place is not nice. Also personally I would have expected the higher quality hair dryer to be honest. I loved though overall experience. Would love to be back to stay overnight or their restaurant.

I had the privilege to spend a few nights in this pure luxury relais, wrapped in fluffy bed sheets and surrounded by peaceful vineyards. The room was stunning and the food absolutely delicious. But the real highlight? The waiter Simo didn’t just serve food, he served joy. He appeared like a smiley guardian angel every time I needed something. I came here to relax. Now I’m emotionally attached to the breakfast buffet and wondering if Simo does weddings. A shining example of how hospitality should be done. A reference point in the area—other places should take a field trip here to learn from the best. I hope I ll be lucky enough to come back!

Our concierge at the Mandarin Oriental in Lake Como recommended this resort to us as a way for us to spend an extra 2 days that we had no set plans for before we headed to Milan, and since it was also during the area's white truffle festival, we decided it sounded great --plus since we love Italian wine, so we loved the thought of being in the area's famous wine region to also wine taste.||The grounds are beautiful and the photos and website did not seem to disappoint, however however, sadly, the service and food were absolutely abysmal. The staff seemed totally uninterested and totally unhelpful. At check-in we were greeted by the desk person who made the comment at check in that, "Oh, I see you booked our smallest room," which I found very rude and with no offer to upgrade us. (We used Amex Platinum card.) He seemed extremely distracted by other guests milling about and when we inquired about dinner, he muttered that their "Michelin rated" restaurant was booked and we may have to find someplace else to eat. (Later, after being told they could accommodate an 8 p.m. reservation we saw there was over half the tables empty in the restaurant!) Upon check-in he told us to wait in the garden with their welcome drink-- an incredibly overly sweet Moscato-- which was so sweet we could not drink it, and that he would come back and give us a property tour. (It would have been so nice to have been offered a choice of red OR white given we are smack in the middle of the wine country.) Over an HOUR later, we were still sitting there. I was getting very annoyed. Finally we got his quick, seemingly rushed tour and then went to our room. The room was underwhelming with an ugly blocked roof view, and the shower pan did not drain well, and the bed was very firm. Whatever! We were dead set to have a good time. The clerk had called to say he found us a 8 p.m. reservation at their in-house "Michelin" rated restaurant. Wow, was that ever a total disappointment. The pasta was in no way homemade, and the menu was extremely odd and not good at all. Later the bartender in the bar made a rude remark when I tried to order a Barbera, chastising me that why would I want that heavy of a red to start with? He then mentioned the wines in his home country (Argentina) were better than Italy! Ok.... we are literally in Italy's wine country and to hear this was so odd. Another super off-putting comment by the first check-in clerk happened the next day when we came back to the property after having explored the town of Alba, and when we mentioned we had seen some amazing and beautiful churches earlier in the day, he responded by saying, and I quote, "Oh, I am not a church-type person." Wow. Ok. You are literally working in a beautiful old restored monastery that housed monks living under religious vows, and this is your response to your guests? STRANGE! ||This property claims to be a 5-star resort but truly it is barely a 3-star. The management needs to send ALL their staff back to training. Just having come from the Mandarin Oriental Lake Como, it was such a shock to us the sheer lack of attention to detail, the clear disinterest to make their guests feel welcome, no special service, nothing extra done to feel appreciated and special. It has so much potential with the amazing location, but they wholly missed the mark. For this place to call themselves a 5-Star resort is unfathomable over-statement.

This was a memorable experience. Words cannot convey how beautiful this area in Italy is and now take a gorgeous resort hotel, spa and restaurant and place it there and call it heaven. We were beyond satisfied with the freshly made pasta daily paired with Barolo and the scenery all around made it very difficult to leave paradise. Highly recommend getting a massage and relaxing by the pool of your choice.

There is no air conditioning in this hotel. It is impossible to sleep as I'm sweeting like a pig. I feel like I'm being robbed of my money for having to spend so much to suffocate in a furnace.

Beautiful restaurant with great service and food. Good food options, great desert and great local wines. Prepared to be full! We had a memorable experience.