Villa Campestri Olive Oil Resort Vicchio di Mugello

If you've never been to a resort dedicated entirely to olive oil, then it's about time you treated yourself to a weekend at Villa Campestri Olive Oilve Resort! An exclusive hotel set in extensive parkland with swimming pool, spa, and gourmet restaurant, Villa Campestri is a gorgeous period residence, dating back to the 1300's, situated halfway between Florence and the Mugello Valley, where, for centuries, people have been busy producing Tuscany's precious liquid gold.

AtVilla Campestri Olive Oil Resort everything has been designed to help guests discover more about the way olive oil is produced and employed. No more so than in the Oliviaia Restaurant where, in the sumptuous dining room or, in the summer, on the panoramic terrace, guests are presented with a menu of traditional Tuscan favorites and a special oil menu, to ensure the perfect dressing for each and every dish. In the Oleoteca, situated in the villa's barrel vaulted cellars, customers have the chance to taste a selection of the finest extra virgin olive oil, from the various oil producing regions of Italy and the rest of the world.

From the height of its hilltop position, Villa Campestri enjoys commanding views over the estate's century old olive groves. As if the natural beauty of the landscape were not enough, inside the villa, guests are treated to a triumph of renaissance art and finery. Located in the main villa, the adjoining farmhouse, and in what was once the estate's dairy, the resort's bedrooms, suites and apartments are the epitome of old world charm, embellished with priceless family heirlooms, period paintings and exquisite items of antique furniture. The majority of rooms face onto the park or swimming poo.

Olive oil is used not only in the resort's delicious cuisine and exclusive bathroom courtesy range, it is also employed to great effect in Villa Campestri's "Salus per Oleum" spa, in an impressive range of massages and beauty treatments which, on request, are performed outdoors, amidst the olive trees. A great choice for an active outdoor holiday, Villa Campestri organizes nature walks, excursions by mountain bike, truffle hunting expeditions, and even offers guests the opportunity to plant their very own olive tree.

Three good reasons

1. The luxurious spa treatments in the "Salus per Oleum".
2. The chance to plant your very own olive tree in the countryside of Mugello.
3. An extraordinary Tuscan holiday in a renaissance villa, within minutes of Florence.