travel42 Hotel Review: Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel

Castello di Casole, A Belmond Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located in one of Italy's most scenic settings, about an hour's drive south of Florence, this 4,200-acre Tuscan "experience" continues to evolve with wide brushstrokes aimed at covering over its former owner's paint-by-numbers charm.

Perhaps the most impressive villa-castle hotel in Tuscany, this is also part real estate venture, and those with extra hedge-fund profits can acquire a custom-built year-round residence for around US$5 million. To date, there...