Il Bottaccio, Relais & Châteaux

A Relais & Chateaux Maison since 1988, the Bottaccio is an exclusive boutique hotel, a lounge for friends, and an intimate refuge for those who love art and nature where each guest's stay is tailor-made. But it is in the coolness of the Bottaccio garden that the luxury of tranquility reaches excellence. Nino Mosca's cuisine creates an authentic alchemy between the freshest fish and the fruits of the surrounding woods, and where local excellences are valorised. Water, Art, and marble: the characteristic signs of Bottaccio.The sea of ​​Versilia, torrents, and streams that descended from the Apuan Alps to move the large wheel can still be admired in the garden today. The marble quarries where Michelangelo chose 'white gold' which he then transformed into his immortal works. Contemporary artists have found the raw material for creations that today are reflected in the water of a swimming pool in the center of a large restaurant room, where olives were once harvested. The D'Anna couple, gallery owners, patrons, and owners of a private English college, have created a family residence in Bottaccio and, as they like to underline, a hotel for those who don't like hotels. Bottaccio is the ideal place to visit the cities of Lucca and Pisa, the Cinque Terre, Lunigiana, and Torre del Lago with its Puccini Festival, which every year renews the magic of the great Maestro's works.