The Restored Italian Hamlet Where History Meets Five-Star Luxury

“Let’s meet in the piazza,” says hotel manager Patrizia Chiari. She is arranging a tour of Borgo San Felice, a five-star resort in what was once a tiny Tuscan village. It is now fully renovated with modern luxuries from a heated outdoor pool to a spa, yet it manages to maintain the historic rural character of a centuries-old Italian hamlet.

A high-class hotel in a humble historic village

In the central square of Borgo San Felice is the noble palazzo of the Grisaldi Del Taja family, who once commanded life in this pocket-sized community. “The stone structures around the villa would have housed their workers,”

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