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Timbers Resorts will open the Hotel Castello di Casole, a restored 10th century castle converted into a 41-suite boutique hotel, next April. Reservations will go live in November. Following five years of restoration, the hotel will offer guests rustic Tuscan elegance in a spectacular setting featuring over 100 acres of vineyards and olive groves, a model game reserve, a wellness center and some of the region’s finest cuisine with opening rates starting from 630 euros per night. The property is located in Castello di Casole on a 4,200-acre private estate in Tuscany, Italy.

The Hotel Castello di Casole’s 41 suites feature five styles. It will have two restaurants. Castello’s fine-dining venue Ristorante Tosca will serve a range of local, Tuscan and Italian cuisine with an emphasis on homemade pasta using fresh local produce from the hotel’s gardens, and extra virgin olive oil produced on the estate. In season, game will also be a major element to the menu with wild boar, venison, pheasant, hare and rabbit. The gourmet pizzeria, Pazzia, will feature a traditional wood-burning pizza oven, an espresso bar and gelateria. At Bar Visconti — named after Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti, who once lived at the Castello — guests will be able to have a bottle of the estate’s private label vintage, as well as a range of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while overlooking the dining terrace and pool area.

Formerly a wine cellar, the hotel’s 5,400-square-foot Essere Spa will feature seven treatment rooms with vaulted ceilings, restored stone walls and locally recycled wine cork penny tiles. The spa and wellness center will be complete with pools inspired by Roman baths and a TechnoGym fitness facility. Its outdoor spa garden, ideal for yoga and Pilates classes, will emanate the tranquility of Tuscan living. Within the hotel grounds sits a restored 18th century chapel, available for both weddings and private dinners. In addition, an amphitheater with organic stone seating is located on a grassy hillside offering a setting for private concerts. For more information, call 011 39-0 577-967560, email lfiore@hotelcastellodicasole.com  or visit www.castellodicasole.com