Hotels in Montecatini - hotel / bed and breakfast at Villa Maria

This holiday accommodation in Tuscany has charming rooms, all furnished and styled with antiques ... elegant, refined, a holiday to remember forever.

Villa Maria is set at the foot of Montecatini Alto, in a splendid 10,000 square metre park, planted with olives, oaks and cedars. All rooms have fridge with bar, TV, direct dial telephone, air conditioning and private bathrooms with shower. The villa has a splendid swimming pool suitable for both adults and children - it is situated in the centre of the park, and has bar service and everything you need to spend a relaxing afternoon away from the city bustle. There is also a sauna and massage service available on request.

There are 33 newly fitted rooms at the Villa Maria. Prices for a room start at EURO €60 per night, breakfast included. Montecatini Alto is the original Montecatini, lying a few hundred metres above the 'new' town. The views from here are splendid, and the delightful Piazza Giusti is home to some good bars and restaurants.

Montecatini Terme is half an hour on the motorway from Florence and from the Tyrrhenian sea, and is one of the most famous spa towns in Italy. The baths and spas date back to the fourteenth century and nowadays there are nine fully-functioning 'terme' spread around the town. Elegant, peaceful and relaxing, they make a perfect spot to chill out and unwind.

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Enjoy a glass of enriched water, or take the plunge for the full treatment ... you'll be in illustrious company. Previous visitors include Rossini, Verdi, Princess Grace, Orson Welles, Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks and assorted European royalty. Verdi was particularly taken, searching for eternal youth each year for 25 years.

The lovely location of Villa Maria offers the possibility of interesting daily excursions to some of the most beautiful artistic locations in Tuscany: Florence, Siena, Pistoia, Pisa, Lucca, San Gimignano, Volterra, the Versilian coast, Collodi, the stupendous olive hills of Montalbano, of Valdinievole - the list goes on and on.

Montecatini boasts a race-course, 18 hole golf courses, mini-golf, tennis courts, an Olympic swimming pool, theatres, sports facilities, cinemas, coffee bars, concerts, many fine restaurants, all combining to give guests a very happy stay that satisfies the demands of clients of any age.