Traveler Magazine 2018 Spring Traveler | Page 85

83 ITALIAN MASTERPIECES PHOTOS L E F T: V I L L A S O L A C A B I AT I T O P R I G H T: R O S E W O O D C A S T I G L I O N D E L BOSCO VILLAS B O T T O M R I G H T: V I L L A S O L A C A B I AT I One of the oldest and best-preserved estates in Tuscany, Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco Villas allows you to live in the tradition of Italian nobles, surrounded by stunning views of the Val d’Orcia. Each of the 17th-century villas offers a unique twist on Italian luxury. In the six-bedroom Villa Oddi, your family can screen films in the private theater, work on your backhand at the tennis court, or simply soak in the breathtaking views in your very own infinity pool. Maybe the Villa Sant’Anna is more to your liking, where you overlook the golf course and rolling vineyards. Whichever villa you choose, you will also enjoy wine-tasting seminars at the on-site winery, which produces an elegant Brunello di Montalcino red, as well as a private 18-hole golf club, a cooking school with organic kitchen, and access to the hotel spa. It will be difficult to leave such an estate, but when you do, your transport will launch from the estate’s helipad. Your arrival at the Villa Sola Cabiati will not be by helicopter, though it could be by boat, right up to your private dock on gorgeous Lake Como. Just minutes from the Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Villa Sola Cabiati is an icon of history built in the 16th century. During your time here, you can visit the private museum of the villa, where Napoleon’s own furniture is displayed, stroll the grounds of your private garden, or take the gozzo out on the lake where you just might run into Lake Como villa owner George Clooney. ANDREWHARPERTRAVEL.COM SPRING | 2018