Castigliano Del Lago, Tuscany

There are some areas that do not lend themselves to the sanitized, impersonal experience of a hotel. Then there are places where a hotel seems to simply be out of place. After that, there’s Castigliano Del Lago.

Castigliano Del Lago hotels are no doubt as fine as what you’d expect from a reasonably popular resort town. The hotels in Castigliano Del Lago are what you’d expect from any modern Italian town, and that’s exactly why they are out of touch with the spirit of this historic and charming town. They’re too up-to-date, too fast paced, too ‘modern.’

The essence of Castigliano Del Lago is in its ancient stone walls, its frescoed old buildings, its smooth stone paved streets and murals depicting the famous swordsmen and saints who called the town home. A hotel room will find you outside of this historic area and seated squarely within the kitschier, touristy modern town. Rent a villa for a week and your whole family can step out your front door and into the medieval city the hotel visitors have to trek to.