Villa Cattani Stuart Pesaro

Villa Cattani Stuart is a hotel with a 17th Century mansion, park and pool in Pesaro, in the Marche region. The property is located in a natural environment, which makes it the perfect place for walks and for those who wants to get a chance to meet nature.

Villa Cattani Stuart dominates an entire valley, surrounded by the hills overlooking the Adriatic Riviera in Pesaro, at only 2 Km from the sea.

Around the Villa, three wonderful Italian gardens, with their romantic paths, envelop the hotel in a suggestive natural atmosphere. Fountains, little temples and statues lead to th majestic terrace with a pool.

The charming and luxury Villa Cattani Stuart Hotel is placed in a park near the 17th Century historic house in Pesaro, Marche. It offers its guests an unforgettable experience and a high-level service. It is one of the few hotels in the Adriatic Riviera with its own heliport.

The hotel is situed on the hills around Pesaro, at 2 km from the sea and 4 km from the town center. It offers a overnight stay service with breakfast included, made with the best products from the territory.

In the luxury building adjacent to the Villa, recently restored, you will find ample soundproofing rooms provided with stylish furniture, minibar, satellite TV, 30 Mb free internet, safe for laptop and hairdrier.

The hotel also has an greement with a restaurant at only 50 mt from it and a free bike rental service for its customers. It is the best place for a relaxing holidays in Pesaro, with a good book, deep in the green park, near the lake or in the pool, in a complete peacefulness and privacy.

THE HISTORY
Villa Cattani Stuart is one of the most well-known historic houses in the province of Pesaro and Urbino and in the whole Marche.

The Villa, together with its amazing Italian Gardens, dates back to a period between the 1630 and the 1680 and it was projected and completed by Giacomo Cattani, Giuliano Cattani and Carlo Giuseppe Cattani. Who were the Cattani’s?

They were merchants from Stazzona, a little village at the slopes of the mountains, just behind Dongo, on the banks of the “high” side of the Como Lake.
Why was it built?

In the first place, to host the Cattani family in a house that could give prestige and honor to their name. Secondly, to host the colonists in the neighboring lot, whose task was to cultivate the 10 hectares of lot that surrounds the Villa, on the green and fertile hills of Trebbiantico.

These hectares also include an olive grove of over 200 plants and its olive oil mill. Not to mention its function of casino and hunting place, activities considered at that time real social rituals.

The house carried out its task pretty well and it was the scene of two great love stories. The first one was between Pietro Cattani, heir to the family, and Laura Gabardini, descendant of one of the most high-profile families in Pesaro.

From this love 7 baby girls and 2 baby boys were born. The second love story was between Carlo Giuseppe Cattani and Marta Muccioli, descendant of another of the richest and most powerful families in Pesaro.

This was the proof that the Cattani’s played an important role in both social and economic life of the town. So important that the Pontifical Legate of Pesaro and Urbino, Alemanno Salviati, chosed Villa Cattani Stuart as his summer residence from 1717 to 1726, period in which the Villa reached its peak of splendor.

Who were the Pontifical Legates? They were the personal representatives of the Pope and of the Papal State on the territory, prefect, administrator and judge of the province.

For 9 years, Villa Cattani was at the center of the political, social and economical life in the province; it was also the place of diplomatic meetings between the Cardinal Salviati and the political and religious delegates coming from other provinces of Italy and from abroad.

One of these meetings proved to be particularly important. It was on the 6th October 1726 when the Cardinal Salviati decided to host in Villa Cattani James 3rd Stuart, the fourth son of James 2nd, the Catholic King of England sent away from the Protestant William of Orange.

In Pesaro, for the first time, an heir to the throne of England, with his court of 80 people. James, along with his children, the last heirs to the Stuart’s, are now buried in the Vatican caves, in Saint Peter. A monument by Canova commemorates them.

After the death of Marianna Cattani, in 1802, the last heir to the Cattani family, who was married to the Marquis Giovanni Paolucci, the Villa will never come back in the hands of the family who named it.

The story of the Paolucci family, who lived in the Villa, as well as the Bolis and Giungi families would deserve a chapter apart. For this, you will find a volume about the Villa in the hotel ready to be read.

Are you curious? It is your chance to learn more about the history of the Villa, by visiting it and staying in it like ancient and noble guests.

Today it is the Tomassini-Guidi family who keep alive the architectural prestigious of the building and the precious harmony of the celebrated Italian gardens that surrounded it.

THE FAMILY
The Tomassini-Guidi family, owner of the building for the last 40 years, is devoted to the reception of guests since 1985, when the Villa started its activity as the first agritourism in the province of Pesaro and Urbino. With the construction of an outbuilding, the Villa became a luxurious four stars hotel.

Villa Cattani Stuart promotes both the territory of Pesaro and the Marche in the whole world, since it has guests coming from over 50 different Countries.

With a modern approach in the reception and by keeping the style and the warmth of the past, the Villa boasts an expert and skilled team, who pays a scrupulous attention to details.

At Villa Cattani Stuart we are all concierges, and we all care about the satisfaction of our customers! The owners Maria Cristina, Federico and Alessandro, together with their parents Mr. Renzo and Mrs. Maria Teresa and soon also with the help of Maria Vittoria, Margherita and Victor, are waiting for you to tell you about the history of the Villa and about the wonderful places that surround it, to make you experience the feelings of the past, with passion and enthusiasm.

GARDENS & SWIMMING POOL
The magnificent Villa Cattani Stuart, totally isolated and hidden in the green hills, can be reached through a tree-lined park.

Behind the building and on the right side, you can admire three wonderful Italian gardens adorned by evergreen borders and blooming flowerbeds, rich in fountains, basins, little temples and stone statues, fenced by walls and protected by high wrought iron gates.

From here, you can enjoy the whole valley underneath and, on the background, the iridescent tones of the Adriatic Sea. Inside, you can admire the frescoes painted by Niccolò Berrettoni (pupil of Cantarini and Maratti).

Villa Cattani Stuart offers to its guests a Jacuzzi pool with a sea view and a small lake underneath. The big swimming pool surrounded by the green hills (19 meters of length) is placed on a panoramic terrace that dominates the entire valley up to the sea and is surrounded by olive trees and Italian gardens.

On the sides of the Villa Cattani pool, a big solarium made of natural stone with comfortable sun beds.

ROOMS
The rooms of Villa Cattani Stuart hotel are in the most recent building, adjacent to the Villa. They offer a great hospitality in high-profile environments, as well as every sort of services, starting from a discreet and careful welcome guaranteed by the team staff.

Villa Cattani Stuart has 35 rooms. They are divided into Comfort, Superior and Junior Suite Rooms. Furnished in a modern style, they are spacious, soundproofing, and they have ample windows.

They are all provided with private services, air conditioning, satellite TV and Wi-Fi connection. According to the costumers’ opinion, shared on the net, the rooms are among the most appreciated elements of the hotel.

Among the common service facilities offered to our costumers, a jacuzzi swimming pool deep in the Villa olive tree grove with a sea view and Wi-Fi connection, extended to all common areas.

Always inside the hotel, you will find some meeting rooms for working meetings, provided with broadband Wi-Fi connection, audio system and bar service. At about 200 meters from the swimming pool, the guests can find a small lake both for romantic walks an fast walking, always deep in an old times silence.

Among the services offered by Villa Cattani, the lovers of open-air activities can enjoy the hotel’s Bike Room to reach easily the seaside or to have fun by going up and down the roads on the hills surrounding Pesaro.

JUNIOR SUITE
The Junior Suite rooms of the Villa Cattani Stuart Hotel are the most spacious; they are of about 25 sq. m and are perfect for families, since a third bed can be added in them.

In addition, they obviously offer all the hospitality services the hotel guarantees for the comfort of the guests: a complete soundproofing, air conditioning, broadband wi-fi connection.

LOCATION
Villa Cattani Stuart is set in the Village of Trebbiantico, suburb of Pesaro, on the hills at about three km from the main town, which can be reached by a softly leaning road, surrounded by ancient trees, deep in the country rich in vineyard and olive trees.

These two roads form a triangle together with the street that leads to Fosso Sejore and Novilara. This place, known in the old times as Trivium Antiguum, used to form a triangle on the roads to Novilara and Fosso Sejore along the “new” Flaminia connected to Fano, constructed by the Romans during the I Sec. a.c. to circumnavigate the city.

This village is known as “a peaceful place where horse riders could rest and have a good laugh” because of its geographic position. It has always been considered a wonderful place for a holiday.

ADAMO TOMMASINI
Adamo owned one of the few bicycle workshops in Pesaro. He was used to welcome in his laboratory many bike lovers, who only allowed “Damin” to take care of their bicycles.

He was very meticulous, but willing to work only for people he liked and with who he built a special bonding over time. To the others, he simply and kindly pointed another workshop further up the road.

When he was not in the workshop, he was used to hop on his Triumph and get to Bologna and other circuits to watch bike racings. He was often in company of his friend Dorino Serafini, known sportsman, one of the few who won races both with Ferrari cars and Benelli bikes. Benelli is one of the oldest factories in Pesaro.

LIVIO ISOTTI
The list of his clients includes Livio Isotti – professional runner who also won one stage in the Tour the France.

We grandsons still remember our grandpa Adamo repairing a bike puncture for us, using some sandpaper, mastic and patch (“pezzolina”, as he was used to refer to). Watching him while he was fixing the inner tube was priceless and we still have a lovely memory of it.

This is why, having guests from over 50 Countries who are passionate for bikes and we being lovers (we pratice it, we enjoy it but only as… amateurs) of this sport, we decided in 2017 to implement the hotel with a more qualified service, creating and area equipped for cyclists.

SERVICES
For those who love cycle tourism on two wheels, the Hotel Villa Cattani Stuart in Pesaro, Marche Region, is perfect for a holiday on wheels. Our hotel is surrounded by a 9 hectares-secular park, with a sea view, and a special breakfast, with high quality products chosen directly by our Chef Matteo Volpini.

From here, only a few steps away from the Tour of Italy, you can go through some paths traced by our Bike Manager, for some invigorating adventure in our hinterland. Pesaro is the town of the “Bicipolitana”, a circuit of cycle tracks which follows, in the structure, the subways of Italian and European big cities.

Hundreds of kilometers of roads, paths and tracks, suitable both for mountain bikes lovers and people who have a passion for road bikes. Take your bike with you if you want to. In any case, you will find anything you need in our hotel.

A mild climate and gentle slopes make this part of the Marche Region particularly suitable for rides deep in the wonderful landskapes.

You could also rest for a while to enjoy the sea, from the cliff on the San Bartolo hill, unique in the Adriatic Coast, or to visit one of the many Medioeval villages nearby rich in history and culture. Prepare to be amazed!!

To enjoy all the activities we organize in our Bike Hotel, you do not need to be a professional biker! Our services and bike tutors are there for you, no matter your level of expertise.