Villa Anitori Relais & Spa

In a hidden spot within the rolling hills of Le Marche, nestled between the backdrop of the Sibillini Mountains and the distant sea views, is the beautiful Relais Villa Anitori.

With its centuries-old buildings and grounds, it offers the most discerning visitor the charm of an exclusive setting, with a unique character of a forgotten ancient elegance. It’s an ideal place to spend a spa break, romantic weekend, have a relaxing holiday, or celebrate a special occasion.

For more than 400 years, the Villa has dominated the valley as far as the eye can see between the town of Loro Piceno and Monte Conero. Its grounds, interspersed with trees which are centuries-old, used to welcome the high society of the time at the opening of the summer hunting season.

Today, after a careful and detailed renovation, this same villa and park bring ancient splendour back to life with a completely new and contemporary style, which, along with the swimming pool and spa, makes Villa Anitori the ideal place for a relaxing retreat.

Only ten rooms and suites for an individual experience with un-pretending atmosphere. Historical private green park all around the Villa, with corners and breathtaking views, fragrant gardens and paths among tall centuries-old trees, where you can immerse yourself in harmony in nature.

Outdoor Swimming-Pool equipped with water jets and hydromassage corner, sun-loungers, parasols and (from 4pm) pool bar service. Available from May to September (non-heated). The pool is surrounded by the greenery of the private park and features a nice view over Loro Piceno Castle. The depth ranges from 1.20 to 1.60 m.

Buffet Breakfast with sweet and savory delicatessen served evreyday between 8:00 and 10:00 AM. Our buffet features a choice of italian breakfast with freshly-baked croissants, sweets, cakes, pies, several types of bread, toasts, selection of yogurt, seeds, cereals and fresh fruits.

Complimentary hot bevereages such as tea, coffee, espresso and cappuccino are made to order by our friendly staff as well as minute-made juices. You will also find a selection of savory items, like local ham, cheese and savory pies. Gluten-free products are made available upon request to all our guests with special dietary needs with our compliments.

A-la-carte Restaurant offering traditional dishes as well as fusion cuisine. We serve both fish and meat under the vaulted ceiling of our ancient winery hall. Open for dinner every day all year round (except Tueday); also open for lunch Saturday and Sunday.

Every evening from 16:00 to 20:00 our barman is available for guests who wish to sip a drink or enjoy an aperitif while enjoying our panoramic view. In the summer, comfortable sofas and armchairs allow you to sit outside as well.

We are advocates of Slow Tourism. Villa Anitori is the ideal place for those who favor a quality and slow travel experience; for those who love to slowly discover the typicality, the particularities and the warm welcome of the small villages; for those who love to explore nature by bicycle and to immerse themselves in breathtaking landscapes and the ups and downs of our hills; for those who believe that traveling means Living and making up time for the big little things that make life intense.

We select for you the best wines and km0 products of our territory, which you can also buy at the Villa. Also, Villa Anitori is a Bike Hotel. Bike enthusiasts have at their disposal dedicated bike friendly services and a wonderful area to discover by bicycle.

We have respect and care for the nature. Among the various measures, we use photovoltaic panels to produce energy from renewable sources for ourselves and for you, to provide you with free recharging for your electric car (free during the day).

We collect and reuse rainwater to irrigate our gardens and to feed our fountain. We try to limit the use of energy, plastic, water and detergents that can impact the environment. Help us to reduce waste too. These and other small gestures can make a big difference.

ROOMS & SUITES
Within the majestic seventeenth-century villa – restored with great care and elegance, and retaining many of its original architectural features – 10 exclusive rooms and suites have been revealed from the original spirit of the building. The original glamour of the house still radiates from its ancient walls and combines perfectly with sophisticated, modern details and stylish facilities.

SUITE
Spacious (42-46 sqm) and bright suites. Every tiny detail has been taken care of, to offer you a perfect and exclusive stay. Bathroom features an inbuilt tub. Some suites also offer a private terrace.

SUPERIOR
These delightful and spacious rooms, furnished with great taste, some with a four-poster bed, are a true romantic and exclusive hideaway for couples. Perfect for longer stays or to grant yourself a one-night luxury treat.

STANDARD
Our two standard rooms are relatively small (24 sqm) but very comfortable, ideal for a short stay. Located at the top floor, once an attic used to store weat, they feature wooden beams and terracotta ceiling and a cozy bathroom with large shower.

DINING
A VOLTE Restaurant & Wine at Villa Anitori offers an enjoyable experience: our cuisine includes both fish and meat, as it is typical of our region, with a touch of innovation.

Dinner is served within the charming atmosphere of our vaulted room, that was once upon a time a winery. Our menu usually changes on weekly basis, according to the seasonality of the various products and the availability of local produce.

“A Volte Restaurant & Wine” is a gem that you can’t miss. In every dish there is the story of our territory, in a contemporary way. Every day you can dine in the romantic and elegant atmosphere of majestic brick vaults, in the hall of the ancient cellars.

In summer you can dine even outdoor, in the beautiful atmosphere of the “Fountain Square”. Large spaces, spaced tables: once seated you can dine without a mask and without barriers in complete safety, relaxation and serenity.

SALA ANTICHE VOLTE
Our a-la carte Restaurant is housed in the ancient wine cellar room of Villa Anitori, with its majestic stone vaults. This is the ideal setting for a romantic and elegant dinner

HORSE STABLE HALL
What was once the horse stable, as witnessed by the presence of a superb brick crib, has been converted in a rustic hall, perfect to host small groups up to 30 people.

PANORAMIC HALL
The largest hall is dominated by huge windows offering an amazing view over the rolling hills and the beutiful countryside. Perfect for larger events, it can sit up to 260 people

WEDDINGS
Villa Anitori, set in the scenic greenery of its centuries-old park is the perfect location to celebrate your wedding. Vast spaces with both indoor and outdoor options, offer functional spaces to accommodate your guests easily and to organize your dream day hazzle-free.

If required, Villa Anitori is legally authorized to host a fully valid civil ceremony. Our complete organization and impeccable service will make your experience unforgettable. Many couples have already experienced our service and they will be happy to share their recommendations

In every season Villa Anitori offers the perfect setting for your wedding reception. Our lush grounds can be decorated as you wish. Three halls of different size, one of them up to 260 people with breath-taking view over the horizon and the green hills of le Marche.

Another hall can host up to 80 people in the scenic setting of an ancient winery featuring impressive vaulted ceilings and stone walls. The ancient park, spotted with monumental trees and the outdoor garden, with its cozy swimming pool will be a great location for your wedding day.

Our cuisine will be happy to create with you your own menu; both and international choice and a local specialties selection are possible. From the canapées buffet to the wedding cake we will take care of everything to offer you and your guests an authentic italian experience.

THE SPA
A sensation of well-being will surround you as soon as you arrive at Villa Antinori, a wellness that can only come from a place with enchanting views, gardens, colours and fragrances.

The spa is available upon reservation as a day spa for daily programmes, treatments and massages. Also, inside the large spa centre, you can book exclusive spas for couples: an intimate oasis of relaxation only for two.

The entire area of the SPA is at your exclusive disposal, with fruit and sparkling wine that you can consume directly in the Spa. The area includes: small, heated indoor/outdoor pool with jacuzzi and waterfall, sauna, steam bath, sensation shower with chromotherapy, herbal tea area and relaxation zone. Free use of a soft bathrobe, sauna towel and slippers.

COUPLE SPA + CANDLELIT DINNER
A moment of pure romanticism: the exclusivity of the Couple Spa (a spa within a spa with scented candles, a Finnish sauna for your private use, a double jacuzzi, a sensation shower and private relaxation area with fresh fruit and spumante), followed by the romantic setting of the ancient wine cellars of Villa Anitori where you will enjoy a gourmet candlelit dinner (3-course menu of meat or fish, drinks not included).

WATERS OF THE DEAD SEA RITUAL
Treat yourself to an exclusive wellness experience to share as a couple. For you all the beneficial properties of the Dead Sea salts, combined with the precious seaweeds of Brittany and other trace elements in a toning drainage-energetic massage.

The ritual ends in the Private Spa for couple, with a relaxing phyto-mineral bath in a double hydromassage tub. In your private oasis, you will also have a Finnish sauna just for you, sensory showers and a private relaxation area with fruit and sparkling wine by the glass.

DISCOVER LE MARCHE
This beautiful part of Le Marche identified as the province of Macerata is a land rich in hidden treasures, still unspoilt by mass tourism. Locals are very welcoming and genuinely happy to share with visitors the incredible heritage that these places keep. Every season will show its own different shades.

BIKE HOTEL
Le Marche provide plenty of idillic roads to bike enthusists. Starting your journey directly from the hotel you will find yoursel amidst rolling hills, ancient villages, castles, natural reserves and breath-taking views all over the place. Different itineraries are available according to individual capabilities and fitness, both for road bike and MTB.

Besides, fine dining and nice wine are widespread across the area and you will be able to enjoy a pleasant stop every now and then. Let our expert guides lead you: they have studied the best tracks for you and they will be able to show you the beauties that our region has to offer.

THE TASTE OF ANCIENT TRADITIONS
Loro Piceno is the capital of vino cotto, a very peculiar product literally meaning “cooked wine”. Inside the noble palaces in the town centre (as well as at Villa Anitori) you can still find an interesting architecture of structures that were functional to pressing grapes and boiling wine.

The locals are very proud of their own “vino cotto” as every barrel keeps the nuances and the taste that a particular producer obtained through its own ability and secrets passed on to every generation.

Vino cotto is a typical wine of this area traditionally concentrated in a very narrow area in the province of Macerata and partially in that of Fermo. Strong and sweet, amber in colour, with an intense fruits scent. The production technique dates back to the Piceni who in turn took it from the Greek and hasn’t chnged much since then.

Plauto in 191 b.C. describes vino cotto as one of the best beverages to be served at a banquet. In the town of Loro Piceno a permanent exhibition is dedicated to the tools and techniques used in the making of vino cotto and a small museum is located in an evocative location next to the porch of San Francesco church.

LAND OF ARTISANS & LUXURY CRAFTS
Le Marche is among the leading manufacturing regions in Italy, especially concerning clothing, shoes and fashion accessories. Craftsmen tradition has always been widespread withn its population and has evolved into a high end manufacturing industry.

The tiny little village of Loro Piceno is close to several productive districts, each unique for their peculiar crafts and it is indeed possible to shop around both at some artisanal workshops and at the factory outlets of well known fashion and design brands.

Macerata and Fermo provinces are primarily known for shoes (Tod’s, Prada, Loriblu, Santoni, Fornarina, Paciotti, Fabi, Bikkembergs, NeroGiardini), jewels (Brosway) and fashion accessories, like hats and knitwear.

Tolentino is the place to go for leather sofas and accessories, being home to Poltrona Frau, Valdichienti and Nazareno Gabrielli, while Treia is famous for its kitchen industries (Lube, Vismap). Take the chance to visit a fancy factory outlet or a little craftsmen workshopon to complete your stay at Villa Anitori with a touch of glamour.

ABBADIA DI FIASTRA
“Ora et Labora”, “Cruce et aratro”, these are the fundamental rules of life that have always inspired and guided the work of the Cistercians of the Abbey of Chiaravalle di Fiastra, a work that, in hundreds of years, has realized a priceless heritage that has enhanced the fundamental value of this territory.

The Abbadia di Fiastra Nature Reserve was created to protect the lands belonging to the Cistercian monks and shaped by them over the centuries and where it is still possible to enjoy a welcoming and harmonious environment, expression of a balanced relationship between man and nature.

The Abbey of Chiaravalle di Fiastra, moreover, with its almost intact environments and still inhabited by the monks, offers all visitors, habitual or not, the possibility of participating in religious life and immersing themselves in a suggestive atmosphere of spirituality.

In addition to bringing to life the slow rhythms of the Macerata hills, the Reserve is also the perfect place to play sports. Along its paths immersed in the green it is in fact possible to walk or to make excursions by mountain bike or on horseback.

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
Legend has it that in the cave of the Sibyl, located on the homonymous mountain, lived “the illustrious prophetess who rarely reveals her secrets”. Necromancers and lonely knights came from all over Europe, after exhausting journeys, hoping to get an oracle from the Sibyl.

The magic of the past is expressed today in the enchantment of the places that make the Monti Sibillini National Park a spectacle of nature. Leaving from Loro Piceno, the hills and valleys of the Unione Montana dei Monti Azzurri are a puzzle of different colors that vary with the seasons.

On them the eye rests spacing on the horizon limited by the Sibillini and feeds on sensations and small enchantments: ancient trees, rushing streams and foaming waterfalls, silver lakes, farmhouses, small villages embraced by their ancient walls, churches with their elegant stone portals.

The National Park welcomes its visitors with a great variety of landscapes: narrow and impressive gorges such as the suggestive “Gole dell’ Infernaccio”, flowering meadows such as the famous Piani di Castelluccio, mountains with peaks over 2.000 meters as the Priora, the Monte Bove, woods and lakes with clear water such as Lake Fiastra and Lake Pilato.

In the territory of the Park you can try excursions with trekking, mountain bike and horse riding, or for the most adventurous, you can try free flight or practice winter sports at the Ussita Frontignano and Bolognola ski facilities.

LE MARCHE RIVIERA
Within less than 30 minutes drive from Loro Piceno you can reach the Adriatic coast and its enchanting tourist resorts. The blue flags Civitanova Marche, Porto Sant’Elpidio, Fermo and Porto San Giorgio offer equipped beaches, restaurants, beach resorts, places where you can practice sports such as tennis, sailing, windsurfing and kitesurfing and a lively nightlife offering shows, cultural events and fun for everyone.

For those who love history and art, the splendid towns that populate the hills near the sea such as Civitanova Alta, Sant’Elpidio a Mare and Torre di Palme, are worth a visit.

Nature lovers can go further north to Monte Conero , a paradise overlooking the sea where you can visit some of the most beautiful pearls of the Adriatic: Numana, Sirolo, Le due Sorelle, Portonovo.

LORO PICENO
The sky line of Loro Piceno and the very essence of its ancient history are represented by the imposing high-medieval castle, around whose circles the life of the feudal village, of the Earth and of the Municipality has been unraveled for centuries, and which still is the soul and the body from which winding alleys of ancient cobblestones, houses and buildings in gilded terracotta, gently sloping down towards the plain and modernity.

And meanwhile the gaze runs away from the sea to the mountains, from the Marca of Ancona to the Piceno, between a rippling of ferocious lands and a transparent overlapping of laughing ridges.

The sweetness of the surrounding hills, the serenity of the landscape, the neatness and rigor of the various restorations made to the urban plant, make Loro Piceno a very pleasant place of residence and a popular tourist destination.

RECANATI: HOME TOWN OF GIACOMO LEOPARDI 
Speaking of Recanati is like evoking the great poet Giacomo Leopardi who was born here in 1798, and he was inspired by this nice little town in many of his lyrics.

Think of the square mentioned in the poem ” il Sabato del Villaggio”, right below the birth-home of the Poet; think of the tower described in “Passero Solitario” in the cloister next to the Church of S. Agostino, which dates back to the 13th century; think of the hill of “L’infinito” on Mount Tabor with the ancient garden of the monastery of the Poor Clares and the World Center of poetry and culture.

Today the city of Recanati is known throughout the world thanks to its Poet and the related National Center for Leopardi Studies, but the culture-loving visitor will find many other interesting reasons in this town: from the Library of 20,000 volumes collected by the Count Monaldo Leopardi, (Giacomo’s father), to the palaces and churches rich in works of art and the museum dedicated to another great son who made the city famous: the tenor Beniamino Gigli

LORETO & THE HOLY HOUSE OF THE VIRGIN MARY 
Like a treasure chest, the Basilica of Loreto houses one of the greatest treasures of Christianity: the Holy House of Nazareth, where, according to devotional tradition, the Virgin Mary received the Annunciation.

The “house of the Madonna” consisted of three walls leaning against a cave dug into the rock (which is located in the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth). According to popular tradition, on the night between 9 and 10 December 1294 the stones of the house of Nazareth were flown by angels.

In fact, some studies and documents found confirmed that transport was by sea on crusader ships. In fact, after the expulsion of the Christians from the Holy Land by Muslims, an exponent of the “Angeli” family, rulers of Epirus, was interested in saving the Holy House from certain ruin, which was, therefore, transported first to Trsat, in today’s Croatia, in 1291 and then in Loreto on 10 December 1294.

Studies carried out on the stones of the Holy House would confirm its Palestinian origin, they are worked according to the technique used by the Nabataeans, a population bordering with the Jews, much used also in Palestine.

On the stones there are numerous graffiti similar to the Judaeo-Christian ones of the II-V century found in the Holy Land, in particular in Nazareth. Furthermore, the technical and architectural comparisons show that the three walls connect perfectly to the cave kept in Nazareth.

LO SFERISTERIO
Built between 1820 and 1829 at the expense of the wealthyest among the citizens of Macerata, the building was built on the project of the young architect Ireneo Aleandri.

Conceived for the game of the “ball with the bracelet”, very popular in the mid-nineteenth century, at the beginning it hosted various types of public shows, such as parties, rides, political and sporting events, equestrian circuses and bull hunts.

In the twentieth century we begin to think that the internal space, with its harmony between the neoclassical colonnade, the high straight wall and the large central open area, can be the perfect set for the opera performances. In 1921 Giuseppe Verdi’s L’Aida made its debut at the Sferisterio and was repeated for 17 evenings, and seen by 70,000 people.

After the Second World War, starting from 1967, the opera house resumes its successful path, culminating with the current Macerata Opera Festival, hosting the most important artists in the world.

With its perfect visibility and excellent natural acoustics, around 2500 seats, 104 balconies and a stage of considerable size, the Sferisterio Opera Seasons attract the most demanding public to applaud original proposals and prestigious casts.

URBS SALVIA ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
The Archaeological Park of Urbs Salvia spans about 40 hectares and is the most important and spectacular of le Marche. The visit itinerary allows you to grasp the structure of a typical Roman city in its entirety. At the highest point is the aqueduct tank, two parallel tunnels that supplied the city below with water.

Lower down, the Theater, one of the largest in Italy and the only one that preserves substantial traces of painted plaster. It was built in bricks at the beginning of the 1st century. A.D. The underlying “Niche Building” served as a scenic connection between the various levels of the city, that is, between the theater plateau above and the forum.

At the foot of the hill stands the majestic sacred area, consisting of a minor temple and a large temple with cryptoporticus, an underground corridor where you can admire valuable frescoes with iconography related to Augustus’s propaganda and delightful panels with scenes of animals interspersed with lunar masks.

Outside the imposing walls, up to five meters high, there is the Amphitheater, built by Lucio Flavio Silva Nonio Basso at the end of the 1st century. A.D. near which there are two imposing funerary monuments. Finally, a visit to the State Archaeological Museum gives you an overview of the Roman civilization of the site.

Rooms: 10

Price: from 119 EUR per night

Source: www.villaantinori.it