This was the first Italian hotel to join the Relais & Châteaux association in 1973, and year after year it continues to cast a spell on its visitors. Reasons to love it include its chic and relaxed atmosphere, its beauty treatment centre, its pool and gardens looking out on the Maremma - a region dotted with Etruscan remains and villages built on rocks, perched on hilltops battered by the wind - its inspired cuisine and above all… its private beach, which promises wonderful bathing in the turquoise depths…