Grand Hotel Tettuccio

The Grand Hotel Tettuccio in Montecatini Terme, Tuscany, can host business meetings, gala dinners, private parties and weddings. Two meeting rooms seat 30 to 90 people, and wedding receptions of 120 to 150 guests are organized at a partner villa a few minutes away, with the hotel's own rooms as the fallback in bad weather. The four-star hotel stands on Viale Verdi, facing the thermal baths.

Seminars and company events Business events come first at the Tettuccio. The hotel offers two meeting rooms with seating from 30 to 90 people, depending on the room and the layout. Both are equipped for a working day: microphones and an amplification system, a screen and video projector, a flipchart and an overhead projector, chairs with writing tablets, a head table and fiber-optic internet access.

The hotel presents itself for workshops, corporate meetings and seminars, and it has a dedicated team to follow each event. Guests arriving by car find a car park at the hotel, and electric cars can be charged on site. The hotel also describes a panoramic veranda among the settings it uses for events.

Weddings and receptions The hotel runs a wedding service. It proposes Villa Loretta, a villa surrounded by greenery in Montecatini Alto, about seven minutes from the hotel. The villa has a panoramic swimming pool and is meant for outdoor weddings of roughly 120 to 150 guests. There is little parking nearby, so a transfer service between Montecatini Terme and the villa is normally included in the package. If the weather turns, the reception moves to the Grand Hotel Tettuccio, into its Liberty-style rooms.

The team helps with the practical side: contact with the person in charge of a religious or civil ceremony and preparation of the documents, catering by the hotel restaurant, and help with a vintage car, music, flowers, favors and children's entertainment. The hotel also takes couples living abroad who want to marry in Tuscany. Other celebrations listed on the site are graduation parties, baptism, communion and confirmation banquets, birthdays and anniversaries.

Rooms and capacities The official site gives two meeting rooms of 30 to 90 seats and a villa for 120 to 150 outdoor wedding guests. It does not name the rooms or give a figure per room, so ask the hotel which room fits your headcount and layout. A request should state the date, the number of guests and the format: seminar, dinner or ceremony.

Accommodation Guests can sleep at the hotel itself. Rooms come in four categories, Classic, Deluxe, Superior and Suite, and each room has a tea and coffee kettle. The site does not state the total number of bedrooms, so confirm it before planning a residential event. Booking through the hotel's own website includes free parking.

Catering Food service is handled by the hotel's restaurant, which the hotel describes as a high-level service. It also provides the catering for weddings held at Villa Loretta. Menus are agreed with the team for each event.

History and setting The building is in Liberty style, the Italian Art Nouveau, and the hotel is open all year. It sits on Viale Verdi, in the center of Montecatini Terme and close to the thermal baths. The hotel also has an arrangement with the Grotta Giusti spa, ten minutes away, which can give a group a wellness option beside the working day.

Getting there The address is Viale G. Verdi 74, 51016 Montecatini Terme, in the province of Pistoia. The town has its own railway station, and the Tuscan cities of Florence, Pisa and Lucca can be reached from the area. Guests who drive can use the hotel parking, and charging points are available for electric cars.