Hotel Villa Casagrande hosts meetings and training days for up to 60 people, private dinners, team-building programs and weddings in a villa first built at the end of the 14th century. The hotel stands in Figline Valdarno, in the Arno valley south-east of Florence, with its own restaurants, a pool, a spa and a wine-producing farm on the estate.
Seminars and company events
Two meeting rooms occupy the former armory on the ground floor. Both have daylight, high ceilings and old walls, and both come with Wi-Fi, a screen, a video projector and flip charts. Sound amplification and microphones are available on request. The villa runs a dedicated team-building offer, and the gardens and loggias give groups a place to work outdoors or take a break between sessions.
Coffee breaks can draw on the kitchen of the Terrae Casagrande restaurant and on wines from the estate's own farm, the Antica Fattoria. A group can therefore hold its sessions, eat and sleep in the same building, which keeps a two-day seminar simple to run.
Weddings and receptions
Villa Casagrande sells weddings, either the reception alone or the ceremony and the reception together, and its staff help with each step of the planning. Couples can use private indoor rooms or the outdoor areas. For private events the hotel lists the 14th-century cloister, the Italian garden and the historic halls. Wedding guests can add a winery visit, spa time or a four-course tasting menu to their stay.
Rooms and capacities
Sala Cesare measures 14.5 by 5.5 meters with a 4.5-meter ceiling and holds up to 60 people. Sala Bianca measures 12.5 by 5.5 meters with a 4-meter ceiling and holds up to 50. Both rooms have natural light. Beyond the meeting rooms, the cloister and the Italian garden serve as settings for receptions and aperitifs.
Accommodation
Guests stay in the villa, which offers twelve categories of rooms and suites, from Basic and Comfort rooms to named suites such as Leopoldina, Ginevra and Colombaia, plus family rooms. The pool and the spa, with saunas, a whirlpool and relaxation areas, are on site.
Catering
The hotel runs two restaurants. Terrae Casagrande serves Tuscan cooking in a room of stone and wood, and Cielo Casagrande sits on the hill facing the villa, with views over the Valdarno and a modern reading of traditional dishes. The Antica Fattoria produces wine from grape varieties grown on the estate.
History and setting
The villa was built at the end of the 14th century by Ser Ristoro, a Florentine notary whose descendants became the Serristori family. In the Renaissance it drew artists and scholars, and the philosopher Marsilio Ficino taught members of the family here. Charles V, Carlo VII di Borbone and Prince Umberto with Maria José stayed at the villa over the centuries, and Pope Leo X was fond of it. Coats of arms from earlier periods are still visible on the walls. The Luccioli family has looked after the property since the early 1980s.
Getting there
The address is Via Castelguinelli 84 in Figline e Incisa Valdarno, in the province of Florence. Figline Valdarno station lies on the rail line between Florence and Arezzo, and Florence airport is the nearest air gateway.
