The Castello di Vicarello is Located in the Maremma region of southern Tuscany. The 900-year-old castle was an abandoned ruin until its transformation into an exclusive luxury retreat in the first decade of this century.
Why do I want to go visit? Simple: The Castello di Vicarello has 30 acres of gardens ready to be discovered, but also has a kitchen garden, I know you can smell already the rosemary; it has two pools! And if you don’t want to walk the gardens, there is an Ayurvedic spa and a yoga studio; you can stay in one of the seven lavish suites where you’ll enjoy the view of the vineyards. All of these you can see for yourself in their web site: http://www.vicarello.it/
Nevertheless, the real reason I want to go visit the Castello, besides the fact that it is a Castle, is because The Castello di Vicarello's kitchen produces authentic Tuscan dishes; there is no better place to learn the secrets of this cuisine than the Castello di Vicarello. The proprietor of this fairy-tale castle, Aurora Baccheschi Berti, prepares meals based on what’s fresh in her garden. She shares in her kitchen the many recipes she has developed over the past decade by lkearning from local peasant women and also from her own family’s traditions.
A book of Aurora Baccheschi Berti's recipes was published by Rizzoli, New York, in the spring of 2011.
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