Hermitage Hotel & Resort Forte Dei Marmi

The Hermitage Hotel and Resort is a 4 Star Superior Hotel in Forte dei Marmi strategically situated at short distance from the centre of Forte dei Marmi, the Hermitage Hotel & Resort lies in its own private grounds and is connected by a free shuttle to its private beach. The ideal place for holidays.

The Hermitage Hotel & Resort is one of the best hotels in Forte dei Marmi thanks to the ample spaces, the quality of services and a highly-qualified staff, the Hermitage Hotel & Resort is the ideal place for families and for all those seeking a relaxing holiday in Tuscany.

The Hermitage Hotel & Resort offer classic and superior rooms, suites and spacious apartments for larger families with garden-facing balconies. All accommodation is equipped with all necessary modern comforts. Due to the large size of the rooms the hotel is the best solution in Forte dei Marmi for a family vacation.

Sunny colours have been chosen for the spacious hall and reception rooms: listen to the piano, play cards or just relax and chat! Outside sitting areas are dotted around the extensive grounds of the hotel.

As our guest, you will enjoy a memorable and relaxing stay at the Hermitage Hotel & Resort. Strategically situated a short distance from the centre of Forte dei Marmi, the Hermitage Hotel lies within 15000 square metres of its own private grounds with garden and swimming pool.

Rooms with terraces and bar restaurant area overlook the park, with its gazebo for breakfast and its wide pool. A wide area with equipped playground is reserved for young guests. The swimming pool and Jacuzzi functioning with the most up to date ecological system .A small well equipped Gym is exclusively available to hotel guests.

THE GREENERY & POOL BAR 
A casual meal with fresh products from our vegetable garden. The bar is in a separate part of the hotel facing the swimming pool with a large shaded terrace. Daytime we serve coffee, drinks, light dishes from our menu like our Bio salad, a rich Club Sandwich, an ad-hoc designed children’s menu, home made cakes and ice-creams.

At the dinner the lush greenhouse The Greenery offers every evening different proposals from the territory and the season. The fresh ingredients are taken from our vegetable garden, handled by our expert gardeners, allowing you to choose seasonal vegetables directly to the source.

In the veranda overlooking the garden, a rich breakfast buffet is prepared to offer our guests a special good morning! Fresh local ingredients are used to prepare local salty and sweet specialties, which are made every morning by our pastry chef.

Directly from our poolside bar, enjoy a relaxing cocktail while floating in the pool. At sunset an aperitif before dinner is a “must” and after dinner at our candle lit bar chill out slipping the barman’s specialties.

As alternative guests have access to the Augustus Hotel & Resorts whereby they can have dinner at La Fontana e La Sirena which cater for an elegant meal offering an à la carte menu.

Lunches can be enjoyed at the Augustus beach club where there are two options: a casual meal at the Bamba Chill or at the Bambaissa, an exclusive restaurant where you can have an à la carte sit down meal overlooking the Mediterranean sea.

BAMBAISSA RESTAURANT 
On the event evenings designed for our guests, the Bambaissa restaurant on the beach, with its veranda overlooking the sea of Forte dei Marmi, is one of the most finest kitchens of Versilia for candlelit dinners.

THE BREAKFAST
Hermitage Hotel & Resort devotes ample space and special care to the most important part of the day! A rich international buffet is complemented by many local specialties, from typical sweet and savory pies to cured meat and cheeses, to seasonal biological fruits.

Rich in choice for those who want gluten free products or for meeting specific diets. Breakfast can be enjoyed in the veranda and on the terrace, which is immersed in the park’s greenery.

WEDDINGS & BEACH PARTIES
Refined cuisine and a magical setting for unforgettable events and wedding parties on our beach. matrimoni-spiaggiaOn the Tuscan coast, set between the sea and the Apuan Alps, surrounded by gardens and pine woods, Forte dei Marmi has always been synonymous with elegant, relaxed and exclusive holidays.

The ideal destination for a stylish wedding, you can combine the desire to celebrate the most important moment of you life on the beach by the sea, together with dream of living the most important day of your life in an elegant historical villa.

Our seaside facilities has been recently completely renovated with the addition of a heated salt water swimming pool, its restaurant, Bambaissa, with the sea view veranda, offers one of the most refined seafood cuisines of Versilia, particularly indicated for weddings and exclusive candlelit parties on the beach.

The structure is highly versatile, with a wide open room and veranda overlooking the beach permitting you to make yours a truly seaside party, with magical candlelight displays in the sand, carpets and the white sails of the open terrace creating an elegant and refined atmosphere.

CELEBRATIONS FOR CHILDREN 
The Hermitage Hotel & Resort in Versilia offer exclusive celebrations for children, choosing from a wide Party Theme. The Resort also caters for baptism and a variety of celebration for children, situated in the lush, large garden of the Hermitage Hotel & Resort in Forte dei Marmi.

A kids Menu is available, a wide variety of food for children is catered for at a buffet where a fully qualified chef will also make pizza on order. Parents are able to select special adults menu, arranged with the Hermitage Hotel & Resort Chef.

THE SWIMMING POOL 
The Augustus Hotel & Resort in Forte dei Marmi enjoys one of the most exclusive private beaches along the Tuscan coast, and its uniqueness is even further enhanced by its stunning new heated salt water swimming pool with Jacuzzi. Enjoy a delightful, relaxing day by the sea as part of your five-star break.

THE EXCLUSIVE BEACH 
Guests at the Hermitage Hotel & Resort may enjoy one of the Tuscan coastline’s most exclusive beaches, with all the services and amenities necessary to turn your vacation into one of well-being and relaxation.

Choose from 75 private beach gazebos with sun beds and chairs on which to be pampered by attentive members of staff. The heated pool with water-massage jets Will make your stay at the seaside the most memorable top-of-the -line holiday.

WATERSPORTS
Water is the leitmotiv of the Hermitage Hotel & Resort experience, with both the sea and our swimming pools. Instructors are available on request for sailing, canoening,surfing, windsurfing and swimming lessons for adults and children.

FAMILY HOTEL
The large children playground in the park of our Hotel in Forte dei Marmi, a safe area where our young guests can have fun.

The Hermitage Hotel & Resort is equipped with facilities specifically designed for children, to make the stay of children comfortable and funny, the hotel offers slides, playhouse cabins, a shaded sandbox and a volleyball court: the perfect location for a relaxing holiday with kids in Forte dei Marmi.

Under the supervision of our staff, your children can spend the full day having fun and playing with other children. At the Hermiage Hotel & Resort swimmingpool children can have fun and have swimming lessons while parents are relaxing.

At the Augustus Beach Club and at the Hermitage Hotel & Resort is organizaed an entertainment interesting program that allow young guests to play together using water and sand, to have painting, sculpture, gardening and cooking sessions. The only thought for parents will be to relax and have fun.

For the little ones, our chef prepares dishes suitable for all tastes and ages, with special and customized menu. Before dinner, the chef welcomes children in our vegetable garden to let them discover the cultivation of vegetables and the can enjoy at taste. These services make the Hermitage Hotel & Resort one of the best Family Luxury Hotel in Forte dei Marmi.

The love and care for the little ones also involves attention and sensibility to eco-sustainability: our garden provides the kitchen with products Km0, the hotel has been renovated with energy-saving criteria and is equipped with solar panels.

The Hermitage Hotel & Resort parking area has a charging station for electric vehicles. The same attention is also used in the choise of cleaning products.

FORTE DEI MARMI
A seaside resort on the Tyrrhenian coast, Forte dei Marmi takes its name from the fort that lies right in the middle of the town, built by the grand duke Pietro Leopoldo to defend the coast, and from the marble that from the nearby Apuan Alps, was transported to the pier to be loaded on to the ships.

The area of Forte dei Marmi, once a marshland, is situated on a plain, in a beautiful setting bordered by the sea and the beach, entirely composed of fine golden sands, and by the Apuan Alps. The town has a lot of green areas, most of all the pinewoods and a few surviving oaks, ancient plants that were one typical of the area.

The town of Forte dei Marmi situated on the north coast of the province of Lucca, bordering with the province of Massa Carrara, is part of the geographical/historical region of Versilia, with its seaside resorts and charming inland towns such as Pietrasanta, renowned for its artistic background which animates the summer evenings with art exhibitions and festivals.

The nearby town of Torre del Lago hosts the summer festival dedicated to the operas of Puccini. Forte dei Marmi lies in a strategic position that allows to visit all the surrounding places of interest. The beautiful art towns of Tuscany: Pisa and Lucca are a 20 minutes’ drive and Florence slightly over one hour’s drive.

The pier of the town, which was used to load the big blocks of marble on ships to be delivered all over the world, is today is today the departure point of the local ferry which takes the tourists, with a cruise lasting about one hour, to visit the Cinque Terre and Portovenere, pearls of the Liguria coast.

LA VERSILIANA FESTIVAL
The Versiliana open-air theatre, once dear to the great Gabriele D’Annunzio, and situated just steps from the Augustus Hotel & Resort, plays host to the Versiliana Festival between July and August every year. The event offers recitals, dance and music, along with a great number of shows suited to all tastes, as well as special guests and many nationally-recognised figures.

SANT’ERMETE CELEBRATIONS
The celebrations and events for Sant’Ermete Days start on August 26 with the renowed beach clubs rowing race and the historical parade from the City Hall to the Sant’Ermete Church.

On August 28, the most important event of the Sant’Ermete Days – a wonderful fireworks display – closes the celebration. The pyrotechnics are launched from the city wharf and suggestively reflect on the waves of the entire shoreline. Our guests can exclusively enjoy the fireworks from our beach restaurant Bambaissa.

PUCCINI FESTIVAL 
The Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago is the only one in the world dedicated to the composer Giacomo Puccini. It takes place every summer during the months of July and August, in the very places that inspired Maestro Puccini’s immortal melodies.

THE FORTE STREET MARKET 
The renowned street-market, with over 200 quality shops, taking place on Wednesdays and Sundays.

LOCAL SPLENDOUR
From the Hermitage Hotel & Resort you can soak up the breathtaking Versilia landscape, with the Apuan Alps providing the backdrop to the golden sand bathed by the Tyrrhenian Sea.

And this varying landscape can also be found at the dinner table: Versiliese cuisine cleverly combines simple and natural ingredients which make our traditional dishes unique and delicious. Our hotel is delighted to serve such artistic cuisine, rich in authentic, quality foods which give our dishes genuine gastronomic distinction.

For those looking for a stay that goes beyond simply elaxing on the beach or in one of our two swimming pools,the resort offers a wide range of activities: not least a sizeable fleet of rowing boats, for taking short trips out to sea or courses with instructors.

We can also book pro-level cycles and mountain bikes for longer excursions, as well as tennis courts at one of the nearby clubs or a round on a Tuscan golf course.

For those seeking cultural or gastronomic visits, we can arrange transfers to Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Siena and Maremma, by private car or helicopter, tastings at prestigious wine cellars and farms, and sailing or motor boat trips, the perfect chance to visit the nearby Cinque Terre.

Our reception can also book private flights to any destination, or tourist flights to take in the beauty of Tuscany from above.

THE HISTORY
Located on the Tuscan coast between the sea and the Apuan Alps, Forte Dei Marmi is the place for exclusive and relaxing holidays. The Augustus Hotel & Resort, comprising its numerous private villas, its spacious and tranquil grounds and its reserve and exclusivity, is the embodiment of the Forte Dei Marmi and Versilia ethos.

Since the 1920s, everyone from artists and intellectuals to aristocrats and businessmen have flocked to this little town, attracted by the privacy and comfort offered by its pine woods and sandy beaches, hidden away behind the Apuan mountain range.

In 1926 Edoardo Agnelli, son of Senator Giovanni, founder of FIAT Car Company, and father of Gianni, bought Villa Costanza, a neo-renaissance style villa built by Admiral Costantino Morin in the early 1900s. So the legend of Villa Agnelli was born and the celebrated family from Turin then spent their summers in the Villa for over thirty years.

In the same years, other families began construction of villas in the nearby pinewood, including that of the Pesenti family, which was then transformed into an hotel by its owner, Augusta Pesenti who gave her name to the new and charming hotel (Augustus).

But the driving force behind the Augustus Hotelfrom the start was its first manager, and then owner, Nino Maschietto, who granted the Villa Agnelli a new lease of life when the acquired it in 1969. Personalities from the world of cinema, art, culture and society have all stayed, some many more than once, in these splendid and secluded villas.

Protected from the public eye, stars like Jimi Hendrix, Charlton Heston, Oriana Fallaci, Eugenio Montale, Francesco Messina, Mario Monicelli, Paul Anka and Vittorio Gassmanhave all spent time at the Augustus, as well as many others who still come today and see the villas as an ideal playground for themselves and their families.

The Maschietto family still run the resort today as well as the Hotel Hermitage, situated in its own beautiful grounds just outside the town centre.

The Augustus Hotel & Resort was conceived in the 50’s, with the transformation of Villa Pesenti. Howevwer, in line with the Modernist Movement, the Augustus Hotel reflects the preference in style and design of the artistic and literary elite frequenting Forte Dei Marmi in the 1930s.

The original Villa Pesenti, later to become the Augustus Hotel, was designed by the famous architect, Osvaldo Borsani in 1939.

With its mixture of rationalist and Mediterranean influences, it became the crown jewel of the new Modernist movement. Augusta Pesenti added an extra floor to the villa in 1953 and turned it into the Augustus Hotel. It was to remain the only luxury hotel on the Versilia coast for the next 20 years.

The most innovative aspect of the building is the row of wide balconies, designed to be experienced as spacious outside living rooms. Additionally, seven villas, each with different architectural and interior design, were built in the park surrounding the main building by architects and artists, under the patronage of Signora Augusta.

Completing the Augustus Hotel & Resort, a large swimming pool was built in the quietest area of the park, and the modern complex La Nave (the Ship) with its unique long, terraced outside spaces, reminiscent of a cruise ship, was constructed amongst the pine trees.

The acquisition of the late nineteenth century neo-renaissance Villa Agnelli in 1969 gave the complex further stylistic variety and access to the sea and to its the private beach.

The resort has been carefully restored to the highest standards over the years by the Maschietto family. Recently, a salt-water heated swimming pool has been inaugurated on the beach alongside spa treatments, water sports, over 100 beach tents, two restaurants and a meeting room.

The Agnelli’s long love affair with Forte Dei Marmi, lasting well into the 1960s, attracted many other members of Italy’s high society, and the family’s villa became a successful cornerstone model on which the town would build its template; comfortable and secluded villas set in pine woods, situated just a stone’s throw away from the centre of the town and the seaside alike.

Agnelli’s preferred holidays was spent with a large group of relatives and friends, as well as an equally numerous number of staff. The villa maintains today a superior level of exclusivity and privacy, in part due to the underground passageway that leads directly from the garden of the villa to the sea, avoiding the road and the public.

The tunnel is still the only one of its kind along the whole Versilian coast. Once out of the tunnel, the beach resort is reached along a small, hydrangea-lined path.

The Augustus Hotel & Resort in Forte Dei Marmi is the most exclusive of its kind on the Tuscan coast, and situated ideally to enjoy the social, artistic and geographical resources at the area’s disposal, whether it be a cultural encounter in the Villa of the Versiliana park, a visit to the art exhibitions in Pietrasanta, a drink at La Capannina, a trip to the famous boutiques in the town centre or to admire the gigantic yachts built by Perini in their waterfront shipyards in Viareggio or to the marble quarries used by Michelangelo. Not forgetting the sea front with its bars, clubs and restaurants!

MASCHIETTO FAMILY
For reasons of heart and affection the Maschietto family moved in the early twenties from Oderzo in the province of Treviso to the sunnier seaside resort of Viareggio.

And that is where the family begins the adventure in tourism with the management of the Hotel Marchionni and Caffè Margherita just built in Liberty style on the sea promenade, and soon becomes the meeting point of the most representative figures of the period from Puccini to Repaci.

And thus Nino Maschietto, under the guidance of his grandfather learned the basics of management and the knowledge that in 1954, after various experiences in the field of the publishing and film industry, allowed him to have the confidence to become first the manager and the year after the owner of the first hotel “de luxe” of Forte dei Marmi, beginning the history of Augustus Hotel.

Augustus was then a beautiful villa with 20 carefully decorated and painted rooms, of which there are still the original pieces and paintings on the walls. Nino Maschietto has always been the patriarch who unfailingly drove his companies, met the employees, giving them advice and inquiring on the daily problems and results.

The three sons, Fiammetta, Federico and Vittorio, now run the Augustus Hotel & Resort, the Hermitage, planning and developing the modernization of the structures with important works, but with special care not to upset the special features and the highlights of the buildings and services.

Rooms: 60

Price: from 201 EUR per night

Source: www.albergohermitage.it