Il Falconiere Relais & Spa

Il Falconiere has no course of its own, but the website offers the Golf and Gastronomy package, from €1,340 per golfer in a double Deluxe room (minimum stay for two guests in a Junior Suite). It includes 3 nights, buffet breakfast, a welcome drink at the Corbezzolo Lounge Bar, a Michelin-starred dinner with wine pairing, 2 rounds at Antognolla, access to the Aqua&Vapors spa circuit, a winery tasting and seasonal pool access. Golf transfers are arranged on request.

Antognolla Golf Club, in Perugia, Umbria, is 40 km away according to the hotel. It is an 18-hole, par-72 course of 5,835 metres, designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr, with rolling fairways, cliff edges and water hazards below a 12th-century castle, in an estate of 540 hectares. It has a driving range, putting green, pro shop and rental of bags, trolleys and golf carts. The club describes itself as a three-time winner of Italy's best golf course award.

Il Falconiere occupies a Tuscan villa from the mid-17th century, fully restored and run by the Baracchi family: Silvia and Riccardo. According to the MICHELIN Guide, the 400-year-old estate was home to the 18th-century poet Antonio Guadagnoli. The website describes it as a five-star country relais with the character of a wine resort, and it is a member of Relais & Châteaux.

The 30 rooms and suites are spread across Villa San Martino, the former farmhouse Borgo del Falco, the Scuderia and spaces near the San Gerolamo chapel. Categories run from Classic and Deluxe to Junior Suite, Prestige Suite and Winery Master Suite, up to The Tower. Materials are stone, terracotta and travertine. Check-in is from 2 pm.

The restaurant is in the estate's historic lemon house, with a panoramic gazebo towards Cortona. The MICHELIN Guide gives it one Star in the 2026 edition and mentions specialities such as Chianina beef, local garlic and pici; the website names Silvia Baracchi as chef-owner who has held the star since 2002, with Richard Titi as executive chef.

The cooking relies on organic, zero-kilometre ingredients from the estate. Beyond the gourmet room there is an al fresco light lunch, the Il Corbezzolo lounge bar and the Locanda del Molino.

The Thesan Spa sits among cypresses and centuries-old olive trees and offers treatments, massages and rituals using extracts of must, grape seeds and grapes turned into creams and bath products, including a wine bath. According to the MICHELIN Guide the spa is for guests aged 16 and over, and there is an indoor pool and a seasonal outdoor one.

The estate has its own Baracchi Winery, and activities include cooking classes with the chef, winery tours, horse riding and trekking.

• A star since 2002. Silvia Baracchi has held the MICHELIN Star for over twenty years, according to the hotel's website.
• An American accolade. The site recalls the title "Italia's Top Hotel, 3rd in Europe, 6th in the World" from Travel & Leisure in 2007-2008.
• From lemon house to star. The gourmet room is carved out of a former lemon house.
• A poet at home. The estate was home to Antonio Guadagnoli, an 18th-century poet.