Facilities

In the mood for a relaxing Tuscany villa and pool experience? Three outdoor pools are available to all guests at Villa Lena, including a children’s pool. The main pool is located next to our San Michele building and restaurant and has extraordinary vistas across the Tuscan landscape, as well as shaded seating around the poolside bar. Joining us for the cooler spring and autumn months? Don’t despair—the San Michele pool is heated! 

A 10-minute walk from San Michele is a secluded pool in the garden of the Renacchi building, with sun loungers, a playground, and a grassy lawn for the little ones. Guests staying at Casetta Bella also have the benefit of their own private swimming pool.

The hotel reception on the ground floor of Fattoria is a quiet space with a spacious lounge area that showcases Villa Lena’s ambitious social and cultural objectives. It features an original fireplace and limited edition prints made by previous Villa Lena Foundation artists in residence in collaboration with a master etching studio in Florence, Il Bisonte. You will also find unique artworks from the Villa Lena Foundation collection and important pieces of Italian design such as the Tahiti Lamp by Ettore Sottsass, from the seminal days of the Memphis group. There is also a small shop showcasing artistic collaborations, alongside Villa Lena products including olive oil and wine.

Osteria San Michele is the ultimate destination for traditional Tuscan cuisine with a contemporary flourish. Open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and aperitivo, our farm-to-table kitchen centers around local, seasonal produce, harvested at peak quality from our organic vegetable garden and embellished simply by our chefs. Join us for our famous breakfast buffet prepared by our in-house pastry chef, homemade pasta with veggies from our garden, and other culinary delights—all served in our artwork-filled restaurant with breathtaking countryside views.

Our home cinema—used for film screenings, artists’ talks, and other events—is also available for guests’ free use. Select a DVD from our collection of foreign films and lose track of time as it plays through our state-of-the-art Bose surround sound system. Next to the screening room is our library, the perfect place to relax with a book, play the piano, or catch a live music performance.

Play is our specialty. Find games for all ages throughout our property, from billiards and table football at Fattoria to ping pong by the pool. Our pétanque court is fun for the whole family and can be found behind the bar next to the San Michele pool.

Dreaming of cycling through the Tuscan hills? Mountain bikes are available at reception! The nearest town of Palaia is only 30 minutes downhill, and it makes the perfect place to refuel on coffee and gelato before starting the slightly longer journey back up. For the avid cross-country cyclist, Villa Lena’s location offers incomparable hilly landscapes to explore on two wheels.

Villa Lena’s magical 500 hectares stretch across rolling Tuscan hills, wild woodlands, and our beautifully maintained vineyards and organic gardens. Enjoy a leisurely nature walk and stumble upon your own secluded spot to have a picnic among the olive trees. For history buffs, follow our signposted trails to Toiano Vecchio, the 2,000-year-old Etruscan park that now hosts our firepit and Sunrise and Sunset Terraces. Fascinatingly, this renovated medieval park still features one of the highest viewpoints in the region. This sacred spot is where people from opposing villages once met for peace talks, and today, it’s our favorite place to drink in the expansive vistas across Tuscany and the Apennine Mountains.