We introduce ourselves, we are Erika and Alessandro and we will welcome you in our award-winning eco project of sustainable hospitality in Sorano, in Maremma Tuscany
If you have chosen to spend your holiday in Sant'Egle, you are certainly a person rich in common sense, an eco tourist, who loves to travel consciously, choosing green facilities.
You are a person who believes in a circular economy and loves to eat organic food, with raw materials produced on the farm, local and self-produced.
Sant'Egle in fact, is not a holiday place for everyone, but only for those who believe they can make a difference, even when they go on vacation.
Respect, consistency and desire to change, are the watchwords here in Sant'Egle.
A life project that is also our home.
Since 2010 we have opened our doors to those who are looking for a paradise nestled in the peace and silence of a natural environment, where you can enjoy the beauty of the Tuscan Maremma.
Surrounded by a truffle farm, a saffron, olive trees, an ancient orchard and centuries-old oaks framed by the blue of the sky and the dense colors of the countryside.
Here you will find the ideal environment to live an experience of deep immersion in nature, hosted in a structure designed with total respect for the environment.
A corner of peace where you can find balance and harmony with yourself and with the planet, in a dimension that combines nature and comfort.
The territory offers the opportunity to devote yourself to sports-cultural activities, in the open air to give you the pleasure of an experience of absolute well-being.
Here you will not find fast roads, but white roads and slow curves where you will take the time to enjoy the view and the scents of the wind.
You will not find shopping centers, but only small artisan shops.
You will not find cities of art, but villages rich in Etruscan legends.
You will not find fast food, but Slow Food restaurants.
You will not find the aperitifsDinner with DjSet, but organic and biodynamic wines to be enjoyed calmly in front of the silence of a sunset.
You will not find illuminated streets, but the celestial vault and the Milky Way.
You will not find vernissage and glamur events, but only nature, greenery, clean air and the sounds of nocturnal wild animals.
You will not find the artificial perfection of the Shire countryside but the wonderful disorder of nature and the sounds of shepherds with their grazing sheep and roosters singing at dawn (or even earlier!)
The advice is to leave at home heels and sumptuous clothes and to bring shoes for walking, costume to enjoy the spa and comfortable and warm clothes, even in summer, in the evening it always takes something warm.
We are waiting for you with open arms, to share all this, with you!
Check-in possible from 03:00 PM to 00:30 AM
Here you will find the fastest route to reach Sant'Egle
The saltwater Bio_piscina area is open from dawn to dusk only for guests of the Sant'Egle organic farm.
It is an area of relaxation and silence, please use common sense and put your mobile phone in silent mode.
The swimming area of the pool is very small and for this reason it is not suitable for swimming activities. The maximum height is 1.60mt.
The purification of the water is entrusted to an electrolysis filter which transforms the integral salt of the WWF Oasis of Trapani, into natural chlorine that prevents the formation of algae and disinfects the water.
For this reason, your skin will not be damaged by chlorine and anti-algae of chemical origin.
In order not to ruin the natural purification cycle of the pool, guests are invited not to use sunscreen with parabens, substances of petroleum or chemical origin but only natural sunscreens.
It is possible to buy organic natural sunscreens in our Bio Shop.
By law, parents must accompany their minor children throughout the pool area.
It is possible to rent pool towels in the farmhouse at a cost of € 2
The hot water Hot Tub is available to guests from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
It is mandatory not to have sunscreen on the skin, wash your feet well and take a shower before entering.
Please after using to close the thermal cover, so that the water always remains warm.
The Yoga Room is available from dawn to dusk.
Please read the rules carefully before entering and leaving the space as it was found.
The Sensory Garden of the Simples is open from dawn to dusk. It is mandatory to enter without shoes, respect the silence and not pick flowers or plants.
The Floating experience, massages and Gong bath, are only by reservation and under the instructions of an operator.
The large gravel parking is free, unguarded and free.
It is located under the large oaks, where you will see our cars parked under a wooden carpot. Please do not park at the side of the farmhouse and leave the streets around the farmhouse free.
From the parking lot you will find the sign with all the names of the rooms, follow the arrow that will lead you to your room.
By sending in advance a photo of the front and back of your documents and a photo of your credit card, you will have the maximum freedom you can arrive in Sant'Egle from 3 pm, at the time you prefer, without having to do the classic, slow check in.
From the parking lot you will find the directions to find your room, if you do not remember the name, do not hesitate to contact us from 8.30 to 18 at + 39 3294250285 or + 39 3488884810
Having sent all the documents in advance, you can arrive even in the middle of the night.
Follow the signs and find your room.
The key is in the door.
GOING ON HOLIDAY MEANS RELAXING AND ENJOYING THE TIME, LEAVING YOUR THOUGHTS AND FEARS AT HOME.
Thinking about what we would like to find in our next holiday, we decided to halve the capacity of the Organic Farm Sant'Egle, making YOUR stay, an EXCLUSIVE, INTIMATE and RELAXING experience.
You will find a maximum of 5 more pairs in an area of 3 hectares.
Each Suite or Luxury Tent has a large outdoor area where you can move in complete freedom.
It will be just you and the person you are on holiday with!
Several stations in the garden shaded by large old trees with deckchairs for sunbathing, tables with chairs to eat all your meals, hammock armchairs, many flowers to smell, lawns for walking barefoot, birds to watch and sounds of nature.
You can use our bio pool using common sense.
You can check in on your own from 3 pm, arriving at the time that remains most convenient for you, following the signs that will take you from the parking lot to your room, the key is in the door.
You can have breakfast in our large breakfast room or in the garden from 8.30 to 9.30
The Osteria Senz'Oste is our Bio_Ristorante, open 24 hours a day, where you will find many types of drinks and organic wines, ready meals cooked with our hands based on organic or zero km farm products, coffee corner, tea and hot herbal teas. It is located next to the pool, in the glass greenhouse. Take what you want and mark what you have taken. You will pay everything at check out.
In order not to enter your spaces, the cleaning of the room and linen change, will be ONLY ON YOUR REQUEST in the morning during breakfast.
The whole house is sanitized thanks to an Ozone machine, which kills viruses, bacteria and insects, disinfected with 0.5% sodium hypochlorite and with EM (Micro Effective Organisms), 100% biodegradable.
We live here and we are at your disposal from 8.30 to 18, without ever invading your privacy. Please respect our rest time.
Common sense is our rule of life and we like that our guests respect it towards other guests, us and our animals.
Those who behave inappropriately, noisy or damage the property, will be removed from the farmhouse, without the possibility of reimbursement of the stay.
If you have any doubts, do not hesitate to call us!
The project born in 2010 of the Sant'Egle organic farm moves behind personal needs of a sustainable life, respectful of the planet, consistent and ethical with one's daily choices.
A virtuous project that has been taken as a model by universities, innovative projects, foreign heads of state and common people who want to make a difference.
There are many awards won that certify the veracity of what is respected throughout the process of our project.
Here you will find these daily gestures. If you do not share certain choices, we invite you to come and visit us to have a chat, maybe you could find a new way of living on this planet : -)
• Waste and recycling: we have minimized the purchase of packaged products. We carry out and invite our guests to separate collection and we compost on site reusing humus to fertilize our organic garden and flowers. We clean woods and roads from illegal landfills and with what we find we have created a Creative Recycling project, which gives new life to old abandoned objects.
• Catering: we only have fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables produced in our organic garden or purchased other organic companies at km0. We only offer dairy products and meats of adult animals raised wild or wild at KM0.
• Breakfast: in the breakfast buffet everything is produced on the farm or purchased from organic producers at KM0 with the exception of tea and coffee that are imported.
• Water: each tap has a flow reducer for water saving. We sensitize both the staff and customers of the structure to the responsible use of water both for washing and for washing linen. We collect rainwater to irrigate our fields and flowers. We offer free still or carbonated water and we do not see disposable bottles.
• Energy: electricity is produced by photovoltaic panels that cover the needs of the whole project and also allows us to sell the extra energy produced. The whole project is illuminated with LEDs and has timers for energy saving. All appliances are certified Class A + +, we sensitize customers to change towels at the request of the customer (with consequent savings in water and detergents).
• Heating: a condensing boiler and a solar thermal boiler monitor all the hot water needs of the project.
• Mobility and Transport: we have an LPG car for our Green travels. Being an area where there is no train station or good public bus service, we offer free electric charging for all new hybrid and electric cars. We offer maps, GPS tracks and tracks that can be downloaded and consulted offline to enjoy the paths and nature trails, river itineraries, cycle paths that start from our structure, without the need to take the car. We offer ebike rental.
• Noise: the old farmhouse of 1600 with large walls that also muffle the sounds of nature. Signs emphasize that in the common areas the active collaboration of staff and guests is grateful to maintain the silence that this place offers.
• Promotion of the territory: we offer a self-produced map in recycled paper that promotes and disseminates tourist and cultural information in the area. The map is provided free of charge to the local tourist company and to the proloco.
• Cleaning and washing linen: we use only 100% biodegradable products and EM (Effective Micro Elements).
• Products and supply chain: we produce only organic products, the transformation is done in the company according to the ASL legislation and the prodocolli imposed by the organic. Our packaging is 100% biodegradable or recyclable. Our labels and boxes made of recycled paper.
• Bio Pool: a spechio of water created without the use of cement but only stones and a natural resin that holds them together. Inside water from our well and salt from the WWF Oasis of Trapani. An electrolysis filter transforms salt into natural chlorine. Reason why no chemical additives, chlorine and antialgae are added.
• Green building: the restoration of the entire farmhouse of 1600 was done with bio-building materials. The holistic space with its roof lawn is an example of bio architecture where the landscape impact is zero.
• Glamping: a new way to make an eco holiday in contact with nature. The Luxury tents are built with woods certified by sustainable forests, painted in water tempera with natural pigments, illuminated and heated thanks to the sun.
• ECommerce: we protect the environment and compensate for the emissions emitted during transport. The bags and packaging material we use are made with recycled and recyclable raw material. We compensate for the emission of CO2 emitted for the transport of your products with the purchase of Italian forests, financing the project of the Italian Forest Fund
Awards and certifications
Since 2010 the whole project is certified organic.
1st WWF Italy Award for best sustainable farm in Italy
1st Wwf Italy Biodeversità Conservation Award
Platinum Trip Advisor Structure
1st place in Good Energy Award as the best virtuous and innovative award for environmental protection and energy saving.
1st place as the best Italian Saffron according to the new ISO 3632-1-2011 protocol.
Recognition by the Tuscany Region of 5 sunflowers (equivalent to a 5-star hotel)
Top 20 adult properties in Italy according to Travel Myth
Top 50 properties for a romantic stay in Italy according to Travel Myth
1st place as Luxury Eco Resort of the Year 2019 according to LTG Europe Awards 2019
Top 10 Best Pools in the Word according to Travel Myth
1st place THA, Travel & Hospitality Award 2020
1st place Italian hospitality
Tripadvisor Travellers' Chice 2020
1st place I Luxury Awards 2021
A special thanks goes to those who believed in our project, who took inspiration from what we did and replied, even if only in part our vision that a better world is possible!
MaTer a sustainable project within the Torre Guaceto Marine Reserve in Puglia, Italy
PuraEco a holistic nutrition project with offices in Brazil and Argentina
Japanese Minister of Agriculture, MasahikoYamada, a concrete activist against Climate Change, Inequality and Wars, brought the Sant'Egle model to Japanese farms for a change 'from below'.
A group of organic peach growers from South Korea came to learn how to make a Compote with Stevia.
Solidarity
Every year we donate part of the proceeds to projects that we know personally in which we believe and that we invite you to support.
2010 Sent through the mother Cristina (erika's mother) refrigerators and beds for an orphanage in Morocco
2011 Donated 5 kilograms of organic spirulina to the Mayer pediatric hospital in Florence, eating disorders department
2012 Brought shoes, notebooks and pencils to boys and girls in the poor suburbs of Douz, Tunisia
2013 Purchase of land for reforestation, protection of biodiversity and restoration of the ecosystem
2014 Planted a new forest of holm oaks for reforestation, biodiversity protection and ecosystem restoration
2015 Donated to dig a well in a village in northern Namibia
2017 Funded project entrepreneurs artisan women in Italy
2018 Donated for the protection of the southern whale
2019 Funded Italian Forest Fund project for the purchase of Umbra forest for the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem
2020 Funded Italian Forest Fund project for the purchase of a forest threatened by cutting, to preserve biodiversity and the ecosystem
2021 Funded Italian Forest Fund project for the purchase of trees for a forest that has been cut, to return the biodiversity and the ecosystem
2022 (January) Financed swings and slides for the disabled center Il Volo di San Lorenzo Nuovo (VT)
Going on holiday means relaxing and enjoying the time, leaving your thoughts and fears at home.
thinking about what we would like to find in our next holiday, we decided to halve the capacity of the Sant'Egle organic farm, making YOUR stay an exclusive, intimate and relaxing experience.
you will find a maximum of 5 other couples in an area of 3 hectares.
Each Suite or Luxury Tent has a large outdoor area where you can move in complete freedom.
It will be just you and the person you are on holiday with!
Several stations in the garden shaded by large old trees with deckchairs for sunbathing, tables with chairs to eat all your meals, hammock armchairs, many flowers to smell, lawns for walking barefoot, birds to watch and sounds of nature.
You can use our bio pool using common sense.
You can have breakfast in our large breakfast room.
In order not to enter your spaces, the cleaning of the room and linen change, will be only on your request.
the whole house is sanitized thanks to an Ozone machine, which kills viruses, bacteria and insects, disinfected with 0.5% sodium hypochlorite and with EM (Micro Effective Organisms), 100% biodegradable.
The buffet breakfast, sweet and savory, is served in the breakfast room located in the front of the house, where there is the reception and the bio shop.
Breakfast time is from 8.30 to 9.30
It is possible with a tray to have breakfast in the garden or in the room.
Thank you for bringing the tray back to the breakfast room.
At the Osteria Senz'Oste you can taste one of the vegetarian, vegan or meat dishes of the day, cooked with only seasonal products or zero km, or cold cuts, cheeses also vegan, desserts, fruit and seasonal vegetables.
Each dish costs 15 €.
This week's menu can be found below in the picture.
On the day of your arrival, please order your dinner by 10 am.
For the following days at breakfast you will be asked if you want to have lunch or dinner at Sant'Egle-
The Osteria Senza Oste is in our lemon house, next to the pool is open 24 hours a day.
Take what you want and mark on the appropriate form that you will find in the lemon house, you will pay at check out.
If you prefer to go to the restaurant, upon your arrival, we will provide you with our 'secret' list of the best restaurants in the area, selected one by one, by our demanding palate.
We also have a private Chef, only for those who book the entire farmhouse.
Book your psycho-physical relaxation. Specify when you would like to do this and at what time.
Learn more about the benefits of http://www.floatingtoscana.it
Info in English here https://bit.ly/3PwUzXe
Traditional and holistic massages
Loving yourself means taking care of your body through the attentive hands of our certified holistic operators.
The session lasts 1 hour and you can ask the operator for the massage you prefer.
The cost for guests of the farm is € 80 if combined with a floating session and € 89 if done individually.
The cost for external customers is possible only if combined with a floating session and has a cost of € 90.
In your stay in Sant'Egle you have included a holistic space dedicated to the practice of Yoga and Meditation.
In the shala of 60 square meters you will find mats, blocks, various tools to facilitate the practice as well as a herbal tea corner.
Please read the rules before entering into the respect of this sacred place.
If you want to do a private Yoga class with one of our teachers you can book it below.
The cost for an individual lesson varies according to the number of people:
Do you want to do a Yoga class with one of our teachers?
The cost for an individual lesson varies according to the number of people:
1 pax 70 € - 2 pax 120 € - 3 pax 160 €
7 lessons: 1 pax 450 € - 2 pax 600 € - 6 pax 900 € - 10 pax 1100 €
Sound massage with tibetan bells and gong bath
A healing ritual used for centuries by Shamans, with the aim of favoring the deep meditative state, overcoming the limits of the rational mind.
Ancestral sounds are able to make the emotional part vibrate more intensely, cleaning up emotional wounds and giving access to lost memories, to have a greater understanding of being part of a whole. Vibrations dissolve blocked energies and return a sense of deep well-being and energy.
Gong's bath takes us into a timeless dimension, cleaning up the heavy and limiting superstructures for our evolution because it is the body that remembers who we are, not the rational mind.
The natural harmonics emitted by the gong favor the harmonization between the left and right side of the brain.
The frequencies produce Alpha waves (from 7 to 14 hertz), which induce a state of receptive relaxation, Theta (from 4 to 8 hertz), associated with deep meditation.
The 8 hertz stimulate the pineal gland, (divine and universal knowledge) as well as the production of melatonin, serotonin, (for a good functioning of the immune system) and somatropin, (hormone of life). It also resonates with the 72,000 Nadi system, the energy channels that promote a free flow of energy in the body.
The session costs € 120 per person, € 200 per couple. 50 €/person, in a group of minimum 8 people.
Want to learn magic?
From 5 liters of freshly milked milk we will teach you how to make 3 types of cheese.
Ravaggiolo, Pecorino and Ricotta!
The course lasts about two hours and includes:
explanation of the cheese preparation technique,
reading of the Poetry of Cacio
Tasting of cheeses prepared with seasonal vegetables freshly picked in the field
Tasting of paired organic wines from the area
Tasting of yogurt and sheep's milk ricotta with compote and typical homemade Maremma biscuits.
Cost of the course with cheese and wine tasting is 150 € per person, minimum 2 people.
For small groups of minimum 4 people the cost is € 130 / person
The course can be in Italian, English and German.
In this course lasting about 3 hours you will learn the preparation of Tortelli with Ricotta and Spinach, Chard, Borage or Nettle freshly picked in the field, with eggs of happy hens that live free!
You will learn one of the most famous typical Maremma dry sweets, the Cantuccini with local almonds.
The course ends with the tasting of what has been prepared and a bag of cantucci to take home!
Course fee is 170 € per person, minimum 2 people.
For small groups of minimum 4 people the cost is € 130 / person
The course can be in Italian, English and German.
Choose the date
Guided tour with Ebike lasting half a day with authorized MTB guide.
All levels from easy on dirt roads to challenging single tracks on the Primitivo trail.
90 € per person, (mime 2 people).
Do you have your own bike? We have many free services in our BIKE POINT
Excursions to Etruscan sacred places, with an authorized hiking guide 80 € per person (mime 2 people).
Horseback riding through the canyons, rivers and the archaeological park of the cities of tuff, with an authorized equestrian guide, € 40 for 2 hours, per person to be paid in cash directly to the riding school. We only take care of booking you the walk. Pass by the reception that we feel together the riding school and availability.
Guided tour of the sustainable project of Sant'Egle.
If you are interested in knowing and taking inspiration to go towards a happy degrowth in complete respect of the planet, I am waiting for you to tell you, walking in the open air, what choices, mistakes and investments have led us to have been awarded as the best farm in Italy for sustainability and conservation of biodiversity according to the WWF, having won the first prize for energy saving, first prize for green hospitality in Italy, being the only green platinum certified structure in the province of Grosseto according to Tripadvisor and not least the first prize as the best eco resort of the year in Italy
Duration 1 hour. 30 € per person (mime 2 people).
The proceeds are completely donated to a project in which we believe a lot, that is to buy forests threatened by cutting to save the animals that live there, protect biodiversity and the oxygen they create.
We are organic producers since 2010 of spirulina, stevia rebA, saffron, truffle, oil, compotes, cosmetics, natural remedies, beers, cheeses and much more.
The shop is located at the reception and is open to the public from 8.30 to 12.30 and in the afternoon when you see us at the reception.
Take home the bio essence of Sant'Egle and remember that we ship every day by express courier that delivers in 24 hours.
Online orders here https://santeglebioshop.it
DIGITAL DETOX, UNPLUG!
Being up to date on what happens online leads us to neglect our real life. This could affect our mental health. Disconnect.
A Digital Detox holiday has many benefits.
Get closer to nature, you will heal deeply. Nature reduces anger, fear, stress and anxiety.
Re-establishing human connections, strengthening bonds with people and nature, makes us interact with the surrounding environment instead of with a virtual world that we believe to be perfect.
Sleep deeply. Looking at a screen before falling asleep causes the brain to think that it must stay awake and prevents the release of melatonin. Try to look at the stars lying in the lawn of Sant'Egle before falling asleep, you will have a wonderful night of true rest.
Live in the moment. Being connected to your smart phone takes time, to the point that a break from their control will make you realize how much time you were wasting in front of the screen. Turn it off and pay more attention to what is happening around you. Suddenly you will begin to collect images, scents, sounds and sensations that you previously ignored.
Enjoy time for personal growth. Focus on yourself, have new experiences, finish two books in a week, come up with a new recipe, experiment with meditation or a counseling session.
Here you will find wifi and telephone line only in the common areas and you will sleep soundly without electromagnetic fields in the room.
Turn off your phone, take a walk, watch butterflies, birds, listen to the sounds of nature.
The room for the disabled is the Superior Rustic Suite, the only room on the ground floor.
Please note that our structure is surrounded by gravel and to enter the breakfast room there are two steps.
Access to the pool is bound by two steps.
Having older dogs, cats and chickens living free, for their psycho-physical health, we are pleased but we cannot accept animals in our facility.
What's the next best thing after drinking wine ? Being around wine, while also learning about the history and production of it ! Immerse yourself in this Wine and Food Science Museum in Castiglione in Teverina and also witness the biggest collection of wine barrels you've ever seen.
You cannot come to Viterbo and not visit the Palace of the Popes ! Any history buff will revel in uncovering the stories tied to the Viterbo, known as the “City of the Popes” thanks to being the Papal seat between 1257 and 1281. The palace still retains the partial appearance of a military fortress, which it was back in 1255, before being transformed into a papal court.
Bypass the long lines with this special skip-the-line entrance ticket to Polo Monumental Colle del Duomoanecdotes. Plug into your free audio guide and discover archaeological remains from the region, and get up close the most interesting of Tuscia's works of art, including the Pope's treasures.
The locations made famous by Perugino are not the fruit of his imagination – they are villages and vistas that exist and deserve to be discovered !
In the green hills between Val di Chiana and Lake Trasimeno, this Lands of Perugino ticket takes you on a journey through the works of Pietro Vannucci, master of the Renaissance and tutor to Raphael.
Discover history and see masterpieces scattered around Umbria, with visits to the Oratorio dei Bianchi, the church of San Sebastiano, the Tulle Museum, the Caporali Theater, the Sbarra Museum, and more.
Pozzo della Cava is a unique look at life dating back 27 centuries. Descend into the depths beneath Orvieto for a self-guided adventure through archaeological finds such as pre-Roman wells, pottery, kilns, and more. Imagine tunneling out a cave network with no hydraulic equipment !
Find out how the caves have been used over the years, from bomb shelters to wine cellars. And don't miss a delicious home-cooked lunch in the restaurant afterward (at your own expense) complete with cave views.
Italian, Steak & Grill
Contemporary cuisine, Gift cards
Toscano
Gift cards, Outdoor dining
Check-out possible from 08:30 AM to 11:00 AM
It is possible to shop for all the organic products of our production in our bio shop open from 8.30 to 12.30, every morning.
All extras taken during the stay, will be charged to the credit card given as a guarantee.
Please leave the key in the door patch and the door closed to prevent the aniamli from entering the room.
If you come to greet us, we will be happy.
Here you will find the recommended itinerary to reach us from wherever you arrive.
A pre-authorization will be requested without collection on the card that has been given as a guarantee.
This will be used to pay all your extras at check out, unless otherwise provided that you kindly want to give us before your arrival or during your stay.
We are honored to have had you as guests at our historic home.
We look forward to seeing you next year.
We introduce ourselves, we are Erika and Alessandro and we will welcome you in our award-winning eco project of sustainable hospitality in Sorano, in Maremma Tuscany
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