Relais San Maurizio, Relais&Châteaux, 5*****Langhe – Piedmont
The environment Relais San Maurizio lies in a unique and enchanting place, the ancient XVII century monastery, where people and nature have always lived together in peace and harmony. You will enjoy a journey in search for the roots and origins, you’ll admire the slow flow of time and the experience that will caress your mind for a long time. 1619, a group of Cistercian monks go up the old Salt Road and decided to build a monastery on the ruins of a chapel built a century before their arrival. Nature here reigns supreme. During the centuries the hill of San Maurizio became a place particularly fertile for more varied crops, from the vines to the ancient cereal grains, officinal herbs and spices from the nearby Mediterranean. In 1862, the monastery was bought by the Incisa Counts -a noble family of the surrounding valleysand transformed as a private house. Nature becomes an ornament and the cloister is transformed in an Italian garden which fades over the belvedere on the horizon of the hills to the sea. San Maurizio becomes a home for the first time, an oasis of privacy. In 2002, the antique monastery and the noble house become a single soul under the five-star hospitality. The first Relais&Châteaux of Piedmont is born, a true partnership between the art of hospitality, eno-gastronomic excellence and the search of well-being.
San Maurizio is also synonymous with refined and avant-garde technology for events, celebrations and conferences of all kinds with catering and banqueting services.
Being Responsible The Cistercian monks that laid the foundation stones of its walls in the 17th century brought,walking from Provence across the Alps, the exclusive habit of cooking with herbs. Their spices in our stores have merged with the local products, developed using traditional recipes, to give an authentic result dedicated to demanding and refined palates. For every product, San Maurizio guarantees a complete knowledge of the food chain, from the places where the ingredients are cultivated and produced, to the processing and preservation methods. Each food is the result of excellent artisan production and this is why it is available in limited and exclusive qualities only and not available from mass distribution outlets.
How you will reside It all started with a dream: return new light to a unique heritage and tradition to give new life to a place passed by the centuries. For this reason, our home is one of the few in the world to offer 36 rooms and suites, each one with different characteristics, largely drawn from the ancient cells of monks and equipped to offer maximum comfort, mixing original details, classic lines and refined technology. The uniqueness is a precious value as much so as the art of good living; San Maurizio has been for more than ten years an exclusive synthesis of the high-level hospitality values.
How you will eat With its ancient frescoed halls, its view of the monastery’s cloister and flower garden with view of the Langhe area, Truffle Bistrot is the ideal spot for a business lunch, a family event, a tranquil moment in a relaxing, scenic environment. In summertime, you can dine outdoors in a unique setting, savoring local specialties, the light dishes made with local produce.
Amenities A window on nature, the woods, the waterways, the top of the hills windswept by the Mediterranean. Here the countryside is gentle, drawn from the most precious vineyards of Italy, cradles of the great wines famous throughout the world and kept in the historic cellars.
And then the old roads, already traversed in the Middle Ages, the hilltop villages, the castles, the eno-gastronomic tradition, the sinuous horizons.
These are the Langhe, UNESCO World Heritage; lands which breathe at a different rate during the changing seasons, destination for a getaway in the hills embraced by the Alps and the nearby Ligurian Sea.
The wellness choice The Monastery Medical & Beauty SPA is a melting pot that brings medicine and nature, health and beauty, body and mind, being and feeling together, suspended in time…. The Monastery of San Maurizio is located along one of the five ancient Vie del Sale or Salt Roads that carried the precious salt from the Ligurian Sea to beyond the Alps. With all its oligoelements, salt has always been essential to Health Treatments. Salt, the heart of our SPA, plays a starring role in the Grotta where the highly dense, saline water is ideal for hydrotherapy. Here exclusive therapies and beauty treatments are offered in perfect symbiosis with the innovative medical center specialized in wellness.
