Plunged in Langhe, Relais San Maurizio 1619 tells an ancient history of nature and tradition in the sign of the warm hospitality.
A large secular park that infuses peace and energy at the same time, walls enclosing the secrets of an ancient history, the water from which everything is born that springs copious. And around the panorama of the Langhe, UNESCO world heritage that embraces with its sweetness and its many changing colors what once was a monastery, a place of meditation for the Cistercian fathers who came from Provence in 1619 and today is a refined mansion.
Relais San Maurizio 1619, first Relais & Châteaux of Piedmont located in Santo Stefano Belbo (Cuneo), has managed to preserve the heritage of the past thanks to careful conservation restoration works and to return new sap to a unique heritage. The 36 rooms and suites were largely made up of the ancient monks’ cells and furnished with the utmost comfort in perfect balance between the original details, the best Italian design and the
latest technology to offer top level hospitality especially “warm” and personalized. The ancient cloister is today an Italian garden that introduces to the centuries-old park, where two magnificent specimens of Lebanon’s cedar live with centuries-old olive trees, oak trees, elms, beech trees and oak trees. A place of true tranquility that leads to meditation and energy awakening thanks to the care and passion of Mr Totò, the secretary of the secrets of this lush vegetation, but also of the officinal garden and organic garden. Other two precious monks’ legends that inspire the eco-frendly philosophy of Truffle Bistrot’s kitchen, but also the raw material of the delicious herbal teas to sip after the treatments at the Spa as well as the SkinCare “Green Luxury” line. And just Relais’s Wellness & Medical Spa is centered on another vital element that beautifies these places, the water. In fact, San Maurizio
is located along the Via del Sale, which leads into the hills of the Langhe a portion of the sea whose benefits are perpetrated in the Grotta del Sale, a cave excavated in the sandstone as suggestive as beneficial. But Langhe also means wine, and here there is Vinotherapy, a treatment that is a real touch for the skin and is practiced in “Hammam DiVino”, a result of the restoration of the ancient wine cellar used by the monastic community. And always, the ancient cellars of the monastery house an extra grain of Saint Maurice: the starred restaurant “Guido da Costigliole” and its wine cellar, protected by the discreet charm of the stone walls of original langa and the vaults with exposed bricks. (sanmaurizio1619.com)
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