Royal Golf La Bagnaia: the jewel of the Italian crown

Leaving the national road 223 that connects Siena to Grosseto, a few minutes drive in the countryside lead to a hill overlooking the surroundings, on which stands the club-house, fruit of the renovation of an old brick factory in the purest local style of ochre stones. Below, at the bottom of the valley, nestles the Bagnaia Golf Resort, a vast and charming hotel complex with 72 rooms and suites set in an old medieval hamlet subtly restored. Between the two stretches the course, a jewel created by the renowned American architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., who unfolds his manicured fairways on the natural undulations of the terrain. Here and there, alleys lined with Mediterranean cypresses give the place its elegant look and so characteristic of Tuscany.