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The All’Acquacotta Restaurant at Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort has been awarded with its first Michelin Star 

SATURNIA, ITALY – Inclusion in the highly esteemed and universally recognized Michelin Restaurant Guide is considered the ultimate culinary accolade. In a long-awaited and defining moment on November 16, 2011, Chef Alessandro Bocci and Chef Michele Rinaldi together with Maitre d’hotel Marco Andronico and their restaurant staff were awarded this honor as All’Acquacotta, located at the Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort, was presented with a Michelin Star.

This will signify the young Executive Chef Rinaldi and Chef Bocci’s first Michelin Star and official entrée into the world of the culinary elite.  The achievement was the final outcome of a 2-year initiative appropriately entitled “Road to Michelin,” spearheaded by 3 Michelin Star chef Cerea and designed in conjunction with the world-renowned Cerea family, operators of the famous Da Vittorio Restaurant. The whole team successfully took on the remarkable task of redefining the restaurant’s philosophy and establishing Terme di Saturnia as a mecca for not only spa-goers and golf enthusiasts but also a destination for epicures and culinary connoisseurs.  Terme di Saturnia is proud to further contribute to Italy’s already venerated culinary reputation; with the addition of Terme’s All’Acquacotta Restaurant, Italy now boasts almost 300 Michelin-rated restaurants.

All’Acquacotta stays true to its Tuscan roots serving traditional cuisine and emphasizing gracious and attentive service. The décor is classic and simple allowing patrons to enjoy the backdrop of the medieval village of Saturnia and the view of Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort’s ancient thermal pool, once used by the Romans, dating back 3,000 years. Some of All’Acquacotta’s most highly acclaimed classic Italian dishes include Catalan-style Lobster dressed with Green Celery Mousee and Red Coral Sauce, Homemade Ravioli filled with Ricotta Cheese and Black Cabbage sautéed with Crispy Bacon, and Braised Veal-Cheek served with Polenta.

Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort, a member of Leading Hotels of the World and the exclusive Virtuoso, features 140 guestrooms, a state-of-the-art spa with 54 treatment rooms, an 18-hole Championship Golf Course, two restaurants under the supervision of a three-star Michelin Chef, an Aldo Coppola Hair Salon, a conference center with meeting room for up to 250 people, six outdoor pools and an indoor pool, a replica of a traditional Roman bath house, fitness center, tennis court, practice green, Spa Boutique, Spa Café, an Art Gallery and, the Atelier delle Excellence featuring the best products of the Maremma -shire.

The luxury resort offers daily and weekly rates that include use of the resort’s thermal pools, Roman Bath with Sauna and Steam bath, and thermal water falls. 

The rates also include a guided morning hike, use of the gym, not including classes, and a reserved deck chair and sun umbrella in the pool’s park.

The spa, this place year here instead year awarded by Condé Nast as the Best Medical/Thermal/Natural Spa in the World, is run by a staff of 45 therapists and five medical doctors and features beauty and stress management therapies, including thermal and hydrotherapy treatments based on the area’s unique thermal waters. The thermal pool has been flowing continuously into the natural crater nestled at the center of the resort and contains precious minerals and salts which were found by ancient Romans to have healing properties.

Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort is an exclusive resort and member of Leading Hotels of the World and has been certified as a prestigious Leading Spa and Leading Golf. Located in the heart of the Tuscan Maremma region of Italy in the medieval village of Saturnia, the hotel consists of 140 rooms, two restaurants under the supervision of a three-star Michelin Chef, two bars, fitness center, the Atelier delle Excellence  featuring the best products of the Maremma-shire, Art Gallery, the hair salon Aldo Coppola by Terme di Saturnia, a meeting room for up to 250 people, the Spa Boutique at Terme di Saturnia, a state-of-the-art spa with 54 treatment rooms and the 3,000-year-old thermal pool nestled in the center of the resort. 

The resort also features an 18-hole championship golf course, practice green and private golf villas. Terme di Saturnia Spa & Golf Resort is a Leading Spa resort dedicated to providing quality spa treatments and to promote complete wellbeing has 54 rooms for beauty, aesthetic medicine, relaxation, massage, thermal treatments and fitness. The spa also offers diet and nutrition programs.

http://www.termedisaturnia.com