Situated in Tuscany, overlooking the Valdinievole valley between the cities of Lucca and Pistoia, La Monastica Resort Spa offers the experience of refined, soothing, and regenerating relaxation. An exclusive, private boutique hotel, housed in a 16th-century monastery, in an inhabited medieval village, it is the ideal destination for a holiday that infuses wellbeing, surrounded by history and immersed in nature.
La Monastica offers 19 rooms and suites, the gourmet restaurant Devoti—part of which is set in the picturesque former monastery church—and a charming spa with an exclusive rock-carved pool and an experiential path through the gardens with a Jacuzzi, where lovers of peace and tranquility can immerse themselves in a fascinating world of privacy and personalized service.
Today, La Monastica is a resort that, while retaining its original spiritual charm, inspires a deep sense of balance and well-being. Thanks to its nature, it offers a rejuvenating escape from the tensions of daily life.
La Monastica Resort Spa is in Buggiano Castello, situated on a hilltop which offers panoramic views of the Valdinievole valley. The village has preserved its original appearance: a medieval cluster of stone buildings and narrow streets which invite you to explore and take time to recover your natural rhythm. Away from traffic, steeped in history and enveloped in music and the beauty of nature, it instills a feeling of comfort, privacy, and serenity.
The first traces of the Monastery of Santa Scolastica are found in a resolution of 1517 issued by the council of the Community of Buggiano. On that occasion it was decided that the monastery would be built on the remains of the ancient walls of the “Da Buggiano” Castle dating back to the year 1000 and that it would host girls “willing to serve God”. These girls would also be concerned with helping the poor and the sick. As often happens, many original documents have been lost and for some decades there is no reliable news of this religious structure. Certainly, in 1626 the Monastery was in full swing. This is testified by the different volumes of memories recovered from his archives where the nuns, most of whom were of noble lineage, noted, with extreme accuracy, the entries and exits and also the list of changes made to expand the structure. Indeed, over the centuries, the Monastery of Santa Scolastica has been gradually enlarged to make room for new novices and also to recover space for different activities, including the cultivation of silkworms. Abandoned in 1808 due to the Napoleonic suppressions, the Monastery was first bought by a local family then, in 1886, came under the ecclesiastical administration, becoming summer residence of the canon of the cathedral of Pescia. Between 1878 and 1881 other important works were carried out that allowed to recover, where before there was only rock, other cells, the refectory and new common areas. Then, in 1907, the architect Pacini was entrusted with the task of enlarging the church, building the loggia overlooking the Valdinievole and building a new small bell tower. Inhabited until 1976 by the Benedictine nuns of Santa Giustina of Lucca, the monastery was then sold to the real estate company that took care of the reconstruction and the splendid renovation in full respect of the constraints expressed by the Superintendence of Fine Arts.
