The Duke of Tuscany’s former hunting lodge has been transformed into a pinnacle of style and architectural design with an elegant, welcoming ambience and an award-winning restaurant.

A fusion of excellent food and inspirational design set in the most magical location. The impressive tree-lined approach, from which the name is derived, is one of the most photographed driveways in all Italy and is a landmark of the Maremma. A French chef and an Italian architect conspired together to create this superb hotel. Just a few kilometres from the sea at Castiglione della Pescaia and the Isle of Elba, L’Andana is set in ancient fertile farmland and offers a serene and elegant break from the world outside. With a chapel in the grounds, two swimming pools in which to relax and elegant unobtrusive service there is plenty of space to unwind and feel at ease.

All thirty-three rooms located in the stately Villa and Fattoria have been designed to the highest standard by Italian architect, Ettore Mocchetti, director of Architectural Digest magazine. Each is unique - some with a bath as big as a room - some with Tuscan columns. One really gets the feeling that the architect has for once been allowed to indulge his imagination fully and each has a generosity of space which makes one feel special as the magic of the lengthening evening light glints on the cocktail glasses on the terrace.

World renowned French chef Alain Ducasse has created a gastronomic Mediterranean extravaganza in the heart of the Maremma. Olive oil and wine produced on the five hundred hectare estate are regulars of the restaurant and only the best local ingredients are used to create the finest traditional Tuscan cuisine.

The Maremma is a relatively undiscovered area of Tuscany with a wild untamed element to it. It is life between the sea and the mountains, marshy wetlands inhabited by rare birds giving way to beautiful beaches at Castiglione. Inland Mediterranean maquis has been tamed into wine growing and olive groves. There is tennis at the hotel - so that guests can work up an appetite for Alain's next wonderful offering - and golf nearby , a newly opened Spa which uses ointments and balms from plants gathered in the surrounding fields and two swimming pools. One can then relax in the bar, library, drawing room or terrace after a vigorous day’s activities.