Create Your Own Custom Retreat in Tuscany

Design your dream custom retreat in Tuscany at La Fortezza in Lunigiana with Annette Joseph. Whether your passion is cooking, wellness, wine, or adventure, your retreat is fully personalized—your retreat, your way.

Choose from immersive experiences such as:

• Italian cooking lessons and charcuterie workshops

• Foraging and flower arranging with Annette

• Bio-dynamic wine tasting and balsamic vinegar tastings

• Truffle hunting followed by a four-course truffle lunch

• Morning yoga and wellness sessions

• Thai, Shiatsu, or Reflexology massage

• Cocktail-making lessons

• Building the perfect charcuterie board

Explore the beauty of Tuscany with curated excursions:

• Private tour of the Carrara marble quarries with mountaintop lunch

• Slow Food purveyors tour

• Award-winning local winery tastings

• Hiking to waterfalls

• Walks through our vineyard with a glass of vino

• Shopping at the Forte dei Marmi market

• Lunch by the sea and afternoons at the beach

Or simply relax by the pool with a book and a game of bocce ball.

Perfect for birthday celebrations, anniversary trips, girls’ getaways, and family holidays, Annette personally curates every detail of your La Fortezza Experience.

Location: La Fortezza, Lunigiana, Tuscany

La Fortezza is perfectly located for exploring northern Tuscany and beyond:

• 40 minutes from the seaside

• 1 hour 15 minutes from Parma

• 1 hour 15 minutes from Lucca

Make La Fortezza in Lunigiana your Italian vacation destination.

Retreat Details

• Minimum group size: 4 guests

• Maximum: 8 guests (shared rooms or couples)

Your retreat includes:

• Personalized itinerary planning

• Accommodations

• Yoga and wellness sessions

• Daily meals

• Cocktails and wine

• A signed copy of Annette’s cookbook:
  At the Table of La Fortezza or The Sweet Life at La Fortezza

• A bottle of La Fortezza wine

Not included:

• Flights and ground transportation to and from La Fortezza

• Transportation to and from off-site excursions

• Off-site meals

Guests are responsible for transportation. We strongly recommend renting a car for flexibility and easy access to excursions. (We suggest Sixt Car Rentals.) Annette is happy to recommend a private car service for day trips—pricing available upon request.

Reserve Your Custom Tuscany Retreat

Create your unforgettable Italian culinary and wellness retreat at La Fortezza.

📧 Email to inquire about availability and pricing:
Gen – genesis.carlina@gmail.com

*Note Your deposit (half of the total cost) is due upon reserving and it is NON-REFUNDABLE, NON-TRANSFERABLE. We understand that things come up and plans change, so we will issue credits for a future retreat in the event of a cancellation.

One Night Stay