EXCLUSIVE
EVENTS
Whether it is a romantic Patrician Villa located on the shores of the River Arno
in one of the most enchanting landscapes in the world, a lakeside venue or a
Grand Hotel in a city, the choice of destination to organize an important event is
more and more challenging.. as we all want to find the right place to celebrate a
moment that should stay in the memory of our guests.
Villa La Massa is a scene set in the enchanting Tuscan country side with sheer
amber hues, background music provided by the calm running waters of the Arno,
olive groves, endless vineyards and Cypress trees.. a place to concentrate or
reconvene with your loved ones and spend extraordinary moments in the warmth
of one’s own private country home with unparalleled levels of luxury service at
your disposal.
The perfect location for meetings, intimate or extravagant celebrations.. relaxing
and being pampered in the state of the art ARNO SPA, banquets and parties
in the enchanting gardens or in the aristocratic rooms of the Villa and savoring
delicious and traditional Tuscan food and wines.
Villa La Massa is an epitome of beauty, history and heritage which combine to
offer a truly elegant and modern Art of Living.
VILLA LA MASSA
A few steps from Florence in the enchanted Tuscan countryside,
Villa La Massa is the ideal place to organize exclusive events and meetings.
The high quality of the service along with the timeless elegance and ultimate comforts
make this classic Villa the perfect choice for every kind of
celebration and anniversary.
The tranquil atmosphere helps concentration during meetings.
RECEPTIONS
The refined rooms, the XV century cellar, Il Verrocchio Restaurant, its terrace overlooking the Arno river,
the charming corners of the park are the perfect background for parties, receptions, cocktails and every
kind of anniversary.
THE EXCLUSIVE RENTAL OF THE VILLA (STARTING FROM EURO 19.000,00)
GUARANTEES THE USE OF THE PLACE WITHOUT LIMITATIONS.
Fried delights
Fried seasonal vegetables
Olives Ascolana style
Rice croquettes
Salmon croquettes
Fried capers
Fried sage
Mushroom fondue
Supplement Euro 15,00 per person
Seefood corner
Octopus salad
Seafood salad
Tuna tartare
Shrimp cocktail
Oyster Fines de Claire (3 pcs per person)
Supplement Euro 30,00 per person
WELCOME COCKTAIL
Tuscan cold cuts and cheese corner
Prosecco, Spritz & White Wine
Ham canapés
Salmon canapés
Olive paté canapés
Shrimp canapés
Fresh cheese canapés
Mini pizzas
Cinta Senese ham
Assorted cold cuts of Italian and Tuscan cheese
Euro 20,00 per person, one hour of service
Supplement Franciacorta Euro 5,00 per person
Supplement Champagne Euro 10,00 per person
Prosecco and fruit cocktail
Ham canapés
Salmon canapés
Olive paté canapés
Shrimp canapés
Fresh cheese canapés
Mini pizzas
Small puff pastry with vegetables
Small puff pastry with ham
Polenta with blue-cheese
Sausage and fresh cheese canapés
Euro 26,00 per person, one hour of service
Supplement Euro 20,00 per person
MENU
Appetizers
Lobster salad flavoured with green lime sauce
Cinta Senese cold cuts with Tuscan croutons
Seafood salad with seasonal citrus fruits
Goose escalope of Liver with summer Truffle
Chianina beef Carpaccio with soncino, summer truffle and Parmesan shavings
Warm prawn and scallop salad served on Modena vinegar sauce
Pigeon thigh and breast with mixed candied lemon
Zucchini flowers stuffed with ricotta cheese and seasonal vegetables,
taleggio cheese sauce and black truffle shavings
Shrimp tails and tomatoes, with cannellini beans cream flavoured
with Tuscan olive oil
First Courses
Traditional ravioli served with a porcini mushroom sauce
Homemade dumplings of ricotta cheese and spinach, fresh tomato and pecorino shavings
Homemade garganelli pasta with lobster sauce
Homemade cappellacci stuffed with pecorino cheese, courgette flowers and saffron pistils
Pennette pasta with duck meat sauce and toasted pine nuts
Risotto with seasonal vegetables, scallops flavoured with white butter
Paccheri pasta with tomato sauce and seafood
Trofie pasta with basil, garlic, pine nut sauce and clams
Traditional Tuscan raviolo stuffed with ricotta cheese, egg yolk and pecorino fondue
Seafood risotto
Desserts
Ricotta pie flavoured with orange and wild berries
Wedding cake of your choice
Three chocolate mousse
Wild berries tart
Strawberry Bavarian cake
Tiramisù
Zuccotto cake with sabayon and Vin Santo
Mille - feuille with strawberries or wild berries or chocolate shavings
Selection of 4 courses Euro 110,00, water, coffee, friandises, Vat 10% and service included
Selection of 5 courses euro 130,00, water, coffee, friandises, Vat 10% and service included
Selection of Wine
From Agricola San Felice Winery:
SAN FELICE
Vermentino 2014
Chianti Classico 2012
Vin Santo 2007
Euro 20,00 per person
IL CHIANTI
Il Grigio 2011
Vigorello 2011
In Pincis 2004
Euro 35,00 per person
MONTALCINO
Main Courses
Rosso di Montalcino, Campogiovanni 2013
Brunello, Campogiovanni 2010
In Pincis 2004
Beef fillet with aromatic herbs
Euro 38,00 per person
Glazed veal loin with Armagnac
THE BEST OF SAN FELICE
Veal chop in crust of porcini mushrooms
Tuscan roast beef flavoured with mustard
Sea bass fillet Mediterranean style
Turbot fillet with Italian Spumante
Roasted loin of lamb with mint sauce
Wild salmon steak with fennel
Beef Mignon with seasonal truffle
Chianina sirloin steak with black pepper and Chianti wine
All main courses are served with seasonal vegetables
Poggio Rosso 2011
Brunello di Montalcino, riserva Il Quercione 2008
In Pincis 2004
Euro 60,00 per person
WE ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO DESIGN SPECIAL MENUS ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS,
PAIRED WITH WINES SUGGESTED BY OUR SOMMELIER.
THE PRINTING OF THE MENU IS INCLUDED.
OPEN BAR AFTER DINNER
The open bar can be organized either inside or in the gardens of the Villa.
Vodka & tonic
Gin & tonic
Bacardi & Coke
Our wines
Cocktails à la carte
Euro 10,00 per person
Euro 1.250,00 per 1 hour service up to 100 people
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
We will be pleased to design with you the most suitable arrangements for your event:
table centerpieces, flower decorations for the church or the location that you choose for your wedding.
Arrangements starting from Euro 25,00.
YOUR MEETING
The Corsini Room
“Full Day Meeting”
From 8.00 am to 6.00 pm
Inclusive of:
full day use of the meeting room, 2 coffee breaks and business lunch with beverage included
(water, coffee and wine selected by our sommelier), free wi-fi, technical facilities
(overhead projector and screen, sound system and n. 01 wired microphone).
Located in the Mill building, its columns, fireplace and antique furniture
bring out the Renaissance ambiance of the estate.
Rental of the room:
“Full Day meeting” Euro 800 (IVA 22% included)
“Meeting on the Arno” Euro 400 (IVA 22% included)
Dimensions:
Euro 110,00 per person
Area
Length
Width
Height
“Meeting on the Arno”
From 11.00 am to 6.00 pm
Inclusive of:
half day use of the meeting room, 1 coffee break and business lunch with beverage included
(water, coffee and wine selected by our sommelier), free wi-fi, technical facilities
(overhead projector and screen, sound system and n. 01 wired microphone).
1.291 sf
32,80 f
37,72 f
14,63 f
Capacity:
Theatre
Classroom
U-shape
Banquet Cocktail Euro 95,00 per person
/
/
/
60 persons
70 persons
THE MEETING & BANQUET ROOMS
The Rinuccini Room
The Limonaia Room
Located in the Mill building, across the hall from the Il Verrocchio restaurant, The Rinuccini room takes its
name from the Rinuccini noble family, who lived in the house until 1826. This is a bright and airy room
with a grand wall of windows that open up onto the gardens outside where it is possible to organize
coffee breaks or cocktails.
On the ground floor of the Mill building, this room is the perfect setting for large-scale events,
wedding receptions, gala dinners and cocktail parties. Together with the Verrocchio Restaurant
for banqueting, the entire floor of the Mill building is at exclusive disposal.
Rental of the room:
“Full Day meeting” Euro 800 (IVA 22% included)
“Meeting on the Arno” Euro 400 (IVA 22% included)
Rental of the room:
“Full Day meeting” Euro 800 (IVA 22% included)
“Meeting on the Arno” Euro 400 (IVA 22% included)
Dimensions:
Dimensions:
Area
Length
Width
Height
968 sf
36,76 f
26,01 f
13,77 f
Capacity:
Capacity:
Theatre Classroom U-shape Banquet Cocktail Area
2.260 sf
Length
36,74 f
Width
63,74 f
Height from 13,77 f to 14,63 f
60
40
40
50
60
persons
persons
persons
persons
persons
Theatre Classroom U-shape Banquet Cocktail 60
40
40
110
130
persons
persons
persons
persons
persons
Welcome Cocktail
Mediceo (non-alcoholic)
Flûte Prosecco
Euro 18,00 per person
Welcome Coffee
Coffee, tea, fruit juices and water
Euro 8,00 per person
Coffee Break
Coffee, tea, fruit juices, water and petit fours
Euro 13,00 per person
BUSINESS LUNCH
Tuscan appetizer
Salad with cherry tomatoes and pecorino from Siena
Rocket salad with bresaola and Parmesan shavings
Shrimp and rocket salad and pecorino shavings
Beef carpaccio with soncino salad and Parmesan cheese
Tuna carpaccio with caponata of vegetables
Cold cuts
Pennette Pasta with fresh vegetables
Pennette pasta with zucchini, tomatoes, oregano and seasoned ricotta cheese
Ravioli filled with ricotta cheese and spinach in a butter and sage sauce
Crêpes au gratin with spinach
Pennette pasta with artichokes and ham
Gnocchi with vegetables and Parmesan cheese
Yellow and green tagliatelle pasta with mushroom ragout
Spinach noodle pasta with fresh tomato and basil
Medallion of monkfish with prawns
Escalopes with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese
Sirloin beef with an estragon sauce
Veal escalopes with lemon
Veal noisettes with mushrooms
Red lentil soup with seafood
Salmon steak with capers and lemon
Chicken stuffed with pine nuts, ham and pecorino from Siena
Sea bass fillet in potato crust
Sliced beef with rocket salad
Fresh fruit salad
Mixed ice-creams
Chocolate cake
Fruit tart
2-course menu, Euro 45,00 per person
3-course menu, Euro 55,00 per person
Selection of wines from our cellar
Vermentino, San Felice
Chianti Classico, San Felice
Or
Pomino, Frescobaldi
Morellino Scansano, Frescobaldi
Euro 20,00 per person (1 bottle per 3 persons)
Prices are inclusive of VAT 10% and service.
VILLINO
IN EXCLUSIVE
With a total of seven rooms - including the Presidential Suite and the Parco Suite - it offers more space
and independence for those seeking ultimate privacy.
The ideal place for a family reunion, an anniversary or an important business meeting.
The Villino, on the water, is the retreat for moments of privacy and concentration.
THE EXCLUSIVE RENTAL OF THE VILLINO (FROM EURO 6.500,00 TO EURO 10.000,00)
GUARANTEES THE USE OF THE PLACE WITHOUT LIMITATIONS.
VILLA LA MASSA
IN EXCLUSIVE
Sitting on the Arno river, a few kilometres from the historic center of Florence and located in one of
the most beautiful natural landscape in the world, Villa Massa represents the ideal place to entirely
rent for its size, style, elegance and quality of service.
The 37 rooms are divided into three buildings: The Noble Villa, The Mulino (XV century) and
the Villino; the latter, of more recent construction, includes 7 bedrooms including the Presidential Suite
with a private terrace facing the Arno and surrounding hills and the Parco Suite,
which offers even more privacy.
Modern comforts and refined elegance are well integrated in this Villa which invites you to
experience the art of living of the Florentine nobilty.
THE EXCLUSIVE RENTAL OF THE VILLA (STARTING FROM EURO 19.000,00)
GUARANTEES THE USE OF THE PLACE WITHOUT LIMITATIONS.
THE SUITES
ON THE ARNO
THE PRESIDENTIAL SUITE with its garden on the Arno.
Linen and silk in shades of écrou, ochre and Florentine red,
terracotta floors,
a majestic fireplace, spacious places for lunches and dinners dèhors...
ideal also for business lunch or dinners.
THE PARCO SUITE èis even more intimate with stunning
views over the Arno river and the surrounding hills.
A glamorous space, toned light gray, combined with interior touches of écrou,
orange, velvets and silks and sandstone enlivened withthe red typical Tuscany stonework.
Enchanted atmosphere … the background music is provided by the calm running waters of the Arno.
How to reach Villa La Massa
EVENTS AT VILLA MASSA
THE ELEGANCE AND INTIMACY OF VILLA LA MASSA MAKES IT THE IDEAL LOCATION
FOR PRESTIGIOUS MEETINGS
By car: Motorway A1 Roma/Milano, exit “Firenze-Sud” and follow the signs
for Bagno a Ripoli-Pontassieve; once in Candeli, turn left at the traffic light and take Via Della Massa
By train: 10 km from “Santa Maria Novella”, Florence’s main railway station
By airplane: 30 km from Florence-Vespucci Airport; 94 km from Pisa Airport
STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNICATION AND AUDIOVISUAL TECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT
ALL OUR MEETING ROOMS ENJOY NATURAL LIGHT
Guest accommodation
37 rooms, including 21 suites, located in 3 villas: Noble Villa, Mill and Little Villa
The rooms offer air-conditioning, satellite LCD TV, WI-FI, safe deposit box and mini-bar
Meetings and events facilities
N. 02 modular meeting rooms with a max. capacity of 110 people for banquets
and 130 people for standing private reception
Meeting rooms, up to 60 people, with natural daylight
RATES AT VILLA LA MASSA
Starting from September 28th to November 1st 2015
and
from April 8th to 28th
from July 15th to September 1st
from September 26th to November 1st 2016
Double Deluxe Room for Single Occupancy, Euro 330,00
Double Prestige, Euro 354,00
Junior Suite Top, Euro 500,00
Complimentary Wi-Fi,
Rates are quoted per room per night, inclusive of the following:
Meeting rooms equipped with overhead projector and screen, sound system
and n.01 wired microphone
Buffet Breakfast served at “Il Verrocchio” Restaurant or in a private room - upon hotel availability
Possibility to privatize the hotel in Exclusive Use
Wi-Fi, courtesy shuttle to the city centre, parking,
Park of 22 acres for Team Building activities
access to the Arno SPA relax and sporting area, outside jogging trail and tennis facilities
Hotel facilities & services
VAT and service
8,5% commission on gross amount to Meeting & Incentive agencies.
Courtesy daily shuttle to/from Florence Ponte Vecchio available from 9 am to 7.30 pm
Conditions:
Complimentary Wi-Fi in public areas and guest rooms
Rates valid for a minimum of 8 rooms per night and for 2 consecutive nights
The hotel offers Il Verrocchio Restaurant for dinner, and upon request for lunch,
with a unique terrace overlooking the Arno river, the bar Mediceo for aperitifs
and informal meals and a private wine cellar for wine tasting and cooking classes
applicable to new requests only and upon hotel availability;
City tax to be added: 4 Euro per person, per night, up to 4 nights.
No charge for children up to 14 years.
Arno SPA, gym room, swimming-pool, jogging track, tennis club and Golf courses nearby
24-hour concierge service
For reservations please contact: [email protected]
Complimentary private parking
For additional information, please refer to www.villalamassa.com
Private helipad
ACTIVITIES
A few examples of the activities that we can organize for events and meetings:
Cooking Lessons
A cooking class organized by our Executive Chef Andrea Quagliarella to discover Italian and
traditional dishes, using the fresh products from the Villa La Massa chef’s garden.
The homemade pasta is a must!.
Euro 160,00 per person
for a minimum of 4 persons attending.
Wine Tasting
In the XV century cellar you will taste the most interesting Tuscan,
Italian and international wines with our Sommelier.
From Euro 45,00 per person, for a minimum of 4 persons up to 12 attending.
Drawing and Painting Lessons
A famous Florentine painter, friend of Villa La Massa,
will unveal the artistic side of your personality.
Euro 120,00 per person for a minimum of 6 persons attending.
Truffle Hunt
You will discover the beauty of the Tuscan countryside hunting
the well known truffle of the Chianti-Rufina region.
Euro 170,00 per person, including lunch with truffles.
Tennis courts, golf courts, horseback riding... cultural activities in Florence and Tuscany,
private visits to Villas and gardens of Tuscany, visits to cellars and wineries, lunches and dinners in
the most exclusive places...
Our concierge is at your disposal to study special activities for your events, incentives or business
meetings. Cultural programs are also available to be paired with your professional activities.
GENERAL INFORMATION
A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, Villa La Massa is located 8 km from the historic centre
of Florence and 18 km from its international airport, surrounded by 9 hectares of gardens.
37 rooms (double rooms and suites)
Arno SPA
Heated Outdoor pool
Private parking
Helipad
Complimentary shuttle service from Hotel to Ponte Vecchio roundtrip every hour
Limousine service
Tennis Club located 500mt from the Hotel (free of charge for Hotel guests),
16 courts (both clay and synthetic courts)
Bicycles available for guests
Horseback riding within 5km
Golf Club "Ugolino" located 10 km from the hotel, preferred green fees for Hotel guests.
Wine cellar available for private wine tastings paired with regional specialities
Cooking classes and Chef’s garden tour with the Executive Chef Andrea Quagliarella upon request.
Bespoke experiences that can be arranged for guests by Villa La Massa:
Reservations and tickets for museums: Uffizi, Accademia etc.
Guided tours of Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Siena etc...
Discover the Chianti wine region: vineyards, cellars, wines and olive oil tastings.
Villa La Massa,
Via della Massa 24 - Firenze - Candeli - Italy
www.villalamassa.com