PRESS CLIPS

What the press says:

LA NAZIONE - Oct 2008
'The simple formula created by the wonderful American owner is: to rewrite the wonders of Tuscany with the mouth-watering flavours found in the food and wine, along with a new state-of-the-art spa. Who could ask for more?'

SUNDAY TIMES TRAVEL - Oct 2008
'At last, a spa we can love. Red wine and chocolate every day, in every way. They stuff it down you in the restaurant and slather it all over you in the spa, allowing the grape and the cocoa bean to work their magic both internally and externally. Yum'

SUNDAY TIMES HOLIDAY 2009 - Nov 2008
'New Year detox not working out? Try Vedic Spa Resorts at Villa Lucia in Vorno, near Lucca, where a luxury spa has been added to the sumptuous Renaissance villa accommodation'.

ITALIA MAGAZINE - Dec 2008
'Vedic Spa Resort is set in Villa Lucia's breath-taking grounds. Time disappears in this type of setting, and everything focuses on your well-being and relaxation. Even the morning workouts with the personal trainer were surprisingly relaxing. Plus the chocolate, wine and truffle treatments on offer provide a treat for the senses; let alone what they do for your skin. I was a convert to this type of holiday after just one day'

OBSERVER - Jan 2009
'The setting is undeniably lovely, meals are shared at one long table and a lively house-party atmosphere develops. One evening we go to the local bar and the night ends several hours later in the candlelit hot tub. Does it work? The treatments are delicious, the food unfussily good, the atmosphere non-judgemental and the fitness programme refreshingly unfaddy. The room and grounds are grand and comfortable and I relax, sleep wonderfully, my skin glows and I develop a healthy new appreciation of red wine'

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Jan 2009
'More satin slipper than boot camp, VedicSpa Resorts at Villa Lucia does not go in for weights and measures, charts or graphs. The regime is gentle, verging on laid-back. After two days of sticking rigorously to the Red Wine Diet combined with the Chocolate, Wine and Truffle therapy treatments, I came home fitter and sleeker'