ABOUT US
SERENA
My gastronomic trip!
Once I graduated in foreign languages in Italy in October 2003, I decided to leave for France and study nouvelle cuisine with Paul Bocuse in Lyon. His was a 3-star Michelin restaurant and has been running 40 years. I stayed at the Paul Bocuse Institute, a School of culinary Arts and Management (IPB), for 2 years. There, I have been taught not only how to cook but also how to work in the best hotels and restaurants of the world. I worked at Auberge la Fenière in Lourmarin, and then I moved to Paris, where I worked in the famous Laperous's restaurant to perfect my skills in creating beautiful pastries. Eventually, I had an amazing time working really hard in the confectionery department of the Ritz Hotel, Paris.
OUR SERVICES
The Castello Santa Maria was property of the Camaldoli friars in the 15th century, later to be expanded by the "Congregazione dei servi di Maria" (Congregation of Mary's servants). Today, it is one of the most appreciated historical hotels of Viterbo province: we offer a B&B service, and half board or full board, if requested. The complex includes a small church with frescoes by Lorenzo da Viterbo dating back to 1444. Olive trees surround the Castle and its cottages on all sides, perfectly mixing 15th century and modernity, for a unique among the hotels between Orvieto and Viterbo, Central Italy. Cooking is our speciality: classic to international dishes, without forgetting local traditions; we use only fresh, best quality, locally sourced (where possible) ingredients, and our professional staff is led by Serena, a graduate from Paul Bocuse Institute, Lyon, France.