Godilonda Villa Hotel Castiglioncello - Reviews - Castiglioncello

The boom in tourism in Castiglioncello started in the second half of the 19th C. when Diego Martelli, the famous Italian critic and patron of art and literature, decided to make it his home because of its mild climate and beautiful scenery. Here, and until the end of the century, he abitually invited nearly all the Florentine impressionist artists of that period who subsequently became famous, giving birth to the legendary artistic period known as the Castiglioncello School. Men of literature like Renato Fu...(see more)cini and Giovanni Marradi, the true Castiglioncello poet, also stayed here.Today it is one of the most famous coastal resorts on the Tyrhennian Sea, renowned throughout Italy and abroad for its beautiful scenery, for the quality and elegance of its facilities and for the highly esteemed cultural and social events the town promotes.Hospitality in Castiglioncello inckludes 33 hotel structures, 800 self-catering dwellingsm, 17 restaurants, 20 bathing establishments, night-clubs, tennis courts, cinemas, putting green, childrens playgrounds. The main cultural and sporting events which take place are: the Dance, Music and Theatre Festival of the West Coast Workshop, the Castiglioncello-Etruscan Coast Literary Award, the sailing regattas, the national photography competition denominated City of Castiglioncello, the fish festival at Caletta.