Need to know
Rooms
16 luxury lodges, 14 doubles and two for families.
Check–Out
11am, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates usually include a farm-fresh breakfast of fresh loaves with organic jam and honey, fruity pies and tarts, house cereals, yoghurts, fruits, juices and coffee. Plus watersports, e-bikes and a shuttle service. A two-night minimum stay applies.
Also
Request a movable feast to take out into the forest – the kitchen will pack you a picnic basket filled with goodies grown and made onsite and a blanket. And, you can take a little bit of Italy home with you: the online shop sells pastas, biscuits, honeys and jams, bio cheeses, fruity nectars and more. For a little more local flavour, browse the works by local artists in the visitors' centre.
Hotel closed
The hotel is open annually from 28 March to 3 November.
At the hotel
Stables, lake for watersports, cinema, spa treatment rooms, visitor centre with art gallery, concierge, laundry service (for an extra charge), shuttle service around the resort, free WiFi. In rooms: e-bikes, Bluetooth radio, bar corner with fresh juices, water, a Nespresso coffee machine and Dammann teas, Oasi Dynamo bath products.
Our favourite rooms
In contrast to Florence’s bedazzled historic villas, Oasy’s lodges are stylishly austere. Fully timbered with locally logged wood, the only adornments are a coloured throw on the bed, snuggable linens, artwork depicting natural scenes and the odd sprig of greenery; but you need little else when the full force of nature is framed by large windows or can be lazily marvelled at from your veranda. Families should note that the family lodges have two sets of bunks, so parents hoping for a little romance should book a separate secluded lodge.
Spa
Oasy is all about buoying physical and mental wellbeing, and massages with organic lotions and potions are an important part of this, carried out in three treatment rooms. And yoga classes are held three times a week in the open air (or occasionally on top of a mountain).
Packing tips
Clothing for clambering up a trunk, paddling through a lake, saluting the sun at altitude and basking in the glow of a bonfire.
Also
Due to the rugged terrain, Oasy isn't best suited for guests with mobility issues.
Pet‐friendly
One dog under 20kg is allowed in each lodge. A cleaning fee of €75 applies and your furry friend will get treats, a mat, pillow, bowl and baggies. Dogs must be leashed outside lodges. See more pet-friendly hotels in Tuscany.
Children
Welcome, and your little cubs will take to this wonderland like a re-integrated wolf pack. Family Lodges sleep four in two sets of bunk-beds.
Best for
All ages can stay, but most activities are geared towards over-eights.
Recommended rooms
The Family Lodge has two sets of bunk-beds, so it’s where to stash the kids. Or, in a Double Lodge, it’s €100 a night to use the lodge’s sofa bed for under-12s.
Activities
As a rule of thumb, what enchants adults here is equally thrilling for little ones, so they can partake in pretty much all the outdoorsy fun, frolicking in the lake, and mucking in on the farm. Plus learning how to track animals and build emergency shelters. The visitor’s centre has lots of age-appropriate learning materials too, and there's ping-pong and table football in the games room.
Meals
There's a dedicated kids' menu, but dishes don’t make too much of a fuss here – it’s simple delicious fare that can easily cross over to the kids’ table.
No need to pack
Bring pint-size wellies and rainproof clothing for muddy walks, and download a nature-identification app so smalls can learn about the different types of trees and critters.
Sustainability efforts
Oasyhotel has an exemplary back-to-the-land ethos. Their mission is to create eco-friendly properties in some of Italy’s most beautiful natural parks working alongside the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature). But these aren’t just boltholes for a green holiday, they’re nerve centres for conservation, eco-sound agriculture, breeding programmes and scientific research. The Oasi Dynamo reserve was once hunting ground until the WWF recovered and transformed the land, protecting the biodiverse plantlife and species within. Then, agricultural enterprise Oasi Dynamo Società Agricola implemented traditional non-intensive farming and forestry methods alongside regenerative tourism, to make a largely self-sufficient outpost (all food produced onsite goes straight to the kitchen or is sold in the online shop, with all proceeds going directly towards running costs). Pigs and cows are reared onsite, berries of all kinds are cultivated, orchards have been nurtured, ancient grains grown, and chestnuts are used to make flour; and all produce is bio-certified. Rare plants and troubled endemic species (red-backed shrike, black woodpecker) are given the opportunity to thrive here, and the reserve welcomes students and scientists, who track, log and study the animals and help with breeding programmes. You can find out more at the onsite visitor centre. The simple yet stylish hotel lodges are built in natural materials with little disturbance to the surroundings, and guests are given e-bikes to cover the wooded expanse; plus experiences are mostly nature-based. And, the hotel has a strong altruistic streak too; working alongside the non-profit Dynamo Foundation, they run an academy where local children learn about conservation and farming, and a yearly camp for children living with serious and chronic diseases, where there’s a programme of therapeutic activities.