Best places: Castles in Mezzavia, Italy

13th century brick town hall with tower housing the civic museum & its fresco collection.

Imposing hillside castle & winery, open for cellar tours, Chianti tastings & al fresco dining.

Genteel quarters in an upmarket castle hotel with cooking lessons, wine tastings & an outdoor pool.

Hilltop medieval castle with brickwork turrets, battlements & a museum of history.

Imposing hilltop castle & one-time prison, now a museum featuring weapons & instruments of torture.

This medieval castle with a manuscript-filled library & bell tower with views offers an audio tour.

15th-century castle featuring a semi-weekly market, along with exhibitions & events.

11th-century castle & wine estate, with guided tours of the Renaissance gardens & a small museum.

Polished hotel in a 14th-century castle offering a spa, a restaurant & an outdoor pool, plus tennis.

Historical fortress with a museum, guided tours & open-air, summer concerts, plus sunset views.

👍👍 We had a wine tasting and a lunch this place. Both the vinery and the food was a spectacular experience. The wines with the tour were super and the food was incredible as well, after the lunch we had the opportunity to walk around the place and have an exciting view of the tuscan landscape.

👍👍 My daughter got married in Csstellina in Chianti on 10th August 100 years ago. We were made so welcome. It was quite an emotional day. Thank you.

Museum with frescos & other art from the 13th–17th centuries, plus a tower with countryside views.

👍👍 Nice and lovely for a couple of pics, if you feel hungry you can eat something at the local restaurant with tables located outside on the walls with an astonishing view

👍👍 Place of historical value (the tower from the 1400s) and suggestive on the Faenza hills immersed in a rural context full of interesting producers. All this is enhanced by a very active association.

👍👍 My father helped in the battle fought here. He was a member of the Blue Devils.

👍👍 Beautiful castle. In July you might be lucky end catch free concerts of opera scenes or chamber music, organized by the Brancaleoni International Music Festival.