A poetic hideaway in Tuscany, curated with soul
There are places that feel less built than composed – quiet in tone, rich in presence. Locanda al Colle, nestled near Camaiore in Tuscany, is one of those rare spaces: a house where art is not displayed, but lived.
Here, nothing is simply decorative. Every object is a gesture, every room a narrative. Sculpture, painting, design – all flow together in a gentle rhythm, shaped by the curatorial eye of Riccardo Barsottelli, host, collector and discreet aesthete.
A home as a collection – a host as curator
Riccardo Barsottelli is not a hotelier in the conventional sense. He is a collector, a curator, a quiet presence. His passion for art reveals itself not in grand gestures, but in how things are placed – how light moves across a surface, how textures speak to each other, how silence becomes atmosphere.
Over the years, he has created a collection of works by artists such as Maja Thommen, Daniele Guidugli, Max Lamb, and Anne-Claire van den Elshout. But nothing about this is static: pieces shift, spaces evolve. At Locanda al Colle, the art doesn’t hang – it lives.
Sensing the invisible
At Locanda, art is not encountered in a gallery-like setting, but in passing: over coffee on the terrace, in the quiet of a hallway, beside a sculpture that holds its presence without words.
It’s a dialogue in undertones – one that lingers long after the moment has passed.
Each work is part of something larger: an atmosphere in which the eye finds stillness and the mind opens. Every room is curated, yet never staged. This rare balance defines the soul of the house – softly striking, quietly unforgettable.
A place for those who don’t search for beauty – but recognise it
Those who stay at Locanda al Colle don’t come to see art. They come to be moved by it – by the weight of materials, the quiet of the rooms, the intimacy of curation.
This is not a hotel that explains itself. It trusts its guests to feel what matters. To recognise how much language is held in form. And to understand that art need not be loud to resonate deeply.
A place like a poem.
And every room a line of it.
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