Borgo Tre Vaselle is a hotel with a wine estate’s whole story wrapped around it. The Lungarotti family, who did more than anyone to put Umbrian wine on the map, turned this cluster of old buildings in the hilltop village of Torgiano into a relais in 1978, at a time when “wine tourism” was barely a phrase in Italy. After a careful restoration it reopened in summer 2026 under AG Group, with 52 rooms and suites, a new spa with an indoor pool and three places to eat. My one-line verdict: a calm, characterful Umbrian base for wine lovers who want history and a cellar door within walking distance, rather than a full-scale resort.
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Quick facts: Borgo Tre Vaselle
- Location: inside the medieval village of Torgiano, province of Perugia, Umbria, between Perugia and Assisi.
- Rooms and suites: 52, including 17 suites, spread across several historic buildings.
- Ownership and management: owned by the Lungarotti family since the 1970s, relaunched and run by AG Group since the 2026 reopening.
- Price level: upper mid-range for a luxury hotel in central Italy, with breakfast usually included. Rates rise around harvest.
- Season: reopened at the end of June 2026. Winter opening dates are not yet published, so ask the hotel.
- Nearest airport: Perugia San Francesco d’Assisi (Umbria International), roughly 15 to 20 minutes by car. Rome and Florence are both around two hours by road.
- Best for: wine lovers, couples and slow travellers who want a village base rather than a resort.
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With only 52 rooms and a fresh reopening, the terrace junior suites and September and October dates go first. Compare rates before you commit.
Location and getting there
Torgiano sits on a low hill where the Tiber meets the Chiascio, a few kilometres south-east of Perugia. It is a small, quiet place, and it is unusual in being almost synonymous with one wine family: the Lungarotti cellars, their two museums and their vineyards all sit in or just outside the village. Borgo Tre Vaselle is right in the historic centre, next to the church of Santa Maria Assunta, so you step out of the hotel straight onto the old village street.
The location is the hotel’s quiet trump card for getting around Umbria. Perugia’s centre is about 20 minutes by car, Assisi roughly 30 minutes, and Deruta, the ceramics town, is a short hop south. Umbria International Airport outside Perugia is around 15 to 20 minutes away, but it has a limited seasonal schedule, so many visitors fly into Rome or Florence and drive about two hours. If you come by train, Perugia Ponte San Giovanni station is about 10 minutes by car. Our Italy travel planner covers car hire and transfers. A car is close to essential here: Umbria’s best villages and wineries are not linked by fast public transport.
Rooms and suites
The 52 rooms and suites are spread across the borgo’s historic buildings rather than stacked in one block, which keeps corridors short and the atmosphere residential. The restoration was deliberately conservative: terracotta floors, exposed wooden beams, travertine and locally made fabrics, with modern bathrooms and air conditioning. Some rooms have antique pieces, which is charming for adults and something to think about with small children.
Booking sites list the following categories, though names may shift as the new operator settles in:
- Classic and Superior Double rooms: the entry categories, for two guests.
- Deluxe rooms: more space, with room for a third bed.
- Junior Suites, with or without terrace: the terrace versions look over the olive groves and are the ones to request.
- Studio Suites and Suites: the top categories, with separate living space.
- Family rooms and Family Apartment: for four guests, plus interconnecting rooms.
There are also three wheelchair-accessible rooms with step-free access and roll-in showers, which is not a given in a medieval village. Exact room sizes are not consistently published, so if square metres matter, ask the hotel.
Dining
The food offer was rebuilt for the reopening around three spaces, and the hotel leans firmly on Umbrian produce, Lungarotti wines and the estate’s olive oil.
- Le Melograne: the main restaurant for dinner, serving contemporary Umbrian cooking built on seasonal local ingredients, with tasting menus and wine pairings. Service runs from around 7:30pm.
- La Limonaia: a light-filled conservatory that overlooks the village street, used for breakfast, lunch and aperitivo, with a shorter menu later in the day.
- Antica Fornace: a more informal, livelier space serving traditional food, in a room linked to the village’s old kiln-making past.
- Bars: a lounge bar pouring Lungarotti wines and cocktails with Umbrian botanicals, and a pool bar for spritzes and light bites.
On Michelin: Le Melograne holds no star in the 2026 guide, which is unsurprising given that the restaurant only reopened after that edition came out. Expect a refined regional kitchen rather than a destination tasting room. In autumn, look out for black truffle and the new season’s olive oil on the menu, both of which the hotel builds its seasonal programme around.
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Spa and pools
The spa is one of the main additions of the relaunch. It is compact, with two treatment rooms, a relaxation area and direct access to an indoor pool, plus a gym with Technogym equipment. Reports differ on whether every part of the spa was fully running at the July reopening, so if a spa day is central to your trip, ask the hotel what is open on your dates.
The outdoor pool is the more memorable of the two. It sits in the estate’s olive grove, reached through an underground passage from the main buildings, with a pool bar alongside and a lifeguard on duty in the daytime during the season. Whether the outdoor pool is heated, and when it closes for the year, is not published: ask the hotel, especially for May or October stays.
Be realistic about scale. This is a spa for a massage and a swim after a day of tastings, not a large thermal complex. If wellness is the main event, a bigger spa resort will suit you better.
Wine and activities
Wine is why you come to Torgiano, and it is why the hotel features in our guide to the best vineyard hotels and wine resorts in Italy.
Lungarotti cellars and Rubesco
The Cantine Lungarotti are a few minutes from the hotel. Giorgio Lungarotti built the modern estate from the late 1950s, and his wife Maria Grazia and daughters Chiara and Teresa have carried it on. The flagship is Rubesco, a Sangiovese-based red whose name comes from the Latin for “to blush”, and the top bottling is the Torgiano Rosso Riserva DOCG Rubesco Riserva “Vigna Monticchio”. The winery’s guided tour lasts about 30 minutes, taking in the vineyards, barrel and barrique rooms, the library of past vintages and the sparkling wine cellar, then finishes with a tasting served with Umbrian bread and the estate’s olive oil. Visits are by appointment only, Sunday visits are for groups, and you can add an olive oil tasting or a look at the balsamic cellar. The hotel can arrange visits, and it also runs its own tastings in old stone vaults on site.
MUVIT and MOO
The Museo del Vino (MUVIT) was opened by Giorgio and Maria Grazia Lungarotti in April 1974 in Palazzo Graziani Baglioni, in the centre of Torgiano. It traces wine through archaeology, tools, ceramics and prints, from Bronze Age finds and Greek drinking cups to Renaissance majolica. The Museo dell’Olivo e dell’Olio (MOO) followed in 2000, run with the Fondazione Lungarotti, and does the same for olive oil. Both are walkable from the hotel and make a good rainy-morning pair.
Everything else
The hotel offers cooking classes, picnics among the olive trees, seasonal truffle hunts with local hunters and their dogs, and visits to olive mills during the autumn pressing. You can also cycle or e-bike stretches of the Strada del Vino e dell’Arte, and visit nearby cashmere producers or ceramics workshops in Deruta. Prices and schedules for these experiences are not published, so ask the hotel when you book.
What’s nearby
- Perugia: about 20 minutes away, with the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria, Corso Vannucci and a lively food scene.
- Assisi: roughly 30 minutes, for the Basilica of San Francesco and an evening walk once the day visitors leave.
- Deruta: a short drive south for hand-painted majolica, the ceramic tradition you will also see in the MUVIT.
- Montefalco: home of Sagrantino and another Lungarotti estate, an easy half-day trip south.
- Tuscany: Montepulciano and Montalcino are within a day trip if you want to compare Umbrian Sangiovese with Tuscany’s. Read our guides to Montepulciano and Montalcino, and see where Umbria fits in our complete guide to Italian wine regions.
Borgo Tre Vaselle vs other Italian wine hotels
| Hotel | Location | Standout | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borgo Tre Vaselle | Torgiano, Umbria | Lungarotti wines, MUVIT and MOO in the village, new spa with indoor pool | Wine history, touring Umbria |
| Borgo San Felice | Chianti Classico, Tuscany | 63 rooms and suites in an estate hamlet, own Chianti Classico | A full wine resort stay |
| Castello Banfi Il Borgo | Montalcino, Tuscany | 14 rooms and suites on the Banfi estate, Brunello | Small, intimate and Brunello-focused |
In short: Borgo San Felice is the more complete resort, Castello Banfi Il Borgo is smaller and more exclusive, and Borgo Tre Vaselle is the one that puts a working wine village, two museums and the whole of Umbria on your doorstep.
Who it suits, and who it does not
It suits:
- Wine lovers who want to walk to a historic cellar, a wine museum and a tasting room.
- Couples touring Umbria who want one central base for Perugia, Assisi, Deruta and Montefalco.
- Travellers who prefer a lived-in village to a gated resort.
- Autumn visitors after harvest, new olive oil and truffle season.
It does not suit:
- Spa-first travellers: the spa is compact, with two treatment rooms.
- Families who need a kids’ club or childcare, which the hotel does not offer.
- Food lovers who want a Michelin-starred restaurant in-house.
- Anyone who wants sweeping vineyard views from every window: this is a village hotel, not a hilltop estate in the middle of the vines.
Charlotte’s tip: do Torgiano on foot, then taste Rubesco across the years
Keep the car parked for the first full day. Start at the MUVIT when it opens, walk on to the MOO, and book a late-morning tour at the Lungarotti cellars. Ask whether they can include an older Rubesco Riserva alongside a current vintage: seeing how the wine ages is the best lesson in Umbrian Sangiovese you can get. Then lunch at La Limonaia and a slow afternoon at the pool.
Practical tips
- Booking: book Lungarotti cellar visits, cooking classes and truffle hunts with the room. Cellar visits are by appointment, and the hotel can arrange them.
- Best rooms to request: a Junior Suite with terrace over the olive groves, or one of the Suites for more space. Light sleepers can ask for a room away from the village street.
- Season: September to November is the sweet spot for harvest, new oil and truffle. Winter opening has not been confirmed for the first season, so ask the hotel before planning a December trip.
- Dress: relaxed by day, smart casual for dinner at Le Melograne.
- Kids: children are welcome and cots are free for under-threes, but there is no kids’ club, and some rooms are furnished with antiques.
- Pets: small dogs (listings say up to 8 kg) are accepted for a nightly fee, but not in the pool, spa or restaurant areas. Confirm before you travel.
- Name check: older listings still call it “Le Tre Vaselle Resort & Spa”. It is the same property, now run as Borgo Tre Vaselle.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who owns Borgo Tre Vaselle?
The Lungarotti wine family has owned it since the 1970s. Since the 2026 reopening the hotel has been relaunched and run by AG Group.
Does Borgo Tre Vaselle have a spa and pool?
Yes. There is a compact spa with two treatment rooms and an indoor pool, a gym, and an outdoor pool in the olive grove with a pool bar.
Can I visit the Lungarotti winery from the hotel?
Yes. The cellars are a few minutes away, with guided tours and tastings by appointment. The MUVIT wine museum and the MOO olive oil museum are in the village.
How far is Borgo Tre Vaselle from Perugia airport?
Roughly 15 to 20 minutes by car. Perugia’s centre is about 20 minutes away and Assisi about 30.
