Check-In, Estate Tour & Tasting
Casa Maria Luigia is defined by the relationship between art, food, gardens, music, and Emilian hospitality. The estate's interiors and grounds reflect Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore's personal point of view, with contemporary design balanced by countryside ease. A tasting on property draws from Modena's ingredients and the estate's culinary program. The experience is strongest when understood as a portrait of the house rather than a standard hotel introduction.
Welcome Dinner at Al Gatto Verde
One MICHELIN Star
Al Gatto Verde is the one-MICHELIN-star restaurant at Casa Maria Luigia, led by Jessica Rosval. The kitchen is centered on fire, local produce, and ingredients connected to the estate's own farm. Smoke, embers, vegetables, meats, and thoughtful pairings give the restaurant a direct and elemental character. The dining room reflects the wider spirit of Casa Maria Luigia through warmth, exactness, and an Emilia-rooted point of view.
Casa Maria Luigia
Three MICHELIN Keys
One MICHELIN Star (Al Gatto Verde)
Daily Breakfast (Francescana at Maria Luigia)
Casa Maria Luigia is the Modena country-house property created by Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore. The estate combines gardens, contemporary art, music, modern design, and a hospitality style that feels personal without becoming casual. Its dining program includes Al Gatto Verde and Francescana at Maria Luigia, making food central to the property's identity. Breakfast is part of the house's larger culinary language, shaped by Emilia-Romagna, generosity, and careful detail.
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar Producer Tour, Tasting & Lunch
Traditional balsamic vinegar is one of Modena's most patient and exacting crafts. A producer visit focuses on cooked grape must, wood barrels, evaporation, transfer, and the long aging process that creates concentration and complexity. The tasting distinguishes acidity, sweetness, viscosity, aroma, and the role of different woods over time. Lunch shows how Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale works in Emilian cooking, from restrained accents to more central pairings.
Dinner at Hosteria Giusti
MICHELIN Selected Restaurant
Hosteria Giusti is a MICHELIN-selected restaurant hidden behind the historic Giusti delicatessen in Modena. The dining room is small, traditional, and closely tied to the city's food culture. The menu includes charcuterie, gnocco fritto, tortellini in capon broth, tagliolini, slow-cooked meats, fried cotechino, and simple regional desserts. Its distinction comes from intimacy, continuity, and a sincere commitment to Emilian cooking.
Casa Maria Luigia
Three MICHELIN Keys
One MICHELIN Star (Al Gatto Verde)
Daily Breakfast (Francescana at Maria Luigia)
Casa Maria Luigia is the Modena country-house property created by Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore. The estate combines gardens, contemporary art, music, modern design, and a hospitality style that feels personal without becoming casual. Its dining program includes Al Gatto Verde and Francescana at Maria Luigia, making food central to the property's identity. Breakfast is part of the house's larger culinary language, shaped by Emilia-Romagna, generosity, and careful detail.
Parmigiano Reggiano Producer Tour, Tasting & Lunch
Parmigiano Reggiano depends on daily precision, from milk collection and copper vats to curd cutting, salting, aging, and grading. A producer visit clarifies how time, temperature, milk quality, and maturation create the cheese's texture and crystalline structure. The tasting compares different ages to show changes in sweetness, savoriness, aroma, and depth. Lunch places Parmigiano Reggiano where it belongs, within the broader Emilian table, alongside pasta, broth, cured meats, and simple service on its own.
Emilia-Romagna Pasta-Making Class & Dinner
An Emilia-Romagna pasta-making class focuses on one of the region's defining culinary skills. The session includes dough preparation, rolling, filling, cutting, and shaping forms such as tortellini, tagliatelle, or other regional pasta. The class emphasizes the physical discipline of the work, from hand pressure to timing and texture. Dinner follows from the pasta made during the session, giving the meal a direct relationship to technique and tradition.
Casa Maria Luigia
Three MICHELIN Keys
One MICHELIN Star (Al Gatto Verde)
Daily Breakfast (Francescana at Maria Luigia)
Casa Maria Luigia is the Modena country-house property created by Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore. The estate combines gardens, contemporary art, music, modern design, and a hospitality style that feels personal without becoming casual. Its dining program includes Al Gatto Verde and Francescana at Maria Luigia, making food central to the property's identity. Breakfast is part of the house's larger culinary language, shaped by Emilia-Romagna, generosity, and careful detail.
Cleto Chiarli Vineyard Tour, Tasting & Lunch
Cleto Chiarli is Emilia-Romagna's oldest winery and a key reference point for Lambrusco. Founded in 1860, the producer helped transform Lambrusco from a local sparkling red into a more serious and varied category. The portfolio shows the range of local varieties, including Lambrusco Grasparossa and Lambrusco di Sorbara, with styles that include Charmat, ancestral-method, and Metodo Classico expressions. Lunch gives the wines their natural frame, since Lambrusco is most persuasive beside the richness and salt of Emilian food.
Farewell Dinner at Osteria Francescana
No. 1 The World's 50 Best Restaurants (2016, 2018)
Three MICHELIN Stars
Osteria Francescana is Massimo Bottura's three-MICHELIN-star restaurant in Modena and one of Italy's most influential dining rooms. The cuisine begins with Emilia and Modena, then reinterprets Italian memory, tradition, and cultural references through exact technique and a contemporary point of view. Dishes such as Five Ages of Parmigiano Reggiano, The Crunchy Part of the Lasagna, and An eel swimming up the River Po reflect Bottura's way of turning regional identity into culinary language. The restaurant is defined by control, art, service, and a serious commitment to pleasure rather than formality for its own sake.
Casa Maria Luigia
Three MICHELIN Keys
One MICHELIN Star (Al Gatto Verde)
Daily Breakfast (Francescana at Maria Luigia)
Casa Maria Luigia is the Modena country-house property created by Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore. The estate combines gardens, contemporary art, music, modern design, and a hospitality style that feels personal without becoming casual. Its dining program includes Al Gatto Verde and Francescana at Maria Luigia, making food central to the property's identity. Breakfast is part of the house's larger culinary language, shaped by Emilia-Romagna, generosity, and careful detail.
Casa Maria Luigia
Three MICHELIN Keys
One MICHELIN Star (Al Gatto Verde)
Daily Breakfast (Francescana at Maria Luigia)
Casa Maria Luigia is the Modena country-house property created by Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore. The estate combines gardens, contemporary art, music, modern design, and a hospitality style that feels personal without becoming casual. Its dining program includes Al Gatto Verde and Francescana at Maria Luigia, making food central to the property's identity. Breakfast is part of the house's larger culinary language, shaped by Emilia-Romagna, generosity, and careful detail.
