Medically Supervised Fasting & Thermal Spa Weight-Loss Retreat in Tuscany

Fonteverde is a Renaissance villa built for the Medici family, now a hotel in the Tuscan countryside near San Casciano dei Bagni. The fasting programme runs as an add-on to a normal stay: you book a room, and the programme layers dietary supervision, daily movement and spa treatments on top. Guests are adults who want weight loss and detox with a clinical backstop — couples, solo travellers, people booking with a friend.

Clinically, the programme is supervised from start to finish. On arrival you have a medical consultation and a dietologic consultation that includes anthropometric analysis — measurements, not guesswork. You then agree on an approach: a 16:8 pattern (eating within an eight-hour window) or alternate-day fasting. A dietitian follows up mid-stay (once on the 3-night, twice on the 7-night) so the plan can be adjusted as the week goes on. The programme also includes a cosmetic consultation, which is unusual for this kind of thing and points at the wider intent: skin and appearance care alongside fat loss.

The thermal experience is the spine of the stay. The property sits on hot springs, and the programme gives you access to the thermal pools and the whole circuit — the outdoor pool with a natural hydro-massage waterfall, the Bioaquam area, a light bath, and the Etruscan circuit with sauna, hot plate, salt cave and Kneipp path. Treatments follow the same logic: Dipu Jet massage is a drainage technique aimed at fluid retention and circulation; reflexology with head massage and a thermal relaxing massage round out the 3-night version, and the 7-night adds a second dipu jet and reflexology plus an anti-stress massage with phytomelatonin.

Daily movement is deliberately gentle and supervised rather than athletic. From Monday to Saturday there is a 'wellness awakening' session each morning, and stretching or Pilates with a personal trainer — one session on the 3-night programme, three on the 7-night. There is also a fitness room on the property if you want to do more on your own. Meals follow the personalised dietary plan; drinks are not included in the programme rate.

The 3-night programme starts from €1,381 per person and the 7-night from €2,989, per person in a double room. That includes accommodation and the full programme of consultations, treatments and thermal access. If you want the rest of the estate's facilities — the restaurants, the Natura Bissé cosmetic treatments, the Val d'Orcia excursions — those are separate. Because the whole thing is medically supervised and personalised, this suits people who want structure with real oversight, not a generic detox package.

What's included

- 3 or 7 nights accommodation at Fonteverde - Personalised dietary programme for the duration of the stay - 1 medical consultation - 1 dietologic consultation with anthropometric analysis - 1 dietologic check-up (3 nights) or 2 dietologic check-ups (7 nights) - 1 cosmetologic consultation - Daily 'wellness awakening' physical activity, Monday to Saturday - 1 session of stretching or Pilates with personal trainer (3 nights) or 3 sessions (7 nights) - 1 Dipu Jet massage (3 nights) or 2 Dipu Jet massages (7 nights) - 1 reflexology with head massage (3 nights) or 2 sessions (7 nights) - 1 thermal relaxing massage - 1 anti-stress massage with phytomelatonin (7 nights only) - Access to thermal pools with natural hydro-massage waterfall - Thermal Bioaquam circuit - Luxt thermal pool and light bath - Etruscan circuit with sauna, hot plate, salt cave and Kneipp circuit - Fitness room access

What's not included

- Beverages - Meals outside the personalised dietary programme - International and domestic flights - Airport and station transfers - Travel insurance - Additional spa and beauty treatments (e.g. Natura Bissé treatments) - Additional medical or cosmetic consultations - Excursions in the Val d'Orcia - Personal expenses