Heritage
The first is a family of notaries, lawyers and merchants, who lived in Mombaruzzo, starting in 1222, without moving away from that plot of land that looks directly at the church of St. Anthony Abbot.
It was there that they built Villa Prato: over the years they made it more and more beautiful, enriching it with frescoes and textiles, adding the octagonal turret that still stands out at the top, making it alive with their stories and passions.
The lives of the Prato family were intertwined with those of the Mombaruzzo community and with History for seven hundred years, until, in 1933, the last descendant of the lineage died and the Villa, now christened after those who had given it birth and growth over the centuries, was sold in the following decades to a Swiss couple.
Thus began its second, short life: the Villa was converted into a vacation home, but after a few years it was put back up for sale.
In 2006, when we saw Villa Prato for the first time, we had no doubt: its ancient charm won us over immediately.
At the time, we were a family of distillers in love with the Monferrato area and our dream was that everyone around the world would feel the same love for our land as we did.
Villa Prato, with its panoramic terraces, from which you can see the Alps on sunny days, immediately seemed to be the place that would make our dream come true.
Ten years after that thunderbolt, in 2016, we opened Villa Prato.
The eleven suites, the eight hundred meters of SPA, and the two restaurants have finally found their calling: to make the dreams of those who live them real.
Villa Prato has so many different ways to make you fall in love, just the way we did.
Enjoy drinks on the terraces in the summer sun, relax in the Jacuzzi as you watch the snow fall on the hills, discover your new favourite dish, spend a romantic weekend with someone special.