Tuscany Holiday Rentals Guest Reviews

4 ^/5 Very Good   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

great location with pool, extremely hot week, air conditioning would have been nice!

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Rental Week: 23 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

L appartement est parfait. Je pense qu il serait important d avoir une bonne carte des alentours, des epiceries et des restaurants. Il dedrait y avoir du savons pour le lave linge et le lave vaisselle. L appartement est tres bien situe et une vue superbe. Il devrait repare l air climatise de la chambre avec la salle de bain, elle est bruyante. C est un aprt superbe a loue et abordable. A y retourner et a recommender. Au plaisir

[English translation courtesy of Easy Reserve] The apartment is perfect. I think that it would be important to have a good map of the area, the grocery stores and restaurants. The apartment is very well located and has great views. They should repaire the air conditioning in the room with the bathroom as it is noisy. It is a wonderful and affordable rental apartment. To return and to recommend. A pleasure

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Rental Week: 23 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

This is delightful apartment with a delightful host. The property is in excellent order and the views from the living room and bedroom are gorgeous. Great security as access to the courtyard is by remote controlled gate. Easy access with a car. At least two (we only ate at two; one twice) restaurants within 3 minutes walk of the front door. Highly recommended. Our only challenge was being unfamiliar with Italian addresses we found the property difficult to find as our GPS wouldn't accept the official address. Bill W. New Zealand.

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Rental Week: 22 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

We loved the location and the villa and of course the chef we hired for two nights. the pool is extraordinary

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

4 ^/5 Very Good   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

Wegbeschreibung war sehr Schlecht beschrieben.Wir haben die Unterkunft erst am Sonntag gefunden.Auch die Einheimischen wussten nicht genau wo es war der eine sagte da oben der ander da unten,auch mit dem Tel. wussten wir nicht wie es funkioniert.Am anderen Tag konnte half uns eine Frau von den Hotel wo wir Uebernachten mussten da wir bis 21Uhr gesucht hatten.Nun wenn man wusste wo war es nicht mehr schwer zu finden. Mann hätte nun bei der Beschreibung schreiben sollen nach 150m links abbiegen dann wäre es klar gewesen, nicht nach 150m haben sie das Ziel erreicht,den da standen wir ja auf der Srasse, oder ein Wegweiser wäre auch gut gewesen.

[English translation courtesy of Easy Reserve] The itinerary desciption was very bad. We did not find the accommodation until Sunday. Even the locals did not know exactly where it was, one of them said up there, the other down there, even with the phone we did not know how it worked. The next day the lady in the hotel where we had to stay overnight because we were looking tuntil 9 pm helped us. Well if you knew where it was, it's not hard to find. They should have written in th itinerary to turn left after 150m then it would have been clear, not : after 150m you have reached the goal since you are along a road, or a sign post would have been good too.

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

We enjoyed a fantastic week at Il Barattino.
Paola was there upon our arrival making us feel very welcome indeed.
The two houses were immaculately clean and were perfect dwellings for us (9 adults and a toddler).
The air conditioning was superb (on the lowest setting it bordered on freezing but that was just right for us fair skinned Scots/Irish in the near 40degree heat outside).
The pool was very clean and was tested several times during our stay.
There's lots of outside seating available - ranging from pool loungers to tables and chairs both in the sun and shade - giving plenty of opportunity for al fresco dining and afternoon refreshments.
The views from both houses are gorgeous - it's not often you would look out of your kitchen window to vineyards, blue skies and the beautiful Tuscan hills.

In terms of laction, it is a great base to visit Cortona, the lakes, Assisi and Siena - although a car would be essential.

We had a magnificent time here and were very well looked after by the hosts - who even made us a huge feast of Italian food on one of our nights!
Would wholeheartedly recommend!!

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

Very beautiful villa with a lot of privacy, very nice olive tree garden with swimmingpool and very close to the nice city of Cortona.

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

5 ^/5 Excellent   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

The villa was wonderful and the view from the pool was outstanding. The property manager was very pleasant and helpful. The proximity to the village and neighboring resort made it easy for us to walk to two most wonderful restaurants. The only critisism I have is the walk up to the pool. The pathway is a little rough and could use some lights along it. The path was difficult to walk in the evening. Other than that, the villa and the property was very comfortable and well appointed. Oh...wifi would also be a nice add.

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

4 ^/5 Very Good   Villa Review Rating Details   Share

Casavecchia has been a good solution for our holidays with friends. The house is in a very green and calm area of Tuscany, with excellent view over the hills and the woods. we especially appreciated the fact to be immersed into the nature and the wild. The rooms are nice and generally well kept, as the entire house. The spaces outside (garden, swimming pool, portico) are excellent and we lived most of the time outside. Even if hot outside, the house have always been cold and comfortable: no need of air conditioning also during the hot italian summer!
The person living beside the villa (Brita) is very helpful and discrete.
A couple of details could be improved so to make Casavecchia an excellent solution for holidays:
- the "zanzariere" (the nets in the windows to protect against mosquitos) are old and several of them are broken. This is extremely annoying because in the evenings it is full of insects
- the house has no wifi and very poor mobile coverage, therefore it is difficult to have a reasonable internet connection. I think that it would be possible to install a fixed telephone line with wifi capabilities
All in all, a good holiday location

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013

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Everything was perfect (location, view, apartment, pool, availability of staff at reception, etc) except the mosquitos. Anti-mosquitos blinds would be a greatly appreciated plus as they would allow to sleep with the windows open.

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Rental Week: 20 Jul 2013