Overall impression: Excellent location for the area with easy access to all local points of interest.  Castellina provided all necessary facilities and shopping. Some really nice restaurants in village and nearby.  Villa itself, while part of the main house, was sufficiently private in most respects (some footstep noise from above ground-floor bedroom). It was basically furnished inside; exterior furniture was generally good, particularly at the excellent pool, although the table immediately outside the villa was too high for the chairs (or the chairs were too low for the table!).  There could have been more glasses/crockery as we had to do a lot of washing up and make use of the dishwasher frequently. A tray or 2 would be most beneficial for catering stuff outside. A 4th table tennis bat would also have been good! Finally, some more pillows in all bedrooms would be welcome. Property owner and agent were most hospitable and made us feel welcome.  Excellent chef/assistant (Andrea from Fiasco) provided a very nice meal/service on one night.
Some changes to note in instructions:
1.Castellina Coop supermarket is now open all year on Wednesdays (and
also opens on Sunday during Summer).
2.Please include location/contact number of local doctor and hospital
(see surprises below)
3.Suggest include a note in the driving directions that part of route is
on a toll road (even if it only cost 60 cents!)
Highlights: Outstanding scenery, great food and wine, wonderful ancient towns and villages close by.
Unpleasant surprises: One party member was stung by a scorpion that had crawled into her bed one morning..
David (UK)

Overall impression: Excellent location for the area with easy access to all local points of interest.  Castellina provided all necessary facilities and shopping. Some really nice restaurants in village and nearby.  Villa itself, while part of the main house, was sufficiently private in most respects (some footstep noise from above ground-floor bedroom). It was basically furnished inside; exterior furniture was generally good, particularly at the excellent pool, although the table immediately outside the villa was too high for the chairs (or the chairs were too low for the table!).  There could have been more glasses/crockery as we had to do a lot of washing up and make use of the dishwasher frequently. A tray or 2 would be most beneficial for carting stuff outside. A 4th table tennis bat would also have been good! Finally, some more pillows in all bedrooms would be welcome. Property owner and agent were most hospitable and made us feel welcome.  Excellent chef/assistant (Andrea from Fiasco) provided a very nice meal/service on one night.
Some changes to note in instructions:
1.Castellina Coop supermarket is now open all year on Wednesdays (and
also opens on Sunday during Summer).
2.Please include location/contact number of local doctor and hospital
(see surprises below)
3.Suggest include a note in the driving directions that part of route is
on a toll road (even if it only cost 60 cents!)
Highlights: Outstanding scenery, great food and wine, wonderful ancient towns and villages close by.
Unpleasant surprises: One party member was stung by a scorpion that had crawled into her bed one morning..
David (UK)