Il Bacio, Monte San Savino - Arezzo und Cortona

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We were a group of friends from the UK, who on arrival had to spend 5 days isolating. Well what a welcome, F****** the owner was fabulous, he cooked us a welcoming first night buffet and throughout our stay gave us some tasty treats from his large vegetable garden. He lives alongside but was discrete and helpful when needed
The villa is lovely, clean and well equipped. The outside area around the large pool was great, our dog enjoyed the freedom and chasing lizards. The house sits in a village of Ciggiano which is very quiet with just one shop and a pharmacy, but it has a great view from the pool over the hills towards the old walled town of Monte San Savino, which is the nearest town with cafes and restaurants.
We had a ball chilling by the pool and cooking in the outside pizza oven and BBQ in between visiting the surrounding area including the key cities of Sienna, Florence, San Gimingnano, Arezzo, Cortona, Radda and Chianti.
A beautiful place, we will be back !!

The area is very red meat focused and we found it hard to find local restaurants who did chicken or fish even in the big cities. but locally the nearest town Monte San Savino has a few good restaurants these 3 were especially great La Terrasse - really lovely smart restaurant with meat and fish on menu Ristorante Pizzeria Il Cassero - good pizzas Trattoria italo e Alessandra - great steaks Aswell as the bigger cities such as Sienna and Florence you must take a drive through the Chianti region, Castellina to buy wine, visit Gaiole, Radda, Arezzo plus Cortona. The countryside is stunning as is the wine.

Wir waren in einer Gruppe von fünf Erwachsenen und zwei 3-jährigen Jungs bei F*** und seiner Frau und wurden mehr als herzlich aufgenommen. Die Unterkunft war super aufgeteilt und sehr sauber und auch die Küche voll ausgestattet. Das Willkommensmenü, das uns F*** gezaubert hat, war super lecker und hat unsere Erwartungen übertroffen. Auch mit den Kindern fühlten wir uns willkommen und der abgesperrte Pool hat uns die Aufsicht sehr leicht gemacht :-)
Immer wieder im Laufe der Woche hat uns F***, der auch für seine Enkel gekocht hat, mit kleinen Leckereien überrascht - mal mit einem Tomatensugo aus dem eigenen Garten und dann wieder mit Pizza oder Eiern von den eigenen Hühnern. Es war traumhaft und die Kinder haben sein Essen geliebt.
Wir waren mehr als zufrieden und werden F*** und seine Familie in sehr guter Erinnerung behalten!

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Leuke plek in Toscane en mooi gelegen. Wij waren er met twee gezinnen, in totaal 10 personen. Mooi groot privaat zwembad en vriendelijke gastheer die ons verwend heeft met kleine verrassingen uit de regio.

Cortona - Montepulciano - Pienza - Bagni Vignoni

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Une villa très confortable, correspondant parfaitement au descriptif.
Un excellent accueil par le propriétaire et son épouse avec un buffet somptueux. Et tous les jours de petites attentions venues du jardin ou de sa cuisine.
Les propriétaires sont restés discrets malgré la promiscuité des logements (maisons mitoyennes).
Un très bon séjour.

Le propriétaire vous donnera de bons conseils. Un restaurant: Osteria Del Cacciatore de bons plats et un rapport qualité/prix très intéressant. Un lieu: le Duomo de Sienne ou le village de Pienza.

We spend 3 weeks at Fabiano‘s house and it was an amazing experience that each and everyone of us would love to do again. Since we were a large group, we had both the main house and the cottage. The kitchen was equipped with pretty much everything we needed, and everything was very very clean. The best part however, was the outside. It is beautifully situated in a quintessential Tuscan landscape, and we spent many hours by the pool enjoying the view. It is also quite conveniently located : Montepulciano, Siena, Perugia and even Florence offer great day trips if you are sick of laying by the pool. Last but not least Fabiano and his family were the most gracious hosts you could wish for. He was always there if you needed help or tips, and practically every day he came by with delicious food, antipasti, cake, or simple something from his garden. We would definitely recommend this holiday home to anyone looking for peace and quiet.