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7 accommodations at Monsignor della Casa
Property Description
Ancient hamlet of luxury villas to rent in vicinity of Florence, Italy. Beautiful houses nestling deep amidst the green hills of Tuscany, offering some stone farmhouses with swimming pool which were restored with their original architectural features preserved and converted into elegant and spacious luxury villas rental. All of the apartments are tastefully furnished in a typical Florence style. This 200-hectare estate also comprises a beautiful Renaissance villa dating back to the year 1500, once residence of Giovanni della Casa, a Vatican statesman author of important works like the “Galateo” (book of etiquette).
Distances: Borgo San Lorenzo with all kinds of shops 3 km, Scarperia with golf course 5 km, Florence 27 km.
At guests’ disposal: large completely fenced garden, 2 swimming-pools (16 x 8 – open from 01/04 to 30/09) with Jacuzzi area. Restaurant , wine bar available for tasting of local wines and cheeses typical of Florence and Italy tradition, and for daily breakfast (on request), table tennis, volleyball ground, playground for children, barbecue, tennis court, private furnished outdoor area and independent entrance for all of the luxury apartments. Covered parking within the grounds. All of the apartments are provided with satellite TV and telephone.
Extra services: Wellness Center with cardio-fitness gym, sauna, hammam and jacuzzi € 20 for an hour and a half of use. Face and body treatments with Maria Galland. products.
Shared laundry with washing-machine (€ 6 / per washing). Mountain-bikes (6) for rent (€ 5,- / per hour, € 10,- for a full day) . On request it is possible to arrange guided tours, bike tours, Italian-language lessons, cooking and painting classes. The produce of the estate is available for clients to be purchased.
Location Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy
Places near the property(Distances as the crow flies)
- Airports
- Firenze Peretola (Flr), 36.7 Km
Guest Reviews for Monsignor della Casa
Premium J Suite
AWESOME PLACE TO STAY, WE ENDED UP CHANGING OUR APARTMENT TO ONE WITH AN OPEN FIRE PLACE. WE LOVED THIS PLACE AND WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK AGAIN!!!
Would you recommend this property to a friend? Yes
Deluxe
Pretty area and convenient for touring in Tuscany. The property is beautiful and well maintained. Restaurant is good but overpriced. It appeals to people who want more of a hotel experience when renting a villa. The road beside the property is a bit noisy, people wishing a quiet and secluded vacation should look elsewhere.
Would you recommend this property to a friend? Yes
Suite
Our welcome to the villa was warm and friendly, even though we arrived very late at 11.45pm. We were brought to our villa where there was champagne and a basket of fruit waiting for us , which was a really lovely way to start our honeymoon.
The villa was cosy and the resort itself was beautiful. The resort was quiet with a charming rustic feel. We spent a few of our days relaxing by the pool by the wellness centre. As there was no children allowed at this pool it was always quiet, most days no one else was there. Sometimes there was not a sound which was so peaceful and the view form the pool was amazing.
The restaurant was quaint and again had that rustic country feel. They served a different Tuscan special each night.The dinners were expensive however it was worth it to stay on the gorunds and have a quiet evening with wine and good food.
The staff were more then friendly and ever so helpful.
There was not much at all to complain about and as the overall place was beautiful the complaints we had did not bother us muchat all during our stay. The villa itself was spacious, apart from the bathroom which we found quite small. There was no bath in our particular villa and the shower was very small. We also assumed that your villa would be cleaned maybe once a week and any EXTRA cleaning you had to pay for. However, it turned out the villa was never cleaned unless you paid for it. They left clean towels in the villa maybe twice a week, however, did not take the old towels away, so we had quite a build up of dirty towels and 2 dirty table cloths-there was no basket or anything to leave them in - as far as we were aware.
Also, when you lit the fire, the villa smelled of smoke for the rest of your stay. It did not bother us a great deal though as it sort of added to that country rustic feel. The Spa was beautiful,however,we would have spent more time there if you did not have to pay 20euro a go each. We thought this was a bit much, especially if you only wanted to soak in the jacuzzi for half an hour.We went twice in our 2 weeks due to the price. As part of the resort I feel this should be a free facility. Tennis and cycling was free though.
Overall, we would rate our stay at Monsignor della Casa about 7/10. The only things that brought this down were the things mentioned above, mainly the cleaning and the spa usage. As a finalist for the great hotels of the world in 2009, we would expect that it should be 9/10 at least - a better cleaning service would definitely bring it up to 8or 9.
I would most certainly return , but maybe only for 1 week at most and I would definitely recommend it for a relaxing break. Thank you to all at Monsignor Della Casa.
Would you recommend this property to a friend? Yes
