Villa Cicolina

What can I say that about this hotel that has not already been written. Its not the most luxurious hotel I've stayed at but it punches way above its weight in respect of customer service, friendliness and ambience. From the moment we arrived and were offered a complementary drink ( more expensive hotels ought to take a lesson), to the way they looked after me & my wife when I took ill for a couple of days, and the commitment to making one's stay as perfect as possible. A big thank you to Allessia on the front desk, Roberta the general manager, Roberto and Safi (waiters) and especially Maria the outstanding chef who made up special dishes to cater for my vegetarianism. The food was outstanding! Downsides, not many - we had to change rooms during the stay (a seamless operation) moving from a junior suite to a senior suite - I actually preferred the junior suite as the bed in the senior suite was not comfortable. We stayed 4 nights and out of the 5 hotels on our trip, this is the only one we will return to.

My sister and I arrived here for our four night stay. This is a very beautiful property. I couldn’t give it less than five even though I will say the place we stayed at before this, the people were beyond friendly and helpful. People working here were nice, but nobody made any attempt to go above and beyond. Couple of mornings I had to say Bongiorno first when I would see someone who worked there. I will say they were very helpful helping communicating when we had a driver who did not speak English. Our room was very lovely. Very clean. We had a bedroom plus sitting area. We had two chairs and a small table right outside our room that was a cozy, beautiful area. The pool was very lovely. There were many little sitting areas scattered around as well as a sitting/reading room. With everything blooming this was absolutely beautiful. We had very nice breakfast in the morning. We did eat here for dinner one night, which was very enjoyable. We did do a cooking class here. It was nice, but we did not do much of the cooking. The chef was very friendly, but the other people we were cooking with didn’t really seem interested in doing much cooking and I think perhaps she thought we were the same way. My sister and I are both big cooks and we’re hoping to engage in the prepping and cooking a bit more. I don’t want to take anything away from that. Maybe we should’ve said we were interested in cooking as much as possible. We had a lovely time here enjoyed all the different flowers and the easy location to different places.

Gorgeous Villa. Get the Il Balcone suite. Infinity pool with the best views in Tuscany. Restaurant a gem!