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Reviews of Villa il Poggiale - Dimora Storica

Villa il Poggiale - Dimora Storica
Via Empolese 69, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, FI

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 83 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 23 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 111 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 111 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gerardo

Travelled with group
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The place is beautiful, very well kept with great staff and service to the customer
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Edwin

Travelled with family
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It was a nice venue for an anniversary celebration for me and my wife. My brother and sister and their spouses joined us for our stay. It is a beautiful facility and well-run. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christie

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Travelled with family
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Fantastic accomodation. Extremely well looked after. Great service. Very clean. Well appointed rooms. Certainly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maude, Miami

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Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

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The Villa il Poggiale was the perfect place to recover from jet lag. They were attentive to our needs, everyone was very welcoming and the location and grounds were stunning. We’ll definitely be back! Thank you to Monica and get staff for a wonderful visit.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Travelled with family
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Amanda

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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gabriela

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The scenery and the use of this property for the purpose of special events is excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

John, Newport Beach

Travelled with family
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An amazing villa turned into a boutique hotel. I’ve never seen anything like it.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dele

Travelled with partner
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The hotel was fantastic and beautiful.I will recommend this to people who love quiet and peaceful area.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Yehiel

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Very unique place Nice room Great breakfast
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pamela

Travelled with partner
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Beautiful
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Kathleen

Travelled with family
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The staff was so helpful and friendly. We got advise to go eat at a local restaurant about 15 min from the property that was the best steak we have ever had. Just exquisite. The pool and the views were just gorgeous. I would stay here again. 🙂💕
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Torsten

Travelled with family
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Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Lauri

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Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Beatrice

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Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Great Villa stay in Toscany
Amazing location and view, great restaurant and pool area. Nice rooms. Serviceminded staff.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021

4/10 Poor

Sandra

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amazing place but unfortunately bugs in the room
The hotel is amazing and the location as well. Service was Also really great and the dinner as well. However we had a lot of beetles (bugs) inside the room, and Also in the bed!! So we had a hard time sleeping. We noticed first after the dinner so just before we went to sleep. If this was not the case I would recommend this place to everyone!
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Tuscan Villa
The villa is beautiful and full of old world charm. Hospitality was outstanding and staff helpful and accommodating. They have a great pool very clean and the chef Anna gives a great cooking class. Loved waking up to hot air balloons in the morning and watching the sunsets in the evening! The only negative is the location of some rooms is an issue as they are next to the road and cars and trucks are zipping by all day, all night. When booking on your site they will only give you ground floor room all other quiet ooms away from the road are E60 extra. We ended up moving to a lovey quiet room paid the extra $$$ and just loved staying there. We would return but specificallyrequest a specific room.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2019

8/10 Good

Marcel

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Great stay in the family apartment
We (family with two teenage kids) stayed in the separate family apartment which is approx. 150m from the main house for 3 nights. The apartment is very spacious (two bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchen and living room) and has beautiful views. We very much enjoyed our stay, especially the great pool. Breakfast was very generous with lots of variety. We had dinner twice in the nearby village San Casciano. There are various options, but we ended up at the same restaurant on two nights: Nello, which was also recommended by our host. Very cozy which excellent local dishes.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
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Wonderful people, fantastic views, fresh bakery goods in the morning.
Stayed 8 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2019

10/10 Excellent

paola

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Stayed 1 night in Jan 2019

10/10 Excellent

binyamin

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Lovely hotel in a very nice surrounding
We enjoyed our stay at the hotel very much. We were two couples. Our room was spacious and very nice. The other room was quite small and was less comfortable. The staff were all very friendly and had good recomendations about the towns around and especially where to park. The food at dinner was very tasty . We ended up having our dinner at the hotel each evening. We will certainly return to Villa il Pogialle.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Pat

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Amazing
Wonderful. Food was delicious
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Linda, Los Angeles

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Beautiful Tuscan Villa
The Villa il Poggiale was the highlight of a truly fantastic holiday in the South of France and Tuscany. The bedrooms are lovely, the common areas comfortable and beautiful, the staff incredible and the views from the terraces breathtaking. The breakfast buffet was quite good, but dinner was outstanding. We'd not thought to eat in, but choose to do so because we enjoyed the meals and the atmosphere so much. The staff members are friendly, personable and helpful; they make you feel welcome and are very accommodating. They reviewed my daily itineraries, provided additional information and tips, made reservations for wineries and tours, and advised on the best routes to our destinations. Bikes are provided; we rode close to the hotel past the olive orchard and vineyards. However, the public roads are intimidating for the casual rider and the hills are quite challenging on the private roads! We found the location perfect for visiting the villages in Tuscany - Sienna, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, Montefioeralle, Greve, San Miniato, Vinci, Badia a Passiagno, Castello di Verrazzano, etc. - and close enough to Florence that it was an easy 40 minute drive for an early morning flight home. The villages are very close together so you can visit several in one day without feeling rushed. Several of the other guests used the hotel as the base for visiting Florence, Lucca and Pisa. We had chosen to stay in the larger cities for a few days, but either option would work. Highly recommend
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

david j

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Go. Just go.
Amazing. We have to go back. We want to bring our extended family next time.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2017

10/10 Excellent

Dylan

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Wonderful Honeymoon!
Absolutely amazing villa! We spent 5 nights of our honeymoon at the villa, and we wish we spent all 10! The staff was wonderful and helped us book dinner reservations, excursions, and anything else we needed help with. They treated us like family, and that is exactly what we were looking for. We can't wait to come back for anniversaries in the future!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

William

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A perfect stay for a couple
A wonderful historical building with excellent views, amenities and exceptional staff.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2017

10/10 Excellent

LARA A

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Awesome Villa experience
The Villa is absolutely stunning. It's just a pity that the kitchen is closed during winter as you can't find food in the local restaurants either as everything is closed. So we went hungry at night as we didn't realize this till our second last day. But otherwise an amazing experience and a wonderful place to stay. Staff are very helpful and the Villa is out of this world. We will definitely go back .... In summer!!

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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10/10 Excellent

William, US

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Excellent - YES we would go back. 4.5 stars.
We are very frequent travelers who have never been to the Villa il Poggiale before and loved it. We visited in late September - not too hot and the evenings were cool. Perfect time to go. Federica, Irene, and the entire staff were absolutely wonderful from arranging our to/from airport transportation to making us feel at home. The grounds were lovely, although the pool was not heated in late September. We had breakfast everyday at the Villa - the chef does a wonderful job. They have a simple menu for dinner, and a couple of times we stayed in the Villa for dinner and wine. We found the dinners to be quiet enjoyable. Even their house wines (which is on the honor system and chosen by the staff) were all excellent. We had a full suite which has plenty of room to relax with a semi-private porch outside. Our traveling companions had a junior suite which also had plenty of room. Now the "OK" news: The bathrooms could be updated. They are OK, but could use some refreshing - more modern amenities and some contractor work perhaps. But this is a minor gripe compared to the overall experience. This is a very, very nice Villa in the heart of Tuscany. Think if it as a larger bed and breakfast but short of a full resort. If you can splurge, go with at least a junior suite, and rent a car in Florence to explore the countryside. Yes, we would go back. Thank you Villa iL Poggiale!
Response from Monica on Nov 26, 2016
And thank you to you Mr William! It is always such a pleasure to have here guests as you. Hope to see you again in future here at Villa il Poggiale. Warmest regards from all the Staff

10/10 Excellent

Kris

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Romantic Villa
2 days of R&R in beautiful Tuscany. What more can you say!
Response from General Manager on Nov 11, 2016
Dear Sirs, ...What to say, thank you!!! It is nice to read positive comments from our Guests, since pleasing our Guests is our goal and passion in what we do every day! Come back in this magic Tuscan corner soon. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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I wish we had arrived earlier in the day to enjoy the location and stayed a few days. There was a lot to do.
Response from irene on Jul 17, 2016
Dear Sirs, Thank you for the review! This is a good reason to be back! We are always here to help you to enjoy and discover this magic Region! Warmest regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

John, Katy, TX

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Wish we had stayed longer!
After busy crowded days in Rome and Florence this was just what we needed. Great service. Great people. Fantastic!
Response from irene on Jul 1, 2016
Dear Sirs, Thank you for your words! It will be a pleausure for all of us welcome you at the Villa. Come back soon! Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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Exquisite villa. Fantastic service. Great b'fast
Exquisite villa with fantastic service in the Tuscan countryside outside Florence. My wife, 10-month-old baby and I had a wonderful 2-day stay at the Villa. We really enjoyed: - the fantastic location on top of a hill with a panoramic view of the Tuscan countryside outside Florence - excellent service by everyone at the villa - they will really do whatever they can to help ensure you have a wonderful stay - exquisite villa with beautiful furnishing and rooms. The library has an honesty bar - great breakfast and dinner buffets - the food is so fresh and so delicious! - the half-day tour of Siena by Marco that Federica and Monica organized for us - he is a fantastic guide and it was a great experience The only thing to watch out for if you're a light sleeper is to try not to get a room on the ground floor next to the kitchen as it can understandably be pretty noisy during meal times.
Dear Sirs, We thank you for your review. Our aim is to provide all our guests may need and wish, before, during and after their stay with us. We always do our job with passion and enthusiasm and we are so happy when the guests appreciate it. Come back soon in this magical Tuscany corner. Warmest regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Natalia, Rio Grande

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great place to relax
Great hospitality. Room clean. Shower w/ pressure, enough hot water. Amazing view. Very delicious breakfast. No need to venture off given the surroundings of hotel. Nice sauna. Massage lady was very nice. Front staff will arrange these activities for you. The address given doesn't match gps address so keep this in mind when driving here. Wifi at night was really bad, even outside near front office
Response from irene on Apr 27, 2016
Dear Sirs, Thank you so much for your words it is such a help to our efforts to give our guests a wonderful memeory of their stay with us. We hope to welcome you again. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

8/10 Good

Marcelo, Buenos Aires

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Beautiful!! Toscana at its full!
Lovely place, beautiful surroundings and scenery, good service, renaissance villa that pertained to the Rucellai and the Antinori families at different stages.
Response from irene on Apr 17, 2016
Dear Sirs, We thank you a lot for your words. We really hope to welcome you again in this Tuscan corner. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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A must stay location.
After a week of the crowds and bustle of Rome/Florence/Venice, a stay at Villa Il Poggiale was heavenly. It is a family owned facility and it is run with that type of personal touch. When the staff learned that we were there as part of our 30th anniversary celebration, they upgraded our room and delivered asti and chocolates. The facility and its setting are beautiful and the spa in the basement was just what we needed. If we ever get back to Italy, this spot would definitely be on our short list to visit.
Response from irene on Jan 30, 2016
Dear Sirs, What a great a pleasure to read your words. Thank you so much and we really hope to welcome you again! Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Nadine, Sydney

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Sadly we only stayed one night
What a gem, in the heart of the countryside, overlooking vineyards and the Chianti hills. This beautiful 14th century grand house is only 17klms from Florence. We only stayed one night on our way back to Florence. We wished we could have stayed longer. It was like walking into a period drama or a grand museum. We loved it. We felt like royalty sitting in the large sitting room, having a drink from the honesty bar, after a delicious dinner. Very sad leaving the next morning. Promised myself I would return.
Response from irene on Oct 29, 2015
Dear Sirs, It was so nice to have you here, and we’d like to thank you for appreciating our hospitality. In the hope of meeting you again we send our warmest regards. Villa il Poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

Anita, Ontario Canada

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Tuscany Getaway
Fantastic Views. Wonderful service and accommodations. Exactly what one would imagine a Tuscany vacation should look and feel like.
Response from irene on Aug 1, 2015
Dear Sirs, Thank you very much for your very nice review, it makes all of us glad when our guests are happy and enjoy their stay! We all really hope that we have the pleasure to meet you again in a not too far future! Villa il Poggiale Team

8/10 Good

Steve, Melbourne, Australia

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Tuscan retreat
If you are looking for a Tuscan villa away from the crowds this is for you. Personally, we were with a family so it wasn't perhaps the right fit but that is not a criticism of the Villa. The breakfast was impeccable. The food was locally sourced and fresh (the eggs were perfect), the rooms large and traditional rather than modern. They were very clean although with a slightly overbearing smell of potpourri. The views at breakfast were superb, the setting the classic Tuscan landscape, and the pool was clean and inviting. Only drawbacks were that you need a car to get around, and there were not many other local restaurants in the immediate vicinity. Overall good though.
Response from irene on Oct 29, 2015
Dear Sirs, It means a lot to us to see that our guests enjoy the things we like to share with them and the help we try to offer so that they can enjoy Tuscany and the villa at their best. In the hope of meeting you again we send our warmest regards. Villa il poggiale Team

10/10 Excellent

rtssmith, Hawthorne, NJ

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We loved it!
I can't say enough about our stay at Villa Il Poggiale! The scenery, accommodations, and service made our trip very enjoyable. Monica and staff were very helpful with information about the area. We thoroughly enjoyed the delicious breakfast every morning before going out. At the end of the day, we looked forward to sitting outside, overlooking the tuscan hills with a bottle of wine before dinner. We traveled as a family and Suite 19 was perfect! A small apartment with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. On the first day we didn't have hot water but before I could speak to someone it was already being fixed. My husband and I hope to return again.
The Hillside
The Courtyard
Response from irene on Dec 1, 2015
Dear special guests, We really appreciated your message and we thank you for your kindness. All the warmest wishes from all of us Villa il Poggiale Team

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

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Response from irene on Feb 6, 2016
Dear Sirs, Thanks a lot for your review. We wait you again at the Villa! Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

8/10 Good

Jim Mc, Malmesbury

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Fantastic location
The location of the villa is fantastic with wonderful views from the top garden. We particularly liked the honesty bar for drinks on the lawn in the evening before dinner. One evening the sunset was magnificent the best I have ever seen.The pool was adequate with plenty of loungers and chairs. Breakfast was OK with a good choice of food but dinner was always a buffet, to offset this the staff were very helpful in making reservations for us in San Casciano restaurants which were very good. The staff also made reservations to the museums in Florence. We had a junior suite with a kitchen which was superfluous, who wants to cook.
Response from irene on Feb 6, 2016
Dear Sirs, We thank you for your review and for choosing Villa il Poggiale for your stay in Tuscany. We are glad to inform you that now we offer also menù à la carte for dinner. We hope to welcome you again in this magic corner of Tuscany. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

6/10 Okay

Kasia, Uk

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Disappointing stay
Having read all the great reviews about the villa we were very much looking forward to our 3 night stay. The villa is nicely located, has a swimming pool and nice surroundings. However the rooms are of a massive need of an upgrade. We booked superior room which turned out to be small, quite dark, had some damp problem in walk in wardrobe space and had a very basic en-suite. One would definitely expect more from the price paid and the plush pictures shown on the website! On reflection I don't even think we were given a superior room.Also if you are a light sleeper don't expect great rest at night as there is a lots of noise coming from the nearby road pretty much 24/7. The breakfast was nice but the selection was quite average (if compared to other cheaper villas in tuscany that we stayed in). Overall will not be coming back and would not recommend.
Response from irene on Dec 18, 2015
Dear Sirs, We are so sorry for all the inconvenient you are listing: as for the darkness, all ancient Tuscan villas are not very luminous. Your bedroom was a Superior 30 mq large and usually clients like the bathroom with tub and separate shower. AS for the noise you are quite right: it’s difficult even for us to accept the road nearby which use to be totally uncrowded and it is now full of traffic. A new road is in progress and so it will be better in the near future. We really hope to welcome you again. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team

2/10 Terrible

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The worst hotel experience I have had.
This is the worst hotel experience I have ever had. The management were extremely rude.
Response from irene on Dec 18, 2015
Dear Sirs, Nothing to say to such final words: luckily we have also many people who love the place. We are anyway awfully sorry for your bad experience and we hope thta you could give us another opportunity. Best regards Villa il Poggiale Team