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10/10 Excellent
Rachel W.
3 September 2015
Return visit to Il Villino
We visited Il Villino di Cortona in August 2013 and couldn't wait to return to the house and the area. We stayed again for 2 weeks in August 2015 and the villa was just the same with some great improvements of outdoor rattan furniture to sit and relax in on a night. Michele, the owner is so attentive without being intrusive and is always contactable by text. Unlike other holiday rentals you are provided with all the extras (dishwasher tablets, toilet rolls, washing liquid etc) and then some mornings you wake up to baskets of juice, pastries and wine with leaflets on the local area. Such a lovely touch.
The only very TINY negative points are, the depth and lovely large size of the pool means that it's temperature can stay cool and there are days when you wish it was heated. The wi-fi is very slow compared to UK broadband and did frustrate the children (however it meant they read a lot more rather than being attached to technology which is never a bad thing!). The only English satellite TV channels were two news channels as all the rest were mainland Europe.
Suggested improvements would be, an additional freezer in the room where the washer is kept as the fridge freezer is very small, some plastic wine glasses (and a wine cooler!) and plastic normal glasses to use outside.
We love the fact that you can easily drive to Camucia station and catch the train into Florence (1hr 20mins) so we spent a night there. Pisa was only 2hr drive, Perugia is 30mins and lovely, Castiglion del Largo is stunning and only 20mins drive and Cortona is 10mins away. You will never run out of places to visit. We would definitely return in the future.