Since La Colonica opened in 2002, it has had guests from all over the United Kingdom, as well as from France, Germany, The Netherlands, Canada, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and other countries.  Every single guest is special to us.  Through them, this lovely house has come alive again.  Below are entries from our Visitors’ Book.

• Our dream holiday to Italy has met all our high expectations.  Beautiful scenery, lovely weather, good food and wine. The highlight of our holiday has to be our stay at La Colonica – the lovely touches, roses in the room, wine on the patio etc.  Our stay a pleasure.  We shall always remember this holiday for years to come.

• It has been a privilege to spend our special double birthday week with you. La Colonica sounded and looked too good to be true – where’s the catch, we said?  There’s no catch – it has far exceeded our expectations.  The house radiates a style and elegance always sought but seldom found.  Thank you for your thoughtful hospitality – we look forward to our next visit! 

• We have had a wonderful time here, and certainly hope to return, as we feel we have barely touched on what this beautiful area has to offer.  La Colonica is very special.  Thank you for your kindness and friendliness, not to mention wine and roses, teas and coffees and great breakfasts!  Our fellow guests have added to our enjoyment of a delightful few days.

• Our first visit to Tuscany – to Italy in fact. Let’s hope it isn’t the last! We love your home, your countryside, your weather, your food, your hospitality and not least your friendship and your dogs. We came needing peace and relaxation and we found it at La Colonica.  May you be successful in your wonderful B&B – but not so successful that you are fully booked when we want to return!!! PS Thank you also for the lovely flowers in our room!

• A wonderful two weeks stay to celebrate 40 years together. The accommodation was all we hoped it would be and a perfect place to explore this beautiful area and friendly people. Thank you for the wine/tea and coffee treats etc., and for the excellent itinerary.  We will return.  Thank you for creating this Tuscan haven.  PS Let’s hope the rains come for the olives and the roses!

• Over the years we have stayed in many beautiful houses in Italy, each with its own individual character. La Colonica excels; not only the beautiful house, but the warmth and helpfulness plus the delicious breakfasts, made our stay one we will not forget, and look forward to future visits.  We will recommend La Colonica without any reservations whatsoever to our friends.

• We have had a delightful stay!  La Colonica has been a lovely and gracious home while we have been in Tuscany.  Thank you for your hospitality and attention to all the small things that add up to a great visit.  Our stay at La C. will be with us as a treasured memory always.

• A big thank you for an excellent time in both your flat in Florence and at La Colonica.  Thanks fore setting up our visit and the advice on trips out at both places.

• Perfetto, grazie. There are many givens – the scenery, the weather, architecture etc.  What makes the difference for us are the “small kindnesses” – the glass of wine, the bathrobe and slippers.

• Many thanks for a wonderful few days.  Warm hospitality, good food, good wine and a warm welcome. What more could we ask?

• What an ideal holiday location. An exquisite home and grounds set in idyllic countryside and run by the perfect hosts who make you feel totally at home from the minute you arrive, ensure that you have all the local knowledge to maximise the visit and yet are never intrusive. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time here and will recommend it to all our friends.

• We’re honoured to be the first Yanks to stay at La Colonica. It has been grand.  Memorable. We will pass it on to our friends in Colorado.

• Thank you so much for a lovely week.  Your house is beautiful and the welcome you gave us was much appreciated. The suggested itineraries were perfect and we managed to visit most of them.  Thank you for your cheerful breakfasts and the welcome home each day.  We hope to return in the not too distant future.

• A wonderful few days in superb surroundings.  The accommodation and hospitality second to none. The time spent here will stay with us for a very long time as we recall our holiday in Tuscany.  Thank you for the warm and friendly welcome.

• What a wonderful base and peaceful haven.

• What a wonderful home! Thank you for the hospitality, wine, marvellous coffee and a superb long weekend.

• I’ve wanted to visit Italy for many years and at last I’m here.  How perfect you have made my stay. Wonderful setting, food, atmosphere. I couldn’t wish for a better place to have stayed on my first and hopefully not last stay in Tuscany.  Thank you for making my stay so wonderful.

• Wonderful house, good advice, sunshine, great hosts.  Thanks – we will be back!!

• Many congratulations for creating such a special place with such a special relaxed atmosphere.  Thank you for enabling us to see the undiscovered Tuscany and making us want to return very soon. We will be “selling” La Colonica all over England at every opportunity.

• What can we say?   Fantastic house, host and dogs. Shame we were too late to see the sunflowers but we found one field where they were flourishing. This is a wonderful place to stay. We shall miss everything. We will return next year.

• Thank you for such wonderful hospitality – we felt very relaxed and happy – a place for “total restoration”.  We loved your beautiful house and felt so at home. Lovely breakfasts. It has been the perfect break and we are looking forward to coming again asap!!

• De l’accueil, en passant par la qualité de la cuisine, puis par la beauté des différents sites, tout a été parfait! Merci pour votre gentilesse!!
• Thank you for making us feel like a king and queen! We had a lovely time here at La Colonica. 

• When we reflect back on our stay in La Colonica, it is with fond memories. We planned to stay four days at La Colonica and ended up doubling this to eight! The warmth and hospitality experienced was just great.  You have a lovely home. Thank you for a most enjoyable stay.  The service was superb; breakfasts excellent – what a  great chef.  As for sightseeing, La Colonica is ideally situated for visits to both Tuscany and Umbria. Your recommendations including for restaurants were always well received and enjoyable. La Colonica will be in great demand once the word gets out.

• Thanks for a wonderful time in your beautiful house. It has been an absolute pleasure. We will have no hesitations in recommending La Colonica in the future and look forward to returning to Italy. Thanks again for your warm reception and a truly relaxing and interesting holiday.

• Excellent location, accommodation and most of all … hospitality.

• Truly an “Enchanted April”. You made this short vacation into a truly memorable experience. The house, grounds, care and attention were beyond the call of duty .- thank you so much for a very happy few days and we can’t wait to return.

• Many many thanks to all at La Colonica for making our stay such a wonderful one. This has been a particularly special and memorable holiday for us, in that we have been on our honeymoon and so to find somewhere by chance, that was not only beautiful, but everything about it turned out to be exceptional, is amazing! The perfect holiday destination!

• We have had an extraordinarily pleasant stay in your sumptuous house. To find such a gem is very fortunate. It is also the personal touches that make so much difference.

• Many thanks to all at La Colonica for making this an enjoyable and memorable holiday. So far no other hotel can compare with the quality of care given to the guests.

• We have enjoyed your lovely house, your hospitality and your kindness once more. We look forward to coming again very soon. Your garden is looking good! Your food is superb and we really don’t want to move on!

• From the first moment, a response to your newspaper “ad”, the friendly and efficient way our short stay was handled has been superb.  What a beautiful place, the house is a credit to you and as others have remarked, what attention to detail. Your help with local knowledge and recommendations are particularly helpful.

• Thank you for a stay which was a delight to all our senses – and the roses, sheer joy.

• In a few words, our stay has been an absolute delight (“tutto perfetto”).  Every consideration was administered with such pleasure and joy.  We will return one day.

• Thank you for making our short stay so wonderful. Good food, excellent hospitality and good advice on beautiful places to visit.  Without your help, I’m sure we would not have had such a memorable stay visiting your beautiful Tuscan countryside. We will certainly recommend your wonderful home to our friends (as it was recommended to us) and we would love to return. There is still so much to see.  Thank you for being so friendly and helpful.

• What a wonderful place to live in. You have made us feel so welcome and been so helpful to us, with flat cellphones and lost credit cards.  We are going on to Venice and Como but we don’t think we shall find such a place as yours further north.  You set a very high benchmark.  Thank you also for directing us to the small places to visit. They are superb.  Thank you also for the delicious breakfasts, a great start to the day.

• Your elegant home has been a charming place to stay during our first visit to Tuscany.  It is a haven of peace and tranquillity.  Thank you for looking after us with your gracious and courteous manner.  La Colonica will be highly recommended to our friends at home and abroad.  These have been a memorable few days.

• A wonderful welcome from perfect hosts.   Such an elegant house, every comfort and attention to detail.  So private but at the same time so personal and friendly.  Wonderful breakfasts.  Beautiful china and elegant table settings.  You have thought of everything to make your guests’ stay perfect.

• We have enjoyed our stay here and feel so lucky to have found your wonderfully grand B&B.  Your help and kindness have been very much appreciated.  We do hope to return.

• The warmth of the Tuscan sunshine was surpassed by the La Colonica hospitality! A beautiful and elegant house with a very high standard of comfort. A perfect base for exploring the historic grandeur of Assisi and Cortona, the treasures of Florence and the mountains of Umbria – just to name a few examples. But also something rather special – the unobtrusive but caring attention.  Should we tell our friends and risk overbooking or keep La Colonica to ourselves?

• What a wonderful home you have. It is so beautifully decorated; a feeling of great warmth and splendour.  You have the perfect team and could not be more helpful with advice on interesting sites, both those in the guides and the unknown.  Breakfasts are wonderfully presented.  Perfect home, hosts and countryside.

• Merci infiment pour votre accueil. Vous habitez une maison en harmonie avec la Toscane.

• Thank you for allowing us to share your delightful and elegant home. Our first visit to Tuscany has been so enjoyable and we hope to return.

• Thank you for welcoming us to your beautiful home.  Your hospitality and warmth has been boundless. We take such happy memories back to London.

• When we were planning this trip we had an “idea” of the accommodation we wanted – how lucky we have been with the choice.  After a week here we have found many “back roads” in our attempts to return home the same way we departed!  The highlight of the experience has to be hearing “Nabucco” in the Cortona Piazza!!

• Our “Tuscany experience” has been memorable; it is all we hoped for and more, particularly because of your hospitality and thoughtfulness.  The house and surroundings are so elegant and comfortable, enjoyable in themselves.  What more could we want?  A highly recommended holiday – we shall pass the word!

• Fabulous house; fantastic host; beautiful countryside; breathtaking views; first class hotel without the pomp!

• Thanks to you we have visited the most interesting places, eaten at the best restaurants and been able to return to the beautiful calm atmosphere of La Colonica.  Your care and consideration were greatly appreciated as were the “saving” cups of tea!

• What a lovely home and what a welcome.  The views are spectacular and the feelings of being at home are most welcome.  We are relaxed, footsore and definitely looking forward to a return trip. 

• Well what can I say – my expectations have been exceeded ten-fold.  Your hospitality knows no bounds.  I have wanted to visit Toscana for so long and these few days have been everything I’d hoped for and more.

• Many would say that taking a 17 year old to an inland B&B with no swimming pool, in rural Tuscany would lead to boredom and frustration – well I’m here to prove them wrong, thanks to your supply of places to see incorporating my interests with those of my parents, meant that I was never at a loss.

• We have enjoyed the wonderful Tuscan countryside and the hospitality.  The house is wonderful, the advice excellent, the ambience perfect.

• It was our first visit to Tuscany and your advice and help was invaluable.  Your library of books could keep us here for weeks.

• The beautiful surroundings, the elegant bedroom, the fantastic breakfasts outdoors.  We are very grateful for the many tips and hints where to go and where to eat.  We will definitely recommend this wonderful place.

• Thank you for making my stay so pleasant.  It would have been difficult for me – on my own as a stranger to Italy – without your hospitality, your beautiful home and your good advice!  I will recommend you to friends and I will be back sometime in the near future.

• Nous avons passé trois jours de reve!… Un grand merci pour votre accueil si chaleureux.  Votre maison est superbe et vous avez le souci du détail: une chambre au décor trés soigné, une table trés élégante. Tout est fait pour garantir à vos hotes une séjour magnifique.  Merci également pour vos conseils de visites de cette trés belle region. Nous ne manquerons pas de conseiller votre adresse à nos amis. Nous reviendrons vous voir avec beaucoup de plaisir.

• Sadly our last day.   It has been a very memorable week, and neither myself nor my husband have experienced anything quite like it! We appreciated the wonderful hospitality and will miss the beauty of our surroundings here.  You have a beautiful home here. It was a memorable week for us visiting Siena, Assisi, Pienza, Cortona etc. and seeing the awe-inspiring churches and paintings.