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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.
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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.
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