If you are the kind of person who prefers modern luxury hotels, with brand new fixtures, air conditioning, and a paper band around the toilet seat, then the Villa Villoresi is not for you. If, however, you are ready to be welcomed by the utterly unpretentious Contessa Villoresi into her ancestral home, you will enjoy an experience like no other.... more

The Vila Villoresi was a very great disappoint. Very much overpriced both for room and board and, it would appear, now living off a lost reputation of by-gone years. We are not inexperienced international travelers – and certainly not in Italy and Tuscany -- but we must admit that in this case we were taken in. We had a room... more

Villa Villoresi welcomes you into its gracious hospitality with open arms. Soaring vaulted ceilings with 12th century frescoes, crystal chandeliers, Renaissance grandeur. The original family which has occupied this elegant palazzo for centuries manages the property with careful attention to detail. Being in the countryside means a great night's sleep while Florence hustles and bustles all night. Crisp ironed linens,... more

I stayed at the Villa Villoresi this past summer, and it was like a home away from home, but in the lush beauty of Tuscany! They pampered us with a lovely candlelit dinner on the terrace, with everything either grown or made on the Villa's grounds or nearby. The proprietress, Cristina Villoresi, is a countess, and this is her ancient... more