Villa Solata

Beautiful place for complete getaway with outstanding views, lovely villa and pool, everything in excellent condition and all you could wish for in the property. Lorena (housekeeper) very welcoming and easily on hand a few doors away for anything required. Long, winding, non-paved road to get there makes you want to stay put all the more and relax! (Get some shopping in on the way). Easy day trips to San Gimigniano and Siena - both wonderful days out.

Abenteuerliche Anreise über unbefestigte Straße dafür aber eine unvergleichliche Aussicht vom eigenen Pool und eine wunderschöne Villa.

Arezzo und Siena gut erreichbar.

Kein WLAN über die Hälfte der Zeit. Kleidung vom Eigentümer in schränken.

This is a beatiful house at the top of a hill, therefore a lot cooler then the lowland of Tuscany. The pool is a great size and nice and deep. The house is large and very well equipped. This is a very peaceful setting, perfect for relaxing.
The drive to the villa was nerve wracking.

Florence, Sienna, Arezzo

Die Villa ist ein Traum, die Lage fantastisch. Sehr liebevoll eingerichtet. Der Ausblick unbezahlbar.
Leider ist in fast jedem Schrank irgendwelche Kleidung und Sachen, sodass man seine Kleider nicht wirklich in die Kleiderschränke legen / hängen konnte. Es waren nur die Kommoden nutzbar.

Der Pool war eine Woche aufgrund von einer Bremsenplage nicht benutzbar.

Der Anfahrtsweg dauert ca. 10 min nur über eine Schotterstraße. Einkauf also kurz vor Anreise erledigen. Der Müll muss ins 4 km entfernte Ceninna gebracht werden.

Siena

La vue incroyable. La gentillesse de l'accueil. La simplicité de l'organisation de cette maison adaptée aussi bien aux grands qu'aux ados et aux petits.
La route qui mène à la villa demande un vingtaine de minutes pour 9 kms, ce qui empêche vraiment de sortir sur un coup de tête. Chaque départ est une expédition. La literie plus que moyenne. Le manque de rideaux aux fenêtres. Par ailleurs, l''eau de la piscine est vraiment bien froide. Nous avons eu (mais je sais que ce n'est la faute de personne) des taons qui nous ont gâché le farniente. Ces commentaires pour paraître négatifs ne sont en fait que des regrets compte tenu de l'envie de profiter au mieux de cette magnifique maison.

Nous n'avons rien trouvé de remarquable. Et c'est dommage. Tout est loin.

If you wanted quietness and isolation, then this villa was perfect in terms of it's location. It's a beautiful looking villa with some great walks around the area. The road was very windy and tough, but it did give that 'out of the way' feel.
The views were great looking out across the orchard and on to the far distant hills and valley.
The housekeeper was very friendly and helpful.
The house had the feel of a place shut up for a few weeks, a little musty and quite a few cobwebs. Unfortunately most of the plates and dishes had chips and cracks and looked very tatty, I would have expected better.
There was no TV for three days, not a total disaster but it would have been nice to have seen the world cup, however the housekeeper did arrange to have it sorted and it transpired it had been damaged when the roof was fixed some weeks before. Perhaps it would have been an idea to test if everything worked before guests arrived?
Probably the worst thing for me was that the mattress in the room made up for us had a huge indentation, it was like sleeping in a bowl and impossible to lay on one's side, not great if you had older guests or people with back issues. I had to move.
Around the pool area, we were suffering a little from the constant loss of sun behind the trees at about 4PM in addition to having to constantly sweep up the pool area and use the net to clean the pool, maybe coppice the tree's? Please, get a new barbecue, it was nice to have one, thanks...but it was so rusty and falling to pieces.
It was a great location for us, but needs a few of the aforementioned things sorted, for the money charged I'm afraid it didn't feel as special as we had hoped.

I've given a score excellent for location because we wanted something remote with far reaching views and Solata fitted that bill perfectly but the remoteness might not be to everyone's taste.
The villa included everything you could need.
The track to the village is a bit daunting first time and care must be taken. We had a people carrier and had no problems on the climb or hairpin bends
The internet was a bit intermittent. The satellite tv did not work (apparently it had been a problem the week before)
The pool was freezing, needs heating somehow.

Le cadre, le confort, le calme.
Des conditions d'accès difficiles : Un chemin qui peut abîmer une voiture qui n'est pas un 4X4

Nous avons visité Arezzo, Cortona, Sienne, Florence, Castellina in Chianti, Pise, Lucca et déjeuné dans ces villes. Il faut réserver les billets à l'avance pour visiter certains monuments à Florence. On peut laisser la voiture à l'entrée de la ville et utiliser ensuite le tram. A Lucca , on peut dormir dans un hôtel à proximité des remparts, Le Napoléon par exemple. La ville se visite à pieds ou en vélo. Les lieux que nous avons préférés : Sienne, Lucca, Cortona (charme particulier et moins envahis par les touristes que Pise ou Florence).