Tenuta la Fratta

It was Tuscany. The buildings, the atmosphere just made one feel like being back in the Tuscan village. Once all is restored to its glory it will be so beautiful.

The hotel reception itself was lovely and the surrounding land is just lush - its a proper countryside place, so if you don't like bugs or are bothered by mosquitoes, this is not the place for you! The shining star of this place is definitely the restaurant across the lawn - the food we had there (ate there 5 or 6 times) was absolutely delicious! We would come back for this alone! Our room was not great and didn't look like the pictures on the page. We had booked the apartment with kitchenette - the fridge didn't work and the kitchen was in a poor state. The kettle supplied did not fit in any of the wall plugs which was disappointing. The sofa is dirty and past best. After the first night, we asked to be moved due to the bug infestation and due to the fact that there was no air-con (which I thought I had booked, as I had filtered pool and aircon as my only wishes). Unfortunately, they were fully booked, but a fan was provided immediately. And we purchased a bug spray from the shop down the street. Breakfast was half home-made (recycled from previous days, though - sloppy fruit no thanks!) and half was bought from the Lidl shop down the road. Given the incredible restaurant, I expected a little more. We arrived in mid-late September when the weather was still fairly good, it would have been nice if the pool had been cleaned. Unfortunately, the amount of bugs / animals in the pool (including a full-grown living crayfish!) meant we did not even use it once.