Villa Testimonials, comments from guests about tuscan vacation

Needless to say - the residents of Londa were quite friendly!
The Villa itself is quite large. It has 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 kitchens, a large swimming pool, and beautiful gardens. The 14 of us never felt crowded. Although in a village - you felt quite secluded.
The Villa has a staff onsite that was quite helpful in answering all of our questions. Another nice feature of the village were the small stores. There was a coffee shop, a hardware store, a newstand, and a small grocery store. Although pricier than a larger grocery store - this was made up in convenience. The owners of the local market consistently tried to give our group Italian lessons, but I must admit - we were hopeless.
We were also there during the semi-final of the 2006 World Cup where Italy beat Germany. We watched in the Village with the locals and had an amazing time. I can highly recommend the Villa Luciano for your stay in Italy. It is a beautifully maintained villa with superb gardens.

The staff is excellent, the villagers quite friendly - the perfect spot for a relaxing vacation in the Tuscan countryside!
The staff at Villa Luciano was a delight to be around, from Sandra’s welcome to the beautiful villa to Julia in the magnificent gardens to Melinda in the main house to Gabriella in the old world kitchen! All of you have truly made us feel “just like family” and you have captured our hearts and given us a vacation to remember forever. For this we are very grateful.
We have fallen in Love with Villa Luciano in Londa, Tuscany."

"Villa Luciano is a paradise of the Tuscan variety. We savoured every moment. Londa residents were warm and helpful ... The crystal clear pool provided many hours of pleasure and fun ..."
Spencer, California, USA

"Words alone can't really describe how wonderful this house is! Villa Luciano is my show-guide in Italy."
Brian Nicholas, New York, USA

"Lovely spacious Villa in spectacular countryside. Enjoyed the use of the pool and the sight of Florence"
The Leech Families, England

"The most beautiful Villa to spend a holiday in. We will be back soon..."
The Lewis Family, UK

"What a great place. The wine is excellent, the Tuscano meal superb..."
The Newton family, UK

We traveled to Italy in early November of 2004 with 9 friends. Spent a couple of days in Rome, then up to Florence by train, rented 3 cars and a villa for a week, back to Rome by train and returned home a day later.

My assignment in our travel group is to find lodging. We have rented properties in Ireland, France and Spain. After months of research on the internet, I found Villa Luciano in Londa. The pictures were appealing, the location perfect, excellent price and US dollars and credit cards accepted.

I contacted the manager, Sandra, and asked for previous clients that I might contact. She gave me several names and email addresses and they all were in complete agreement. Villa Luciano was fabulous!

The Villa is absolutely beautiful. The web site is excellent, but it is hard to visualise the enormity of the property. The house is huge and the manicured grouds are very extensive. The views from each floor of the house are wonderful. There are really "that many rooms" in this house as advertised, and they are elegant but very comfortable.

With seven bedrooms, four couples each had a large room and three singles each had a smaller twin or double room. Although there are not private bathrooms for each room, we had no problems sharing.

We love to cook and had a great time between the two excellent and well equipped kitchens on the first floor. The dining room seats twelve and is quite lovely. There is a large terrace off the dining room where we enjoyed daily wine and cheese from the surrounding area, especially Frescobaldi which is very close.

Londa is a pretty little village with small grocers, a hardware, shops, post office, pharmacy etc. The grocer at the bottom of the hill will deliver to the villa. They have a good selection of wine, meat, cheese and vegetables. There is also a moderate price/casual restaurant with delicious food and excellent service at the end of the lake.

Be prepared for a very brisk walk up if you walk down to the village! The villa is floor floors tall and there are five massive stone staircases. Although there are many steps, the pitch is comfortable and there are rails.

For friends and families, I absolutely recommend Villa Luciano. It is obvious that the owner and staff take great care and have pride and love for this beautiful home in the tranquil hills of Tuscany.

Letter From Anne Ballay, reprinted in full
Please excuse this delayed letter of gratitude. But as life would have it, I was rushed into the reality of time and space all too quickly, well before jet lag had received its proper due.

What a dream come true! Our vacation at your villa was magical. All of the staff, especially "Lady Julia", Rita and Sandra were extremely amiable, patient with our attempts at your melodious language (I am sure that we sounded like ugly Americans when we massacred it.). And of course, we must mention "Cat with Many Names". I bestowed her with an American Indian derivative. Your villa was more than a place to rest our heads. (Some of our more metaphysical members believed that there was a mystically positive presence within the villa's walls.) I believe that it was the beauty of the home which gave rise to such experiences.

It was beyond our expectations. In fact, enroute from Roma to Londa, it occurred to one of our party that perhaps it did not even exist as I had located it via the net. However, it did (much to my relief as they could have been very unpleasant had I failed them) and we were overwhelmed with delight. It was so beautiful, that we decided to give up a couple of day trips to remain there and reflect in peace and comfort. One week was certainly not enough. But we did experience our "Enchanted April" (but without the unexpected visitors). There are many times, I must admit, that several of us had our thoughts upon those whom we missed from home.

Well, I am sure that you are tiring of my rambling on. So, as Bob Hope sang "Thanks for the Memories!"