My Favorite Experience in Italia
Review Submitted: April 2, 2009
Date of Stay: December 2008
The first thing you're asked after a magnificent trip is, "What was your favorite thing?" This was an easy answer. My favorite thing was every minute I spent at Il Refugio. We took day trips to Roma, Siena, Cortona, Firenze, and the Toscana hills. All beautiful, all magnificent, but at the end of a touring day we couldn't wait to get back to our Refugio. This Tuscan villa was everything it says it is, and more. You cannot put in writing the feeling of the place. I wouldn't call the rooms we slept soundly and comfortably in bedrooms, but Bed Chambers. I wouldn't call the room where we sipped wine and talked to the wee hours of the morning by the fireplace a living room, I would call it the Hearth Room. I wouldn't call the room with a table that 20 of our friends and family had Christmas dinner at and then sat around for hours a dining room, I would call it the Gathering Room. I wouldn't call the cooking area where we were taught to make pasta and duck a kitchen, but the Heart of the Home. I would not call the sights from the patios a view but a Panorama of Beauty. I would not call this a Tuscan villa, but my Tuscan Home. We spent Christmas and New Year's at my Tuscan Home. We had a family dinner, which the owners helped us prepare, and it was everything you could dream of: children, grandmothers, aunts, uncles, sons and daughters, cousins, wine, laughter, plates of carbonara, cheese ravioli, stovetop roasted duck, spinach stuffed gnocchis, veal, and tiramsu, Italian and English conversations all going on at once. I never felt more at Home. I would recommend this Tuscan Home to absolutely anyone who would like a trip of a lifetime!
Recommended for:
Age 55+,
Pet-friendly,
Adventure Seekers,
Girls Getaway,
Tourists without a Car,
Sightseeing,
Families with Teenagers,
Families with Young Children,
Romantic Getaway
Owner's Response: Well, well Bellisima Signorina! You folks did have fun and you did squeeze in a few side trips but still got in a lot of relax time. Thank you for inviting us to your family party it was a day we will never forget. It always gives us pleasure when someone enjoys our house as much as you and your family did.
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