it‘s a splendid villa surrounded by unaltered tuscan landscape. quiet, spacious rooms, very friendly and helpful staff, authentic italian meals. they speak german and english fluently. it doesn‘t say it on booking.com but there are a lot of classes (learn italian, sculpting, photo, cooking) and they take about a week. loved the pool. volterra is 15 min away. everything is taken care of so in theory you don‘t have to live the grounds. great value for money.

the road leading to the villa it‘s pretty bad. an suv or 4x4 would do amazing. the rest should drive slowly and more careful. it‘s just 2 km but you‘ll remember them. the beds need getting used to but j have to specify i am the only one that complained abouz the bed.

Villa Palagione - Centro Interculturale is a wonderful place in a beautiful location with a swimming pool. The owners and staff were very kind and friendly, always helpful and caring. It is possible to stay there all day - with perfect breakfasts, lunches and delicious dinners. The road to the villa can be tricky, so a better (higher) car (or SUV) would be an advantage. Veronika and family from Slovakia.

Great surroundings, staff, house, concept and food. One is part of the “family”, seating arrangements facilitate contacts…

Very remote and long rough gravel road to get to. Dinner in the group, takes about 2,5 hours. Takes away a lot of time.

This is an amazing historical building complex which was meticulously restored to its original appearance. Each room is individually designed and decorated. The staff is exceptionally friendly, is available at all times. The breakfast is very good and abundant. We have had the dinner twice and it was very good. The owner made a wonderful guided tour through the entire property and told us about the history of the Villa dating back to 16th century. Molte Grazie per la vostra ospitalità.

The room in the main building in which we stayed had a fresco painted on the high ceiling. The building has a spacious outdoor dining area at the rear and pleasant gardens in front.

The property is 3kms from the main road and the driveway is an unmetalled road which is bumpy with quite steep inclines and requires careful driving.

Location and people running it, great views, great swimming pool and rooms are lovely

Road to the venue, make sure you have high car

It’s a rustic villa with all the charm of a family home compared to those that have turned into 5* resorts. It had the best views, and beautiful rooms and a fantastic family vibe to it! Worth the stay and close to travel around to must see cities/towns

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A special place in the heart of La Toscana. The rooms were comfortable, clean and spacious. The dinner was a very italian experience: all the guests have dinner at the same time, in the same table (very long one) with the owner of the Villa. The food was delicious. A perfect place to anyone who wants to enjoy of a relaxed time in the magic Toscana.

Everything was nice but it is important to know that the road to get in is a rural one

The pool, the staff, the meals, the breakfasts, the tranquility, the view on the Tuscany hills, the room in the stables, the owner driving us with his bus to the main road so we could avoid to drive on the gravel road with our road bikes.

The 3km road to access the property with road bikes (but the owner gave us a lift with his bus!)

Rustic Location n meals provided

Too many flies, no coffee available till after 8 n none in room. No AC in summer wasn’t comfortable. 3 km drive up curvy road not fun n time consuming