Tenuta Le Colonie

“Large family apartments, but...”

We found Le Colonie using a sign on the road to Vinci. The owners (a mother and her son) welcomed us and showed us the apartments they have. Each apartment is very big, with a large living room, kitchen and two bedrooms. The rooms are clean and well maintained and as a five-persons family it was ve… Más

We found Le Colonie using a sign on the road to Vinci. The owners (a mother and her son) welcomed us and showed us the apartments they have. Each apartment is very big, with a large living room, kitchen and two bedrooms. The rooms are clean and well maintained and as a five-persons family it was very comfort. The mother speaks no English. The son do speak some basic English. However, the place was very lonely (and at night - dark), even for a farmhouse. It is located far away from the town and offers no dinner / breakfast. We thought (and were told) that we could find a dinner in the town (Vinci), but couldn't find anything but some not very welcoming pizzeria. We used our car to get to Empoli, the bigger city around, in which we found a place for dinner (which was bad, but it's another story). The kitchen did not contain anything as well. No milk/coffee (the owner brought us some coffee and a manual espresso coffee maker, though). In general it is a nice place to stay, with a huge potential. However, the lack of dining options there or around makes it not very attractive (as it is far away from any place with decent dining options). The price was VERY low. About 110 euros for the whole apartment for a night (I don't remember the exact price). Also, we had a problem with the water warmer but the owner fixed it immediately. Water flow was not very good though. There is a swimming pool but it was too cold outside to use it. There is no internet connection.

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