Madonna delle Grazie

The room was adequete, with a nice panoramic view of the Chiana Valley. The bed was hard, and the pillows were substandard. The bathroom had towels that were not adequete. The dinner was not complete, with a very light meat dish and essentially no desert-it was prix fix, not choices here. The wine was passable. The walls were paper thin and you could hear EVERYTHING. The coffee in the morning and the stale cookies were an embarrassment to Italian culture and cuisine. (undrinkable! and well you g...

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The room was adequete, with a nice panoramic view of the Chiana Valley. The bed was hard, and the pillows were substandard. The bathroom had towels that were not adequete. The dinner was not complete, with a very light meat dish and essentially no desert-it was prix fix, not choices here. The wine was passable. The walls were paper thin and you could hear EVERYTHING. The coffee in the morning and the stale cookies were an embarrassment to Italian culture and cuisine. (undrinkable! and well you get the idea...)This is clearly not a Karen Brown standard reccomendation. I would suggest that the powers that be at Karen Brown review this selection. I have been a Karen Brown devotee for more than 10 years and have found that with one other exception, traveling 2 time a year to Europe, that we never lose with a Karen Brown recommendation. This one was a stinker...

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The Nanotti family was very friendly and the site was convenient to many cities and the autostrada, although the one kilometer to Citta delle Pieve was on the road--hot and steep. We did like the town. The pool was nice, as was the view but the apartment was cramped, hot and musty. They tried to suggest ways to alleviate the heat and gave us new sheets for one bed but I think they just had not aired the place out or replaced comforters, etc. The other problem was the two year old dog--and we ...

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The Nanotti family was very friendly and the site was convenient to many cities and the autostrada, although the one kilometer to Citta delle Pieve was on the road--hot and steep. We did like the town. The pool was nice, as was the view but the apartment was cramped, hot and musty. They tried to suggest ways to alleviate the heat and gave us new sheets for one bed but I think they just had not aired the place out or replaced comforters, etc. The other problem was the two year old dog--and we LOVE dogs but he barked incessantly at night--and no one did anything to stop him (we tried). The meal we had was a la carte and good but very expensive (over $300 for five)--surprised me because we had signed up for a pris fixe! We are used to traveling modestly and are not afraid of stiff pillows, creaky beds, heat and bugs but this was not ’romantic’, I’m afraid. I hesitate to criticize but I’m not sure Madonna belongs in Karen Brown--at least not the way it is described.

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’The Nannotti family is the owner of “Madonna delle Grazie”, a well and established and known Agriturismo since 1990. The apartment was large enough to satisfy the needs of the entire family and there were 2 windows and 4 large door-windows to air the place. There was a stain in the ceiling due to a...

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’The Nannotti family is the owner of “Madonna delle Grazie”, a well and established and known Agriturismo since 1990. The apartment was large enough to satisfy the needs of the entire family and there were 2 windows and 4 large door-windows to air the place. There was a stain in the ceiling due to a repaired leak in the upstairs bathroom. As requested, we made the additional accommodations accordingly, with the necessary change of linen. We sorry for the trouble caused by the barking dog, however, if we were made aware of that problem, we could immediately bring the dog in the other appropriate enclosure far away from the apartment. Upon arrival, since the client did not specify the type of menu (fixed or a la carte) we served the request meal for 5 people on the terrace, a la carte, for an total of 156 euros. We are sorry that the client did not express his complaints verbally, as we are always available to listen and comply with any request.’

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