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Castello di Proceno

We arrived tired and road weary. We were greeted so warmly by Cecelia’s husband and soon after we had unpacked she arrived at our apartment to finish the paperwork. She gave us excellent tips on easy exploration in the area for the next day. We joined them for dinner at the Castillo Restaurant and she gave us a tour of the garden and the restored barn. Our meal was wonderful, and they were so gracious and made us feel so welcome and at home. We loved our apartment with the fireplace, two bed...

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We arrived tired and road weary. We were greeted so warmly by Cecelia’s husband and soon after we had unpacked she arrived at our apartment to finish the paperwork. She gave us excellent tips on easy exploration in the area for the next day. We joined them for dinner at the Castillo Restaurant and she gave us a tour of the garden and the restored barn. Our meal was wonderful, and they were so gracious and made us feel so welcome and at home. We loved our apartment with the fireplace, two bedrooms and kitchen (there were 3 of us). The morning breakfast was very good and we had a lovely tour of the area just as Cecelia had suggested. The beds were comfortable and we all slept very well. I would only change one thing - I wish we had stayed longer!

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This year marked our seventh year in the Castello di Proceno--a little piece of heaven in the middle of the Disneyland of Florence, Sienna, San Gimigniano, etc. Everything about Proceno and our apartment is perfect--from olive wood fires in the huge fireplace to having breakfast on our balcony and listening to church bells and birds singing to chatting with Roberto about which cheese to buy to having coffee at the bar... Why would anyone ever want to leave?

Pucci, whose family has own...

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This year marked our seventh year in the Castello di Proceno--a little piece of heaven in the middle of the Disneyland of Florence, Sienna, San Gimigniano, etc. Everything about Proceno and our apartment is perfect--from olive wood fires in the huge fireplace to having breakfast on our balcony and listening to church bells and birds singing to chatting with Roberto about which cheese to buy to having coffee at the bar... Why would anyone ever want to leave?

Pucci, whose family has owned the castle for hundreds of years, is just amazing--she does all the planning for and oversees restorations, she decorates the apartments--including making many of the bed and pillow covers, she cooks--with her cook, Lucia--and serves in the delightful Enoteca and the restaurant many of the traditional dishes of Tuscia. And with her warm and generous welcome and her sparkling wit, she embodies the spirit of Tuscia. She and her husband, Giovanni, do everything possible to make guests feel part of the life of the castle and the area--and to make their stay in Proceno as stress free as possible.

I have lived in many places in Europe--small coastal villages in Spain and England and Italy, London, Paris, Rome--but nothing compares to Proceno.

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