WOW! I am typically a very critical person and very hard to please, but Casolare Di Libbiano was the PERFECT honeymoon getaway for me and my wife. Berta and Andrea were the most gracious hosts and the food was by far the most memorable part of our trip! We didn't plan on this, but we ate there 4 out of the 5 nights we stayed and regretted not eating there on the 5th.

San Gimignano was a beautiful town as well, very romantic. I'm not a fan of white wine, but you have to try San Gimignano's whites which are world renouned.

Casolare was a good spot to tour West Tuscany. We drove to Pisa, Volterra, Florence and Siena. Maybe with more time we could have made it all the way to Cortona. But with the beautiful landscapes, peaceful surroundings and good food, we found it hard to leave Casolare! I can't wait to go back!

Once we attuned ourselves to the fun of following route signs without route numbers, and thus driving around in Tuscany/Umbria, finding this agriturismo inn was not too hard. Once we found it (as stated on its web site, 3 km down a rural dirt-gravel road, which in turn is perhaps 5-10 minutes west of S. Gimignano), we started smiling, and pretty much kept that up for the time we were there, though our time there was too short. This place had a very special and wonderful feel: we would recommend staying at least 4 days, if not a week. Two British couples we met there were each staying "a fortnight," and also enjoying themselves there.

The main host we encountered was Andrea, a very helpful gentleman with good English. The inn has 2 separate "common rooms" for evening sitting. The dining room is indoor or outdoor, as you choose (virtually everyone ate outdoors during our stay), and overlooks the inn's fields and crops. The food is very good, as "advertised." Andrea told us that they grow the grapes for their own house wine, and much of the fruit for "the village," which he laughingly defined as anyplace there are 3 homes and 1 church. Breakfast is very nice, and the dinners were very good, too, with traditional Tuscan recipes, some of which we probably would not have tried on our own (they were really good, though).

We (2 parents, an 18 yr old and a 15 yr old) had requested a "family suite," which turned out to be a very nicely appointed and very clean 2-room suite. The kids slept well on good sofa-beds (twins) in the "living" room. The remarkable quiet of the countryside helped everyone sleep, actually. The bathroom was clean and new. The room had a large balcony with several chairs and a table for relaxing. The windows had screens, and the lack of a/c was no problem, even in mid-80F (25-30C) heat, due to the thick walls and nice breezes. Our video-frenzied kids were happy just to hang out, listen to their iPods or the Casolare's mostly-classical CD collection on its stereo (which is also used during dinner -- one night my son chose the Chopin for background). They even played several games of chess together! (Uncharacteristically.) This place is truly a getaway worth enjoying. We'd love the opportunity to visit again.

All the other good reviews tell you waht you need to know and i agree with them! lovely little place downa dirt track not far from San Gimignano. Right in the middle of counrtyside in a great location. Pool area looked very nice and lots of flowers around the place. We stayed in a suite away from majority of rooms in the main building. room was in a very old building and some of the picture on the walls were a bit dodgy but other than that it was great!

Best thing about this palce was the food, make sure you have at least one evening meal here as it was excellent.

Its not the cheapest place to stay, especially with the food and excellent wine available, but i'd definatly recommed it.

Hopefully the pictures will give you more of an idea of the place.

There are not enough words that I could type to tell you what a delightful and beautiful place this is. Berta and Andrea are amazing people doing an amazing job of making your vacation restful and memorable. Berta's meals were the BEST we had in all of Italy and we had some pretty amazing meals! The herbs from her garden, the wine from their grapes and the olive oil from their trees were all unique. If there was a negative it would be the pool. It wasn't well maintained. Although we sat by the pool we didn't really have any interest in getting in. The room was lovely. The shower was smaller than some we had stayed in and the shower head just didn't have as much power as we liked but it hardly effected how we felt about the place. The directions to this oasis were perfect. It's a must see!