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Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
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Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
Olivo is a large apartment that sleeps 4 and also has a double sofa bed. There is a terrace that gives you fantastic views of the countryside and the olive groves that surround the property.
You enter into the large kitchen and living area, which has been comfortably furnished with wooden furniture to set off the beamed ceiling and terracotta floors. The kitchen is fully equipped and the dining table opens up to seat 6.
On the right there is a wooden staircase that leads up to the loft that over looks the dining area. In the loft there is a comfortable double bedroom and bathroom with shower
To the left of the living room there is a twin bedroom that has a private bathroom and terrace, with beautiful views and good access to the pool.
Olivo has 1 terrace which has shade for some of the day. There is also a pergola off the twin bedroom where there is sun the whole day. From both these outside areas there are wonderful views.
Traveller reviews for
Cornino
Anonymous
Freiburg, Germany
27.09.2012
27.09.2012
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Paul
Long Eaton , United Kingdom
05.09.2012
05.09.2012
"The setting is perfect , looking over the Chianti Landscape beautifully "
Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
The Hamlet of Cornino Overlooking the Chianti hills, this is a peaceful retreat close to the town of Castellina in Chianti but in the heart of the countryside. This beautifully restored property is surrounded by olive groves and unforgettable views. The property is divided into 4 apartments, all with their own private terraces and entrances.
In the well maintained gardens there is a large pool which is in the sun the whole day. At one end of the pool there is a baby pool with a waterfall. The pool overlooks the hills and valleys below. From here there is a spectacular view across Tuscany which is dotted with villas, vineyards, olive groves and cypress trees.
Pool Info
The large pool is in an ideal spot for relaxing and admiring the marvelous views that surround you. This is sun covered the whole day, but there is shade nearby. There is a small fountain that runs into the baby pool, which leads into the main pool.
The kidney form pool invites you to cool off in its refreshing waters as you come in from a day of site seeing.
The pool is 7 x 14 meters and 0.7 to 1.3meters deep, the baby pool is 70cm deep. The pool is open from May to September.
Nearest town
Castellina in Chianti is the nearest town to Cornino. Within walking distance from the property there is a very small family run restaurant, and 1.5km away there is the restaurant L'Osteria del Laghetto.
Traveller reviews for
Cornino
Anonymous
Freiburg, Germany
27.09.2012
27.09.2012
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Paul
Long Eaton , United Kingdom
05.09.2012
05.09.2012
"The setting is perfect , looking over the Chianti Landscape beautifully "
Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
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- Baby cot: 1 available on request, no extra cost
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Important booking info
- Price: per accommodation per week
- Arrival/Departure day: Saturday
- Terms and conditions: please read the booking contract
- The Security Deposit is 200 Euro or equivalent in your own currency, this will be held by the owner for the duration of your stay. Any damages plus heating/air conditioning, where applicable, costs will be taken from this with the remainder returned at the end of your holiday.
Payment method for security deposit: Cash or Cheque - Weekly linen and bathroom towels: included - service provided by local supplier
- Central heating: by consumption
- Mandatory final clean: included - service provided by local supplier
- Tourist tax: 1,50 Euro per person, per night for the first 7 nights, some exemptions apply
- Baby cot: 1 available on request, no extra cost
- High chair: 1 available on request, no extra cost
Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
The guest reviews published below represent the personal opinions of To Tuscany customers who completed a questionnaire after their stay at the villa or apartment. These opinions do not necessarily represent the view of To Tuscany. For help with translation we recommend http://translate.google.com/
Anonymous
Mature couple
Review date:
Stay: September 2012
10
Paul
Group of friends
Review date:
Stay: August 2012
The setting is perfect , looking over the Chianti Landscape beautifully
Lack of air conditioning,and up to date tourist information
Treport restaurant in Castellini and the village of Radda
8
Robert
Family with older children
Review date:
Stay: July 2012
Lage; Pool, Ruhe,
Anfahrtsstraße, nicht sehr sauber, dünne Handtücher wie vor 40 Jahren, abgewohnte Möbel, viele Ameisen und Fliegen (keine Fliegengitter)
Restaurant in Volpaia
7
Rainer
Review date:
Stay: May 2011
Olivo
Was waren die Highlights Ihres Urlaubs? Der Pool und die Umgebung der Unterkunft. Darüber Hinaus tolle Ausflüge in die weitere und nähere Umgebung. Die Empfehlungen zu Speiselokalen in der näheren Umgebung waren super.
Wie war Ihr Gesamteindruck der Unterbrungung? Sehr schön, sehr sauber und genau der Beschreibung im Internet entsprechend.
Gab es unangenehme Überraschungen? Nein, absolut keine. Von Ankunft bis Abreise hat alles wunderbar gepasst.
Haben Sie andere Anmerkungen? Nein
Rainer Hensel
Germany
Mai 2011
Was waren die Highlights Ihres Urlaubs? Der Pool und die Umgebung der Unterkunft. Darüber Hinaus tolle Ausflüge in die weitere und nähere Umgebung. Die Empfehlungen zu Speiselokalen in der näheren Umgebung waren super.
Wie war Ihr Gesamteindruck der Unterbrungung? Sehr schön, sehr sauber und genau der Beschreibung im Internet entsprechend.
Gab es unangenehme Überraschungen? Nein, absolut keine. Von Ankunft bis Abreise hat alles wunderbar gepasst.
Haben Sie andere Anmerkungen? Nein
Rainer Hensel
Germany
Mai 2011
Laura
Review date:
Stay: September 2009
Olivo
What were the highlights of your holiday? We celebrated my mothers 80th birthday at Olivo. The biggest highlight of the holiday was seeing the serenity on her face when we first looked out at the view on the first evening of our stay at Olivo. My mother, sister and I enjoyed painting the landscapes. This was my daughters (age 18yrs) first trip to Europe and she loved the beauty of the countryside and she and her cousin enjoyed the lovely pool! We all enjoyed coming back to Olivo at the end of the day with our fresh produce from the market and cooking beautifull meals. We also had many unplanned but enjoyable adventures in the pursuit of an open grocery store. Definitly glad to have the recommendation of GPS!
what was your overall impression of the accommodation? The accomidation was perfect for us, absolutely beautiful and in a perfect location to the sites we wished to see. The road to the accomodation did have a very steep bumpy corner that we were not able to navigate without scraping the underside of our car but it was worth it to get to the view we enjoyed from the villa.
Did you have any unpleasant surprises? I did know from the reviews of this accomodation that the drive was steep, one person noted that it took him two tries to get up the road, but I thought how hard could it be? Well with 5 people and all our luggage we didn't make it up our first try and had to unload and make another run at it! The trip up the road became a daily challenge and kind of fun, we were good at it by the end of the week. I would recommend a vehicle with higher clearance than we had which was an alfa romeo station wagon.
Do you have any other comments? Thank you so very much, this was a perfect holiday. We will keep fond memories of our time in Tuscany. We loved Cornino!
Laura Hoyt
United States of America
September 2009
What were the highlights of your holiday? We celebrated my mothers 80th birthday at Olivo. The biggest highlight of the holiday was seeing the serenity on her face when we first looked out at the view on the first evening of our stay at Olivo. My mother, sister and I enjoyed painting the landscapes. This was my daughters (age 18yrs) first trip to Europe and she loved the beauty of the countryside and she and her cousin enjoyed the lovely pool! We all enjoyed coming back to Olivo at the end of the day with our fresh produce from the market and cooking beautifull meals. We also had many unplanned but enjoyable adventures in the pursuit of an open grocery store. Definitly glad to have the recommendation of GPS!
what was your overall impression of the accommodation? The accomidation was perfect for us, absolutely beautiful and in a perfect location to the sites we wished to see. The road to the accomodation did have a very steep bumpy corner that we were not able to navigate without scraping the underside of our car but it was worth it to get to the view we enjoyed from the villa.
Did you have any unpleasant surprises? I did know from the reviews of this accomodation that the drive was steep, one person noted that it took him two tries to get up the road, but I thought how hard could it be? Well with 5 people and all our luggage we didn't make it up our first try and had to unload and make another run at it! The trip up the road became a daily challenge and kind of fun, we were good at it by the end of the week. I would recommend a vehicle with higher clearance than we had which was an alfa romeo station wagon.
Do you have any other comments? Thank you so very much, this was a perfect holiday. We will keep fond memories of our time in Tuscany. We loved Cornino!
Laura Hoyt
United States of America
September 2009
Fernando
Review date:
Stay: May 2009
Olivo
What were the highlights of your holiday? Mornings and sunsets, beautifull area.
what was your overall impression of the accommodation? Great accomodation.
Did you have any unpleasant surprises? Please change the sofas, they are ugly don't match the ambiance of the villa and have dust (bad for allergies). I believe that if the sofas are changed and the beds have better quality matresses, Olivo would not have any faults at alll, as a matter of fact it would be an incredible place to stay and I would return any time.
Do you have any other comments? I believe that it is a very special place, just have to make a few adjustments. We had an incredible time and part of it was because of the setting and your fascilities. Thanks, Fernando Bobonis Roig
Fernando Bobonis
Puorto-Rico
May 2009
Comments about the furniture have been sent to the owners. Dympna
What were the highlights of your holiday? Mornings and sunsets, beautifull area.
what was your overall impression of the accommodation? Great accomodation.
Did you have any unpleasant surprises? Please change the sofas, they are ugly don't match the ambiance of the villa and have dust (bad for allergies). I believe that if the sofas are changed and the beds have better quality matresses, Olivo would not have any faults at alll, as a matter of fact it would be an incredible place to stay and I would return any time.
Do you have any other comments? I believe that it is a very special place, just have to make a few adjustments. We had an incredible time and part of it was because of the setting and your fascilities. Thanks, Fernando Bobonis Roig
Fernando Bobonis
Puorto-Rico
May 2009
Comments about the furniture have been sent to the owners. Dympna
Linda - I got back from Italy over the weekend, and just wanted to let you know that our stay at Cornino - Lago was outstanding. It was a great recommendation on your part and I thank you for it. The views were to die for, and the villa was extremely well located in terms of access to all the major site-seeing attractions in the area. I would recommend it to anyone.
Thanks again.
Kind regards
John (Accommodation: Lago)
Thanks again.
Kind regards
John (Accommodation: Lago)
Hi,
We have just returned from 2 weeks at the Lago apartment, Cornino, Castellina in Chianti. (21/07 – 04/08/2007)
We have had really good holiday in a very comfortable apartment with lovely views over Tuscany’s countryside.
This is the first time we have used your company and have been very impressed with the accommodation and the service we have received from yourselves.
I have attached a photo that I took from the terrace of our apartment which just about sums up the beauty of the area. [photo added to gallery]
Thanks once again
Gordon and Rose
We have just returned from 2 weeks at the Lago apartment, Cornino, Castellina in Chianti. (21/07 – 04/08/2007)
We have had really good holiday in a very comfortable apartment with lovely views over Tuscany’s countryside.
This is the first time we have used your company and have been very impressed with the accommodation and the service we have received from yourselves.
I have attached a photo that I took from the terrace of our apartment which just about sums up the beauty of the area. [photo added to gallery]
Thanks once again
Gordon and Rose
Hi Dympna,
For some reason I can't type the answers under your questions, but I
would like to answer them anyway.
This is the first time that we have used your service and we have been
very impressed, with no complaints at all.
With regards to the accommodation, it was excellent, very clean and
tidy, the pool was very much used in the heat. We were well looked
after by the owners representative and once again no compaints.
We enjoyed visits to Florence, Siena and all the surrounding towns and
villages. We think the best part of the holiday was being able to enjoy
the local food and wine in such a lovely setting.
Once again thanks
Gordon and Rose (Accommodation: Lago)
For some reason I can't type the answers under your questions, but I
would like to answer them anyway.
This is the first time that we have used your service and we have been
very impressed, with no complaints at all.
With regards to the accommodation, it was excellent, very clean and
tidy, the pool was very much used in the heat. We were well looked
after by the owners representative and once again no compaints.
We enjoyed visits to Florence, Siena and all the surrounding towns and
villages. We think the best part of the holiday was being able to enjoy
the local food and wine in such a lovely setting.
Once again thanks
Gordon and Rose (Accommodation: Lago)
I had been here before and the accommodation was exactly as I remembered and therefore exactly what I wanted.
As always - sitting on the Verandah, night and morning watching the sun rise or set over the rolling hills of Chianti. The general level of noise - the country is so quiet and peacefull. The lack of pressure to be anywhere in particular to meet a deadline. Quietly exploring the local villages and of course the italian food and wine!!
David Folker (Accommodation: Lago)
As always - sitting on the Verandah, night and morning watching the sun rise or set over the rolling hills of Chianti. The general level of noise - the country is so quiet and peacefull. The lack of pressure to be anywhere in particular to meet a deadline. Quietly exploring the local villages and of course the italian food and wine!!
David Folker (Accommodation: Lago)
Wonderful, and exactly like it was shown on your web page
The area is incredibly beautiful. The pool was a huge asset given how
hot it was, and as we had it practically to ourselves. There is a
wonderful bar/restaurant 2 minutes up the road which we loved and had a
couple of excellent dinners. Really nice guy called Andrea runs it,
spoke no English but still was very friendly and served delicious food
in a brilliant setting.
Gorgeous! Really beautiful. Sunsets were fabulous. Loved looking out
over the olive groves and vineyards. Exactly as Tuscany should be. Great
location for Florence, San Giminiano and Siena. Really loved it!
Many thanks again for everything. We hugely enjoyed the house in Tuscany
and had a fabulous time.
All the best
Jonathan
(Lago)
Very spacious accommodation (Lago) which was clean and well decorated. Also the
location was wonderful both in the sense of glorious views but also
convenient for most major sites.
Bridget Stokell
We fell in love with Cornino. The location and views are superb. To open the window in
the morning and look across the vineyards and olive groves basking in the
morning sun was great. On clear days San Gimingano stood on in the
distance. Inside, the property was very well finished. Very good furniture
and everything you needed for cooking etc. We would recommend it to anyone.
One word of caution - the drive up the hill round the sharp bends is quite
an experience! My first two attempts failed then I got the hang of it -
just. The garden and swimming pool were excellent.
Thanks again for your help and hopefully we will use your services again
some time in the future.
Best regards
Alan Young
the morning and look across the vineyards and olive groves basking in the
morning sun was great. On clear days San Gimingano stood on in the
distance. Inside, the property was very well finished. Very good furniture
and everything you needed for cooking etc. We would recommend it to anyone.
One word of caution - the drive up the hill round the sharp bends is quite
an experience! My first two attempts failed then I got the hang of it -
just. The garden and swimming pool were excellent.
Thanks again for your help and hopefully we will use your services again
some time in the future.
Best regards
Alan Young
Olivo at Cornino
Location address: Castellina in Chianti - Siena
At what time should we arrive and depart?
Arrival time 16.00 if you arrive after 18.00 please telephone
Departure time 10.00 am
Can you help with travel arrangements?
For help on travel arrangements by car, by plane or by train select Reach Tuscany from the home page.
Are the prices per person or per apartment?
The price displayed are per apartment.
Are linen and towels provided or do I need to bring my own?
Yes linen and towels are provided and included in the price displayed, bring your own pool towel.
Is the central heating included in the price?
No, the central heating is charged on consumption when required.
Is there a swimming pool?
Yes, there is a kidney shaped 7 x 14 meters pool open from May to September.
Is there a telephone, fax, email connection available?
No, there are public phones in Castellina, where you can also buy phone cards. There is an Internet cafe nearby in Castellina
Are there local grocery stores?
Yes within 10 minutes drive, in Castellina.
How far are the airports?
Florence 45 minutes, Pisa 1 1/2 hours, Bologna 2 hours, Rome 3 hours.
When do I get road directions?
Directions are provided with your final confirmation, after full payment is received.
Where do I find the directions?
The directions can be found as a link on your final confirmation email. They can also be accessed by logging into your booking details using your useremail and password.
Arrival time 16.00 if you arrive after 18.00 please telephone
Departure time 10.00 am
Can you help with travel arrangements?
For help on travel arrangements by car, by plane or by train select Reach Tuscany from the home page.
Are the prices per person or per apartment?
The price displayed are per apartment.
Are linen and towels provided or do I need to bring my own?
Yes linen and towels are provided and included in the price displayed, bring your own pool towel.
Is the central heating included in the price?
No, the central heating is charged on consumption when required.
Is there a swimming pool?
Yes, there is a kidney shaped 7 x 14 meters pool open from May to September.
Is there a telephone, fax, email connection available?
No, there are public phones in Castellina, where you can also buy phone cards. There is an Internet cafe nearby in Castellina
Are there local grocery stores?
Yes within 10 minutes drive, in Castellina.
How far are the airports?
Florence 45 minutes, Pisa 1 1/2 hours, Bologna 2 hours, Rome 3 hours.
When do I get road directions?
Directions are provided with your final confirmation, after full payment is received.
Where do I find the directions?
The directions can be found as a link on your final confirmation email. They can also be accessed by logging into your booking details using your useremail and password.
Our guests rated Olivo
8.3
Based on
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client villa reviews
We post all reviews as they were submitted (both positive and negative)
Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at Olivo .
We post all reviews as they were submitted (both positive and negative)
Guest reviews are written by our customers after their stay at Olivo .
In House Details
- The size of the apartment is 83 sqm
- bedrooms 2
- bathrooms 2
- Sofabed double
In House: Facilities
- Private garden
- Furnished terrace
- TV Sat
- NO ANIMALS ALLOWED
- Oven
- CD player
- Hairdryer
- Internet WI-FI Inhouse
- Dishwasher
- Stove top espresso machine
- Kettle
- American coffee machine
Onsite: Facilities and Local Services
- Swimming pool - 7 x 14 mtrs and 0.7 to 1.3 mtrs deep, open from May to September (weather permitting)
- Leisure - Fishing, walking, biking, wine tasting
- Cook on request - available on request
- House Maid - available on request
- Tennis - 10minutes drive away in Castellina
- Barbecue Onsite - stone bbq available for comunal use
- Washing Machine Onsite - communal washing machine - available for use by guests only on Thursdays
- Distances - Siena 16mi, Florence 28mi, San Gimignano 19mi, Pisa 63mi, Rome 156mi
- Approach road - 2km good unpaved road - last 1km steep and bumpy
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London, United Kingdom
16.06.2013
16.06.2013
Family with young children
"The villa was absolutely beautiful - full of character and yet had most things we needed. Spacious rooms, lovely gardens and the pool was very clean. Carlo, the owner, couldn't ... "
client comment
hemel hampstead, United Kingdom
16.06.2013
16.06.2013
Adult family group
"The location was beautiful. The house was very well equipped, especially the kitchen. With a good barbecue area and clean pool.
We had a fabulous time although the weather ... "
press comment
I like To Tuscany, partly because it has a tremendous range of villas, and partly because (unlike many companies) it has an excellent website that provides what you really want when choosing a villa.
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BBC - Security Correspondent
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