Bucine Belvedere

We loved our stay at Bucine resort! A beautiful setting with lovely accommodations, including fantastic meals and warm and welcoming staff. Our immediate family rented one villa and our extended family had another, allowing us to be on the same property with our own space. The location is central allowing for daily trips to the magical villages within Tuscany. We will miss this place! Thank you for a lovely time!

My family and I really enjoyed our stay at the Bucine resort. We actually stayed at the Limonaia rooms. The resort is surrounded by an abundance of nature and beauty. The beds were comfortable and the units were very clean. We had a full breakfast every morning before heading out on our adventures. The pool is very large and inviting. I would stay there again and highly recommend the establishment. We met some very nice fellow travelers there as well.

This is our second time staying here, and we loved it, can’t wait to return.  We were greeted warmly, and they helped us with reservations at a winery and dinner, and were always available to help. The rooms were comfortable, quiet and clean. 

Bucine...Lupinar, the estate, is FANTASTIC in pretty much every way.  The villas are first class; the grounds are expansive, user friendly, and diverse; the food is unmatched; and the proximity for day trips is excellent.  The staff is professional, informed and friendly...this was the best week of our 8-week tour through Italy. Great for any family or combination of people on holiday. 

The villa in Tuscany worked out really well.  With 4 daughters, 2 older and 2 toddlers the larger accommodations were perfect. We really enjoyed exploring the Tuscan region.  Each day was a new adventure as we drove our Ford van here and there seeing the sights.  We originally thought that we would relax and spend more time at the villa but ended up putting over 500 miles on the van that week alone. No problems, but did lose our security deposit when my wife and daughter decided to blow-up the cooktop. Long story, quite funny really. Loved the location and surrounding area.  May have been a little too remote for us. But having the car really helped. Most of the local restaurants were good and had friendly service.  Each little town seemed to have its own specialties and it was fun to explore each to see the differences.  We visited, Aretzo, Siena, San Giminagno, Mont Riggioni, the Chianti region, Montevarchi, and several others.  (town names spelled to best of my memory) Tips:  Recommend using a GPS unit when driving the area.  Usually very accurate but at times put us into some strange situations that all turned out to be fun and exciting.  Tip 2 don't cook on top of the glass cover of the range, that's not what it is there for. Thank you for all your help.  We will not hesitate to recommend you to others.

I must say that I feel that I know you personally. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you so much for helping Jennifer prepare such an amazing and memorable trip. All the arrangements were perfect. The Castello di Lupinari was the perfect setting for my family. I must tell you that the owners of this property are some of the loveliest people we have ever met. We all would go back in a heartbeat.

We returned from Italy late Saturday night. I must tell you -- Borgo Bucine was spectacular. Your directions were terrific and the family was lovely. I got especially friendly with Antonella. My daughter fell in love with their dogs. So, thanks for hand picking a lovely villa for us. We had a wonderful and relaxing trip. Tuscany is a very special place. The Italian people--even more special. It can get unbearably hot in the summer. We may have hit an unusually hot spell, but it did put a damper on our enjoyment. We had several days of 95-100 degree weather. Brutal. If people have a choice, they should choose May or October. There were soooooo many tourists, it was crazy. When I travel, I like to spend time with the people who live in the area. Not people like me! Anyway, Antonella suggested three "tourist free" places for us that I loved. Thanks for great tips. Oh, we ate in a place that you recommended. I don’t have the name right now but it was about a block away from the Piazza della Signoria. Wonderful food. NO TOURISTS!! Grazie

We just wanted you to know that we had a totally fabulous time at Borgo Bucine last week. We also were fortunate to have lovely weather, and thoroughly enjoyed our daytrips to Pisa, Siena, Montepulciano, and Arrezzo. We also visited one of the local wineries, Poggio Molina (website is www.poggiomolina.it) whom the owners recommended. This was one of the highlights of our trip.... the vineyards are gorgeous and the wine cellar and tasting room was beautiful. It; s run by a local family, and they even sent us back with a gift of wine for recommending them (we bought two cases of red and one of white) .... everything else was perfect. Thanks again for all of your help and advice and I would love to return to Italy again soon. Thank you