Cortona Area Casa Portagioia Bed and Breakfast Plus

Casa Portagioia - You want THE best place to stay? This is it! One of my best friends (America) & I (Australia) met up in Italy for our 'holiday every 3 years adventure'. After I had spent 3 weeks around the south of Italy, we met up in Milan and hired a car to drive around through the north - Lake Como/Bellagio, Venice, Tuscanny and Rome. Exquisite manicured gardens is what you will first see on arrival to this delightful B&B. The rooms were THE best (having travelled extensively throughout Italy staying in a mix of Hotels & other B&B's) - Spotlessly squeeky clean throughout, not even a speck of dust in the corner behind the dresser cabinet! Rooms are spacious enough, all windows have fly/bug screens, a/c, comfortable furniture settings, you'll never have a better nights sleep than on these orthopaedic beds under the crisp clean bed linen. The whole area including other guests are quiet, peaceful & relaxing. The hosts Terry & Marcello were second to none. Both speak Italian & English, so there is absolutely no communication barrier. We only had breakfast on site - Marcello would make us great scrambled eggs, while Terry would pour us bottomless glasses of freshly squeezed OJ. They have a great variety of cereals, fruits, breads, pastries, yoghurts and condiments. There is no way you can go hungry. Every suggestion of activity or restaurant was spot on. The advice or information you receive is honest and practical. Even weeks before we arrived, they offered their services ie. to pre-book tickets to some of the Florence galleries. Terry went out of his way one morning to book us in last minute to a wine tasting at Montelcino, and also printed maps from the internet for an itinerary of our day trip driving to San Gimignano, Sienna to Montelcino. They both have an extensive knowledge of the surrounding areas. Anything you want can and will be done. One thing to note, leave your stress and bad attitude at home, but be sure to pack a few jokes & your happy hat and prepare for some side splitting laughter - these guys are not only warm, caring and diligent to your every need, they have fantastic witty sense of humours. I would go back through the Door of Joy each and every time I visit Italy, without hesitation.