Describing our stay at Guilio's house is a difficult task to put in words!!! This should be understood in the most positive way imaginable :-) we honestly did not even want to write this review so that we keep this "secret" top spot only to us :) now all jokes aside the place is everything a family/group of friends/5couples can ask for. The scenery surrounding the house is absolutely picturesque, having the little hills with pope's summer residence (castelo gandolfo) some 15 minutes away and having a perfectly kept golf course nature right behind the estate's fence...combined with the vineyards of the neighboring estates ...its like a movie scene.
The house is as beautifully equipped as the pictures hint and the pool area just makes its perfection reach another level!!! I really enjoyed the moment when i put the address into the gps after renting a car at the airport and the estimated duration of the journey was ... 3 minutes :)) simply perfect. Despite the proximity one can almost not hear the planes and it has no effect on the relaxing atmosphere. If it wasn't for Rome, we would have probably never left the house, thats how much of a good time you can have. Rome downtown is approximately 20-30 mins driving away, a supermarket, restaurants, tennis courts are all within 15 mins away. To top all of this off, the antinori family owns a small vineyard/restaurant right on the other side of the road leading to this beautiful place where we also spent one excellent evening.
Last but not least, we would all like to thank Giulio and his brother Giuseppe for their hospitality. These guys truly treated us as friends and describing them as hosts would be an insult. Guilio was available basically non stop giving us hints, helping out and always being extra nice! ... Even cooking!!! We had the best Italian food of our lives prepared by the chef (grazie Noche) specially for us at our house, after we got back from Rome. There is nothing better than to come back "home" jump into the pool, change clothes and sit down behind the table to be served the super delicious homemade 4 course dinner at a great price. Roche the chef was amazing and she even helped us cut the cake and told us several background infos on the Italian cooking. We were very sad to leave the place after four lovely days and its not a question of whether we are coming back, its just a matter of when. Guilio, our friend, thanks again for everything and looking forward to our next trip! Hope to see you before in Bratislava! Best of luck, Petra&Peter