I stayed at the palazzo for the whole month of May and it was a truly wonderful experience. Andrea, Maurizio and Tina are thoughtful and helpful hosts who have created stylish, well-equipped, clean and characterful apartments with breath-taking views. They also provide lots of local information on things to do and places to go. I had different friends come to stay with me during the month and we loved how quiet and undiscovered the area appears to be - we were often the only people visiting a hiking spot, church, rock carving and the like, though I'm sure it is much busier in the summer. We loved picking the fresh herbs for our supper that are planted along the lawn, and sitting on the communal terrace in the evening listening to the cuckoos call to each other across the valley. (So, this is why there are no cuckoos in England - they've all stopped off in Solto Collina, and who can blame them?) Everyone in the village is very friendly and willing to exchange their twenty words of high school English with my twenty words of tourist Italian, helped out with mime and hand signals, and the village is well-provided for with a bank, supermarket, bakery, petrol station, pharmacy and post office, all within easy walking distance. This is a truly magical and special place and Andrea, Maurizio and Tina are exceptional hosts. I can't recommend them highly enough.