From the owner: Immerso nel verde delle colline della Val di Pierle, a due passi dall'antica città etrusca di…read moreCortona, in Toscana, l' agriturismo Rocca di Pierle è innanzitutto luogo ideale per poter ritrovare tranquillità e pace a contatto con i ritmi della natura. La posizione dell'agriturismo, a soli 17 Km. da Cortona e ad un'altitudine di 500 mt. s.l.m. Si affaccia su di una vallata incontaminata ed è baciato dal sole, dall'alba al tramonto.Gli appartamenti sono tre: "La Valle" (4 posti letto), "Il Monte" (4 posti letto) e "La Loggia" (2 posti letto). In alcuni appartamenti è possibile aggiungere letti singoli , e anche possibile affittare l'intera struttura. La vantaggiosa posizione dell'Agriturismo permette inoltre di raggiungere velocemente le principali città di interesse storico e culturale della Toscana e dell'Umbria e di compiere escursioni uniche attraverso i sentieri naturali

A wonderful place to visit for the entire family. The Berna's (owners) are incredible hosts who…read moreshare their slice of paradise with justifiable pride and warm Umbrian hospitality. Meet their friendly Alpaca's, shop some Alpaca products, enjoy some local appetizers or just take in the stunning views. Highly reccomeded !

Carpediem is a vacation Resort offered through RCI vacation rentals about 10 KM or 7 miles outside…read moreof the city gates of Assisi. The website has pictures of the recently remodeled unit listed. What a joke! Forget it if you think you are getting one of the remodeled units. The first thing the receptionist tells you is that RCI selected the unit and they can't change it. Okay well you walk up to the door and are greeted by massive spiders okay no problem. However, you enter the uncleaned apartment with the dirty walls filled with marks from the previous renters killing of the bugs and spiders on the walls literally. Shoe marks along with the spider webs and dirt marks. Then the smell hits you very musty and the bathroom is dirty. Yuck, So I look at the maintenance man Marco who takes us to the rental and tell him this is not clean and there are spiders in the apartment as well as everywhere out side and he shrugs his shoulders. So I go to the receptionist and tell her the place is not clean and full of spiders and she says in the typical Italian response "It's strange" yes everything is strange. Well there is another American couple there complaining about the place they arrived today also and she was so disappointed they wanted cleaning supplies and was told they needed to drive approximately 4 miles to the store. So I asked her how was her unit? She looked so disappointed as she told me musty, dirty, smelly and full of spiders and to think we gave up two weeks in Cabo for this dump. Shame on RCI you make way too much money to scam people and put them in such inferior units and then lie on your website about how nice and upscale the place is. Yes from the outside looking in. If you are one of the few who may land a new unit and forget complaining. Three American couples have come in here as I sit in the lobby typing this review and they were all told the same thing as me too bad RCI chose your unit I can do nothing. What a pity. Assisi is beautiful but the awful apartment takes completely away from the beauty. If you are thinking of renting a unit SAVE your points and your money. Stay in beautiful Florence or Rome or anywhere but here and take a day trip, you will be very happy you did. I give this place a 1 star because they don't have negative starts. Get it together RCI you make too much money off people renting and buying your properties to rip people off like this. Ridiculous.

I'd give it ten if I could. Our 2nd trip to quiet Il Fontanaro, near historic Paciano, Italy. A…read morefamily business which has honey, olive oil, wine and an amazing guest houses. Clean, classy, well appointed. You immediately feel both at home and on vacation. I can't stay long enough, wine tours, cooking classes, ancient towns, hand made Italian leather shoes! You know what - Don't go....leave it all for me MamaK and Glammom totally approve!

If I could give Fontanaro 10 or 10,000 stars, I would. It is a slice of paradise operated by two of…read morethe most wonderful women I've ever met and who have become friends for life. Located in Paciano, a small village in Umbria with a population of 1000, Fontanaro is an agriturismo which produces wine, olive oil (Silver medal winner in the world olive oil competition), honey and saffron. They also operate an organic cooking school and rent beautiful villas. We stayed in Frantoio, one of the two villas for rent on the Fontanaro farm property. The other villas are in very close proximity to Fontanaro and Paciano. Upon arriving, one is greeted with a gorgeous stone villa where the owners Lucia & Alina live, and the air is sweet with the many varieties of roses that blanket the property. Lucia and Alina go above and beyond in showing wonderful hospitality to their guests, and we left feeling like we were leaving family. They are so very kind, always keen to any needs their guests might have, and we spent hours talking with them and enjoying their perfect wine, along with the most delectable prosciutto and pecorino cheese with truffles I have ever had. All the food we ate while there was perfect, including homemade gnocchi and ravioli we made during our cooking class. It was also nice meeting other guests from different parts of the US and other countries. It is a very comfortable, homey setting. Our villa was rustic and beautifully decorated and stocked with all the basic food items we needed such as pasta, garlic, butter, olive oil, honey, wine, bread and eggs. We were welcome to pick food from their organic garden, so we enjoyed sauteed spinach, salads and the most sweetly satisfying strawberries I have ever had. The property includes a saltwater infinity pool and jacuzzi with beautiful views of Paciano and the valley, in addition to many hammocks and seating areas in which to enjoy the views of the countryside. I also highly recommend taking a tour of their olive mill and honey lab. They produce their olive oil on site in order to ensure their high standards of quality and taste. Very important to us, they use solar panels for power and collect rainwater in which to water their gardens and crops. A two hour drive from Rome, Fontanaro is very conveniently located for day trips to other cities in Umbria and Tuscany. We visited Montepulciano and Cortona while there - both medieval towns located on top of hills within a 40 minute drive (Cortona is where Under the Tuscan Sun was filmed). Alina is a master map drawer and had a plethora of shopping and dining suggestions for us wherever we went. She knows people everywhere, and upon entering any shop or restaurant, all we had to say was we were staying at Fontanaro or mention Lucia or Alina's name and receive a big smile and hugs of welcome in return. I could write for days about our experience here. It was the best vacation we've ever been on, and there is not one thing we did not enjoy. It was so perfect, we do not wish to go anywhere else... ever!