Borgo Il Melone

This property was the finest of the 6-7 we stayed in in Tuscany. Staff was exceptionally helpful and friendly with directions, laundry, restaurant reservations, etc. Room was wonderful, breakfast was very good. Location was superb with magnificent views of old Cortona. Pool was the most beautiful I have seen in Italy. This is a treasure.

Nice hotel if you have a car and plan day trips. The breakfast is Ok, rooms nice. The WiFi doesn't work in the rooms, just in common areas.

Very nice. Lovely facilities for summer visits

Lovely all around. You must drive to Cortona, but otherwise we would highly recommend this hotel to any traveller.

Had a great 3 days here! Close enough to get to Cortona & Montepulciano. The staff was awesome and the estate was beautiful! Only issue we had were the beds- too hard. Would also prefer a better breakfast. Besides that, I would come back again. LOVE the place!

Lovely hotel in immaculate surroundings. Pity we could not stay more than one night. Staff very friendly. Only minus that we noticed was that signage for this hotel needs to be bigger and placed in obvious locations for drivers.

This is an estate residence with absolutely gorgeous gardens, a wonderful pool, restaurant, tavern, and both rooms and apartments. It has its own church and performance space where we heard the Oberlin Opera performace student group give opera vignettes. The food is world-class and the service excellent. That being said, it sits at the foot of the mountain on which Cortona commands the valley and at the edge of Camuchia, which is the arrival town for trains. We rented a car for two of our five day stay which gave us flexibility without having to shell out euros for taxis every time we wanted to do something. The wine tours are worth it and Cortona is a wonderful destination place and is convenient to Assisi, Perugia, Montepulchiano, and several other small, charming, hill towns. The wine and cheese is to die for including what you get at the local market. Be prepared to spend if you want to see the country-side, but it was worth it. The Borgo arranged everything for us and it was all good. If you want a country estate experience, you cannot do better.

Our Honeymoon stay was wonderful in every way. The location, Staff, and the view from our large Tuscan room. II Melone set up a special Dinner for us the frist night we arrived. The staff was great in helping us get to the different towns. The staff set up appointmets with the Wineries. We had a very special vist at one Winery that was out of this world...They sent us to a great Restaurant and a wonderful town called "Peniza"...We wish we were back there and vist all the towns and stay at Borgo II Melone...

My wife and I, ages 31, had a wonderful experience at Il Melone and would have no problems going back if only we didn't want to experience other parts of Tuscany, but it's location makes it very convenient for daily trips around the countryside. Other than taking a 5 min detour to find the actual address, we had no complaints from Alexandro who welcomed us, to the daily breakfast, our rooms we're always spot clean (usually while at breakfast), the pool was perfect & the location to Montepulciano, Pienza and of course Cortona made it the perfect spot. I would recommend this hotel to anyone looking to get away in Tuscany for a couple days, it's vicinity to the local vineyards, Siena and Florence are not too far off for the art connoisseurs & the food and hospitality in the region are unbeatable.

This hotel had all of the romance of visiting the villa of wealthy Italian friends. The rooms are large by european standards and the bathrooms are immaculate and well appointed. The staff was very helpful and a delight to talk to (Hi, Gloria!). The breakfast was meats, cheeses, fresh breads, cereals, yogarts, fruits, and made to order coffees or tea served in a small tavern setting. The restaurant is for special nights and is a dress up affair if you get my meaning. We stayed for a week and used the hotel as a base to visit Florence, Assisi, Montepulciano, Pienza, the Greve in Chianti wine festival, and Voltera. All the day trips were adventurous 1-2 hrs road races Italian style each way through beautiful countrysides.The hotel was a welcome home to return to and Cortona (a 5 minute drive) would be our usual dinner destination (Dolce Maria and Fulfans are wonderful). Cortona was by itself a joy, as well.