Il Casale di Riardo Luxury B&B

Third time staying, stunning location in Southern Italy. Well maintained property and staff is always very attentive. Can’t wait for the fourth time!

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I loved the gardens, the setting is beautiful. The suite was large, comfortable and very clean. Rita was an excellent host.

Staff took care of all our needs. They even did our laundry as we are walking the Francigena. Restaurant was only open for lunch on Sunday. But it was superb. For dinner they sent us to the Bistrot in town a few 100 meters away. And it was so good that we visited twice. Overall one of the best places we’ve stayed on the via francigena.

Visited Relative in Riardo. The property was beautiful and clean. Staff was friendly and always available if we needed anything. Looking forward to a return visit.

Could order what we wanted for breakfast and Rita was a real "treasure". She was always discret and our room was always serviced when we were out. She & Abraham were so helpful really made us comfortable and welcomed.

Firstly, internet was awful. It's difficult to understand how, with today's technology, internet service could be as slow & inconsistent as what we experienced over our 4 day stay. Secondly, our sole experience in the official dining room was equally disappointing. While the fact that only 3 rooms were being occupied during our stay could explain the rather limited menu, it does not explain why our food was served lukewarm. Our lukewarm steak arrived undercooked, not tender at all and was served without a steak knife (try cutting into a tough piece of undercooked meat with a dull knife). For the other nights we simply requested the availability of a microwave to reheat the take-out food that we could pick-up on our trip back to the hotel (something we'd done on our last trip here) but were told they couldn't do this time and that we'd have to ask the service person to do for us. Not wanting to keep an employee on stand-by, we decided to pick-up pizza. We felt our request wasn't abusive but given we were the only guests during our last 3 days, keeping an employee on stand-by did not make sense to us.

The location, surroundings, the property was very well maintained and comforting.

The food served lacked in temperature controlled serving, in other words, was not hot.

The facility is lovely inside and out. Interesting history and well maintained with nice views of the castle. Perfect for any kind of event. The owner was very nice. The staff member, Abraham, was very kind and helpful.

As nice as the place is, I do not think it is being run well as a B&B. Other than Abraham, there was really no staff. In addition, the breakfast was not great. The towels were quite stiff and actually abrasive. The swimming pool had no grab rail so my wife could not even use it. There were no hooks to hold the shutters open, so they would slam shut in any breeze.

The property itself for a B&B is good, it's clean and central. The staff that looked after us (Rita, Ibrahim and Giovanni) were fantastic and made our stay warm and welcoming. If it were not for them, the stay would have been very disappointing.

The word "Luxury" in the B&B probably applies to the fact that there is a pool which can be used. However, we were more than once asked to vacate the pool area and not use it due to events. This is very annoying as there is not much else one can undertake in Riardo. The Management of the event never once came to us and explained the situation, but sent the staff to tell us to leave within 10 minutes. This was a very negative side to our stay.

Beautiful bed and breakfast with stunning landscape! everyone was extremely helpful and went out of their way to bridge the language gap (English/Italian)