Reviews from Il Ragoncino

Lajatico as a holiday destination

Lajatico as a holiday destination

We had a great view. The apartment was spacious and the place was well kept and clean. Nice pool and pool-area. A friendly host. If you want to stay with a amazing view - then you will find it here. And as a bonus there is a small distance to Volterra!

I already knew this place was the right one, when I saw it online, if you want to visit a lot of places in Tuscany. There was so calm and quiet and cosy for our company of 6 people. We also met others from Hungary, who we hung out with. We are so satisfied with our choice, and recommend it to other people. Then there was Sebastian, who took care of the place and who is good at speaking English, we even got tips from him, regarding excursions and much more. Our apartment at the place was the biggest, and the bedroom in the dovecote had a lovely view.

We were well satisfied with out stay again. The weather was great. The view amazing. After Viktoria stopped, there has been new hosts every year. It is a shame.

Il Ragoncino is s a really lovely, small holiday place with a fantastic location in the middle of some of the most wonderful towns in Tuscany - Siena, Pisa, Volterra and San Gimignano lies within a short drive and Lajatico is only 5 km from the holiday apartment - here we found Italy's best pizza and ice cream. The town is also beautifully located.

The holiday place itself lies wonderfully atop a hill with a lovely view. The pool area is small but good - my 6 year-old daughter, however, would've liked a bit lower end of the pool, so she could reach the bottom (the lowest end was about 100cm).

The apartment we lived in lied in a small annex and was fine, but a bit small for 4 people. We didn't have an air condition, but there were nets in front of the windows so we could sleep with them open at night and not have to worry about insects getting in, so it was actually totally fine.

The kitchen was a bit too simple, the fridge didn't work optimally and had some trouble keeping food and such cold enough, which isn't very appropriate, when the nearest place to shop was location in Lajatico. There was also lacking proper closets for containing groceries in.

There was a staff member at the place a couple of hours every morning, and he was really sweet and helpful.

We weren't to the beach but other guests had been, and told us that there were a lot of good beaches within a short drive (under 1 hour).

We had a really lovely vacation at Il Ragnoncino, so I can definitely recommend the place, if you don't mind it being a bit too simple, because the location is fantastic.

Recommendations for future guests

The pizzeria in Lajatic probably serves the best pizza in Italy. The place is called Pizzeria L' Abbuffino and looks small from the outside, but they have a lovely garden, where there is also a fine playground in the shadow, where the kids can play and enjoy themselves. Close by there is a small ice cream parlour where we got the best service and delicious ice cream, which we could enjoy in the small square, which was really enjoyable.

The town is the hometown of Andrea Bocelli and he was actually in town while we were there and other guests at Il Ragoncina spottet him one night.

Sam Gimignano is really a super lovely town which lies close by, and it is a must to visit.

The town of Vinci is also relatively close by and is Leonardo da Vinci's town of birth, and we were also visited the museum in town, which was also interesting and educational for our 9 year old son (we do wish there were more English translations, though) and then we got a wonderful lasagna at a small cafe in the town.