Villa Santa Barbara

The property was beautiful, but in a very, very small village, so nothing to do here except a country road walk. The town of Trevi was a very close drive and a much nicer town than the super touristy ones nearby like Spello. I guess my big disappointment was that the hotel was almost empty. I was only staying one night and I asked for an upgrade to a room with a view towards the pool. The price they quoted me was significantly more expensive. Since the hotel was almost empty (I only saw one adult family my entire stay) and the cost to clean the upgraded room would be the same as my room, I didn’t understand why they didn’t just automatically upgrade me. I could see if it was a busy hotel or a busy night. The extra cost to them would have been zero but my memory and my feelings about the place would have been much, much higher. No, it’s just an OK memory instead of an exceptional one.

This beautiful property set in the Umbrian countryside is the ideal base for exploring the gorgeous hill towns of Umbria. The rooms are large and elegant with balconies overlooking the pool and gardens with beautiful trees in the foreground and villages and churches beyond. The restaurant serves marvelous food and has a great wine list. We had four superb days here and highly recommend it to everyone.

I was very excited about staying at this hotel having read the reviews & seeing the photos but you never really know what it’s going to be like until you get there. It is just as beautiful as the photos suggest and just as good as the reviews say. I had thought it was going to be a Villa surrounded by countryside, it is however in the pretty small village of San Luca, which does mean that not all bedrooms have an open view or aspect. Apart from that minor detail it really is stunning. And the swimming pool...utterly gorgeous, big, super clean, proper swimming pool. The food was delicious in the evenings, and staff excellent. We were delighted with our stay & hope to visit again.

This is an amazing property in a beautiful setting. So many kinds of plants and trees it feels like a private park. Our room was huge, as was the bath, with a very relaxing shower. Also a private patio overlooking the gardens. A special mention for Fabrizio who made dining each evening a wonderful journey. He recommended a Sagrantino wine that quickly made my top two wines of all time list. His dinner explanations made choosing easy. His service and expertise made an already fabulous stay even more special.