This villa is exquisite!! Located just 11 miles from Pisa in a small village where Puccini wrote his aria's, the light in the lake shimmers like diamonds, and the hosts - Luca and Lisa - are attentive, generous and kind. This villa is very comfortable with two separate and spacious apartments (upstairs/downstairs). This visit I stayed upstairs. It can sleep up to 9 people. It's a perfect place to come upon first arriving in Italy to acclimate to the time difference. You'll find the friendliest people, great food and beautiful sites all around. You will not be disappointed!!

My husband and I rented the villa for a family vacation from June 25 to July 8. There were 6 adults, 2 teenaged granddaughters and 2 young grandsons. The villa is perfectly located for sightseeing day trips or enjoying the ocean. The above ground pool was used daily by the children. It was shallow enough that our 5 year old grandson could walk around in it. The grounds are very spacious with flowers and fruit trees. The children could run around the yard safely. A big drawback to the outdoors, though are the voracious mosquitos! It was lovely sitting outdoors at the very long table, but you need bug spray or clothes with insect repellent impregnated in them or you get attacked by the mosquitos! The villa has two floors as separate apartments. We rented both floors, which worked out perfectly. Unfortunately, there is no sitting (living) room. There is a dining room table on the first floor which some of us could sit around, but not very comfortably. There was a rather shabby small couch in that room too, which needs to be gotten rid of soon. Originally, one of the downstairs bedrooms was probably a living room. Torre Del Lago is a wonderful small town. It's a place where Italians go to vacation we heard. It is close to small medieval villages and the big city, Florence. Having a train station nearby was very helpful and fun! Luca advised us to visit Montecarlo, a quaint village, which we did, and loved it. Luca and Lisa are very friendly and helpful. Luca even brought us fresh vegetables from their garden! If we have the opportunity, we'll definitely return to this charming villa!

Very beautiful and convenient location. Typical Toscania house with well kept garden. Spectacular hosts: graze mille Luca!

We had a great 3 days in Casa Butterfly. It was clean and comfortable - old-fashioned with high ceilings and shuttered windows. Luca was a perfect host. We ate in two restaurants, both within a few minutes walk - Casa de Ana (we recommend the mixed starters) which was quirky but great fun - fully booked on Saturday night with local families, and twice in Diesis - great pizzas and wonderful seafood. The location is perfect - we had a day on the local beach (Stella Nord, it's been run by the same family for 100 years) only a few minutes drive away and a day in Pisa - 30 minutes away with easy parking. In Torre del Lago the Puccini museum is well worth a visit even if you're not an opera fan, and the hour-long boat trip on the lake was beautiful. Would thoroughly recommend.