Tenuta Monte la Guardia

We had an excellent stay here! The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating, the suite was rustic yet modern with a beautiful view, and the restaurant served delicious locally-sourced dishes paired with excellent regional wine. Getting to the Agriturismo involves some tricky driving as the owners themselves will describe in their welcome email. If we did it, though, so can you - and the drive will be worth your while!

We were the only guests at the time, a family of 4 with 2 children aged 10 and 12. It's a working farm and there are many animals roaming around the property. Especially the pigs and piglets were great fun. The host prepared a great dinner and breakfast. This alone is worth the stay. It really is a very charming place and very quiet. We stayed here en-route from the airport in Rome to Umbria. At this time of the year it seemed well of the beaten track. It was easy to find with the helpful directions given to us via email by the owners.

This location was a little bit secluded, we realized that. We picked it, however, because we wanted to visit the necropoli of cerveteri (only 20 minutes away) & because we liked the rustic environment... once you get there (over admittedly a bit of rugged road; don't go by sportscar ;) ) we were immediately greeted by wild rabbits, some goats, hogs & pigs, etc... absolutely fantastic! We were greeted by the hostess who helped us with everything & brought us to our room (for which we got a free upgrade!), which was tidy, had a huge balcony & a kitchenette. Very rustic style. The most wonderful thing was: we asked if we could join for dinner, which we could. Once there, the hostess & host cooked for us together with their family. Everything was home made & absolutely fan-tas-tic. This was easily the best meal we've had in Italy during a three week round trip (& we've dined in a few very highly acclaimed restaurants). On top of that, the host was very well-spoken, extremely friendly and I really want to stress that the food was just fantastic. And very modestly priced! The food was that good, that we actually recommend going there just for dinner if you can. Other than that, the only thing that would've improved this location was a pool (although there might've been one, we forgot to ask). Lovely location, people, rooms & fairly priced.

We were the only guests at the time, a family of 4 with 2 children aged 10 and 12. Its a working farm and there are many animals roaming around the property. Especially the pigs and piglets were great fun. The host prepared a great dinner and breakfast. This alone is worth the stay. It really is a very charming place and very quiet. We stayed here en-route from the airport in Rome to Umbria. At this time of the year it seemed well of the beaten track. It was easy to find with the helpful directions given to us via email by the owners.