Borgo Santo Pietro

This is my review for Borgo Santo Pietro | Tuscany Overall Score: 3.5/5 Clean Rating: 5/5 Other Hotel Amenities: 3/5 This is a luxury boutique resport located in the most beautiful tuscany region. The staff is very friendly and helpful. The place felt very clean and welcoming (except for that wooden toilet lid… I don’t trust it). But it very very clean despite having a comfy rustic feel with candles burning everywhere. It was very farm to table which is very appealing now a days. The food that you eat was picked fresh in the morning from their own extensive garden. There’s lots of ammenities that the hotel offers such as cooking classes, rent a fiat and scooters, veggie picking in the morning, and a spa among other things. We did two cooking classes and I feel like it was a MUST. We had so much fun. We learned more about italian culture and we could eat what we made (and even had leftovers!) We rented the fiat and scooters to explore the nearby towns and had a blast! Felt very Letters to Juliet of us. The veggie picking in the morning with the staff was a highlight. We got to get our hands dirty and pick items that would be used that very day in the restaurants. We also took a free tour of the grounds and saw live animals and mingle with the staff. The spa was only decent in my opinion. I have paid a lot less and enjoyed it a lot better than here. And I am not obsessed with all the natural creams… they weren’t life healing to me. All in all it was a great trip but here is where I throw in a few cons to consider. You are stuck there. We rented the fiat to tour the nearby towns but honesty nothing is there. You are forced to eat at the restaurants. Which is fine and dandy but also very expensive. Also to do cooking classes or rent the scooters and fiat it is very expensive. Which ok I get it…. It’s a luxury hotel. But basically I realized I was too poor to be there. I’m middle class and a housekeeper so i am obviously not making Lisa Vanderpump kind of money. Kids are allowed at this hotel which normally I’m ok with. But the nannys that watch them (not sure if from the hotel or not) are obnoxious and loud. I think in general if I am paying Daddy Warbucks kind of money to stay some place I want to relax. I’m not on a Disney Cruise. But that’s just my opinion. I love kids I promise. Anyway did I enjoy myself? Yes. But would I go back? No. But then again what do I know? I’m just a housekeeper.

How could one explain this hotel... it's a fairy tale-like setting! Rafaela, the cooking instructor and Noosheen really made our stay extra magical. The cooking class is a must and so is the flower workshop. Quite the definition of slow living and reconnecting in the middle of nowhere of beautiful Tuscany.