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Reviews of Villa Ambra

3 out of 5
Villa Ambra
Santalbino, Montepulciano, SI

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 61 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 39 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 8 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 110 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 110 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Richard, Lake Country

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ali

Excellent
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Erika

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sherry D

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff were amazing, very helpful and friendly. The meals were wonderful, highly recommend staying here, once in a life time location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Adrian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful Toscana
We had an extremely pleasant stay at Villa Ambra. It’s location just 4km outside of Montepulciano was ideal and allowed us to travel to the town and wander very easily. Breakfast was plentiful with local delicacies and both our room and the communal areas of the hotel were clean and comfortable. The swimming pool was excellent and, even at the height of summer, there were relatively few people using it at any one time. Above all, however, the staff were extremely friendly and accommodating, encouraging us to use Italian when we could, but also fully fluent in English as needed. We would definitely recommend this hotel for a wonderful stay in Tuscany.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

prince

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice and quiet property. Has its own bar and restaurant service. Need a car to negotiate move from the hotel. Only thing I didn't like for the price was the room size.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff and comfortable rooms. Lovely meals and a wide choice of excellent lical wines.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Awesome stay
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Villa Ambra for an experience of a lifetime
Absolutely fantastic. Very close to Montepulciano which is an amazingly well preserved Tuscan hill town with incredible art and architecture. The underground tour at Ercolano winery is an experience that will create lifelong memories. Viila Ambra itself has beautiful grounds and a very well-maintained pool. The 2 BR apartments are quite large with balconies running the length of the units and overlooking lush forested grounds. The restaurant on the grounds is fantastic -- we ate there 3 of the 5 night we spent there. The service is extremely friendly -- make you feel like family.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

charles, Scottsdale

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very good value clean.friendly food super Good place to regroup
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The owners of this hotel welcome you like family. The family style evening meals were fantastic and the hospitality was excellent. We loved our time here!
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

6/10 Okay

Dean

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Good base to explore from
Good for a budget stay just outside of Montepulciano if you have a car. It’s a bit out of the way if you don’t have own transport though. It wasn’t spotlessly clean but it was alright. Dinners in-house are rather expensive, however the breakfasts are fantastic! Good as a base to explore from but we didn’t want to spend too much time just hanging around the venue.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location. Comfortable. Friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful of Montepulciano. Nice room. Helpful staff. Wonderful 5 course dinner and wine.
Stayed 1 night in May 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

10/10 Excellent

Deidre

Amazing view of the beach.
Great room with an amazing beach view.
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2018

10/10 Excellent

ali, devon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely staff and authentic hotel
Really nice and relaxing place to stay. Great pool, wonderful wine and food.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2018

10/10 Excellent

Dino, Canada

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Clean and quiet hotel In the perfect location for much needed rest and relaxation. We ate dinner every night here as the food was fresh, made with local ingredients and delicious. The wine tour exceeded our expectations. We will gladly return in a heartbeat!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2018

10/10 Excellent

Karen, Vancouver, BC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place to stay.
We really enjoyed our two nights at this hotel. The staff/owners were very friendly and our room was very comfortable. We enjoyed their breakfast, dinners and wine. Even though the water was a little cold, my husband enjoyed swimming in the pool. Great location if you have rented a car. We drove to Montepulciano and had a great time exploring this little hilltop town.

8/10 Good

Kanyarat

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Value for money.
Good value for money. Nice location which is convenient to explore nearby cities. Good wifi. Ok breakfast. There should be a "do not disturb" sign in the room so I could hang it in front of my room. I didn't want the maid to knock the door in the morning and not want her to come in when I went out for breakfast. Instead I want her to come in the afternoon. And what she did was only making a bed and changing towels. She didn't clean anything.

8/10 Good

Mary Bond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very good value
We were only in the hotel overnight. As it was approaching the end of the season, there weren't many people there. The young man at the front desk who was a family member of the owner was extremely pleasant and helpful. It was a good value.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful location & wonderful hosts
The best thing about this hotel is its beautiful location and its hosts. But, note that it's only accessible by car, as it's located essentially along the highway. The hotel has a decent pool, and is located in a very nice region, surrounded by trees and calm, relaxing atmosphere. This is the type of hotel where you can spend 1-2 days just relaxing by the pool, sitting outside reading a book and interacting with its wonderful and welcoming hosts. If you do stay here for a few nights, its location means that you can visit multiple towns and regions by car over several days. Montepulciano is to the north and a must visit. Montalcino is to the west, and about 45 mins drive. To the south, one can visit Orvieto and Civita and there is also a scenic drive loop one can do, which would take about 2 hours total, but is absolutely worth it. Cortona is to the northeast, about 1 hr drive. Another option is to visit Fosso Bianco, which is a place with natural warm pool waters, in the middle of a forest; it's about a 40 mins drive from the hotel, to the southwest. The hotel has a restaurant with market prices and great food. The rooms, however, are only average. They are basic, with somewhat old furniture and basic bed mattresses. The bathroom is clean, with all the amenities and the shower is standard Euro style size. Our room had a pretty large balcony, but no AC. The balcony doors seemed to be somewhat broken, and couldn't be fully closed.

10/10 Excellent

shelley, london

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A great find. Good facilities and excellent hosts
We stayed here just one night whilst touring Tuscany. A lovely location convenient for local towns and routes and a few kilometres from Montepulciano. Dinner excellent with good local foods and their own family produced wines. Try th 'Nobile Di Montepulciano ' they produce, it's excellent. Overall a lovely place to stay. The standard rooms are a little basic but overall an excellent hotel with a nice pool.

10/10 Excellent

elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great for a Tuscan getaway
This is a lovely place, just outside of Montepulciano. Easy to reach by car and the parking is free. The hosts are cheerful, helpful, and lovely. The rooms are spacious. The location is very quite and peaceful but in a convenient location to tour Tuscany.

6/10 Okay

Martin, Haifa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Subpar budget hotel
The hotel appears to be really nice, but as we came at night we couldn't really see much of the view. The staff was very helpful and serviceminded, but spoke very littel English. The room itself left quite a lot to wish for. First, there were no power sockets at all in the room. In order to access one, you had to drag the desk away and disconnect either the fridge or the TV! There was one in the bathroom, but hey, why place the ONLY one there??? The beds were OK and the TV as well. Only Italian channels though and no BBC news or CNN. Our room was also right next to the elevator and the stairwell and this made it very noisy. The noise lasted until midnight and started again at 6am which made sleeping hard. Earplugs is most recommended as the walls are paperthin. The hotel was within driving distance to Montepulciano which was nice.

10/10 Excellent

John, Birmingham

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A lovely family-run hotel
This is a lovely, family-run hotel which is located in a particularly interesting part of Tuscany with many wonderful places to visit in the vicinity. The hotel is very well run by the family and the atmosphere is exceptionally friendly and personal. All in all, it provides very good value for money, especially if you eat in the hotel restaurant.

10/10 Excellent

Dixie, SF Bay area

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Gourmet meals and relaxing hotel
Extremely relaxing. Recommend eating dinner there to experience a homemade gourmet Italian meal. Also owner's wine is amazing.

10/10 Excellent

Donna, Las Vegas, NV

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this Place!
This is a beautiful place to stay. It is away from all the tourism and you get the actual feel that you are in Italy. This place is a family run business that also have a winery and produce olive oil. There is a restaurant there where the food is all fresh and delicious! We ate there every night because the food and wine was so good. You won't be sorry if you stay there.

10/10 Excellent

Alexandra, Calgary, Alberta

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
wonderful stay
Wonderful hotel. The room was very clean and comfortable, though a little cold. Had dinner at the hotel which wad very good. Recommend you try the host's wine, loved it!

10/10 Excellent

Mikhail, Melbourne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value and quality.
We loved our stay. Marzio and his sister are wonderful hosts. The place is just great if you have a car. Wonderful dinner as well.

8/10 Good

Rob, Seattle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic Tuscany hotel.
The Villa Ambra is set high above a Tuscan valley in the beautiful Montepulciano area. You are greeted by the owner and it his son, the facility is immaculate, and there is a clean swimming pool which is a huge plus as it can be quite warm in the summer. The only negative is that every room doesn't yet have air conditioning. This is a MUST in the summer. Otherwise this is a fantastic place hosted by enthusiastic and genuinely nice staff.

10/10 Excellent

MSW, Singapore

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great personal service
We stumbled upon this hotel on hotels.com while we were driving towards Montepulciano. This place is a little south of Montepulciano, located in the hills. We had a fantastic homecooked 6-course dinner at the hotel restaurant, very reasonably priced. The next morning, the owner showed us his vineyard and olive groves a short drive away from the hotel and explained about the natural organic wines and olive oils, amongst other products. There's a lovely pool too. What an amazing experience. If we holiday in this region again, Villa Ambra is where we will be staying.

2/10 Terrible

Natalia

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beware! Room doesn’t at all resemble pictures. This place craves for renovation and painting. Mosquitoes slapped against walls. Full of bugs. Fridge not working. Extremely noisy, kind of paper-thin walls. If you are not an Italian in your seventies, run away from here.

10/10 Excellent

Eduardo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Antti

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice & confy hotel. We stayed in nice appartment with beautifull view about 100m from the hotel. Excellent breakfast and service.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Miranda

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Exzellent
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Beatriz

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Un gran hotel! Cómodo y tranquilo.
Es un hotel lindo, tranquilo y cómodo. El personal muy amable, la habitación amplia, cama cómoda, baño limpio y funcional. El único inconveniente fue que no servía el aire acondicionado, todo lo demás excelente.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ikjoo

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Christina

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marie-eve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Le staff est extrêmement gentil et accueillant. Très bon service de bar et déjeuner. Très belle terrasse
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Danielle

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

10/10 Excellent

Ademir R

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Local agradável
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Evelina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Silvia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Maria Luisa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

6/10 Okay

cristina

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
La struttura dell hotel è molto datata e anche gli esterni non sono valorizzati. L area bar e ristorante al contrario sono molto carini. Il menu della mezza pensione è fisso, non da alternative tra cui scegliere. La camera definita superior vista parco vedeva su un angolo dell’edificio e sui condotti dell’aria.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2022

6/10 Okay

Claire

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Edwardvos, Vilnius

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2020