We spent a week at Casa Sisti, our first time in Tuscany and found it to be well located for us, as we had no car and used bus and train to visit Florence, Sienna and Volterra.
The property provided a wide range of facilities and had a real Tuscan feel to it
Liliana was friendly and helpful
The nearby town of Colle di Val d'Elsa was well worth a look and in our opinion is under-rated in tourist info; it has many of the features of the larger towns, but without the crowds.

Casetta Sisti is truly our home from home. We've come here for 5 years for the reliable good weather and views, and the wonderful local food, both our own home-cooked locally sourced meals and the lovely local restaurants. But we come HERE for the magnificent pool with diving board, and the garden and peace and tranquillity of the villa. We haven't yet mastered Signor Sisti's Italian, but his mastery of the international language of hospitality and friendship is unequalled. Liliana, the multi-lingual receptionist, is an oracle of information and guides us through to find the best of this magnificent part of the world. Last year we tried a pasta-making course, we've found the best local restaurants, gelaterias and cake shops, this year we may try the smaller butchers and vegetable shops (although the local supermarkets are excellent also).

The villa is the first place we've come to that was better in real-life than the pictures on the internet, with beautiful high ceilings, with well-positioned and equipped bathrooms, bedrooms and reception rooms for our two families.

We wake in the mornings to birdsong, sunshine, and fantastic views over beautiful flowering bushes, fruit and olive trees. If you look carefully you might see Signor Sisti cleaning the pool, sweeping the paths, or even your own barbeque! We live for the afternoons and evenings sitting out at the picnic table on the terrace looking out over Casole d'Elsa. A wander through the garden to the swings past the antique succarese is as tranquil as it gets. Sitting in the jacuzzi looking out over the vineyards and olive groves is an experience to savour (prosecco optional!).

The shoppers in the party look forward to the annual pilgrimage to San Gimignano's leather shops and Colle's toy shops. The children constantly tell their friends about the best ice cream in the world and look forward to Pollo alla Griglia in Il Torrione with its neighbouring playground. And each year we all improve our swimming with some additional new feat, finish off the most books we read in the year, improve our table tennis, and discover this year's prosecco, chianti, brunello, or whatever else takes our fancy.

And each year, Signor Sisti somehow manages to bring out the buckets and spades that the children bought with their holiday money 5 years ago, that were too big to bring home on the plane. Their friends ask "do you have a holiday home?" "Yes" they say, "In Italy". And Zio Sisti makes it feel like its ours, and that we are part of his family.

Thank you Signor Sisti, Liliana and Simona for creating this wonderful oasis. Five months to go until our next visit, we can't wait.

From my home in Maui, Hawaii, I traveled to Colle and stayed a week at Casa Sisti. Liliana and Mr. Sisti, you are very friendly and made our stay memorable. I will return to Colle someday...just to stay at Casa Sisti again.

We were recommended to Casa Sisti by previous guests. We were looking for a central base to explore the hill towns of Tuscany and the Cianti region, and be close to Florence, Sisti was it! Our stay was made even more pleasant by the knowledgeable attentiveness of Liliana and Mr Sisti. Would highly recommend.