Villa Principessa Elisa

Capannori - Villa

Accueil très chaleureux des propriétaires. La maison est très jolie et très bien située ( nous avons pu visiter Lucca, Siena, les Cinque terre, Florence etc..). Je recommande cette maison à toutes les personnes voulant découvrir la Toscane tout en étant au calme dans un environnement luxueux et simple.

This place is flat out wonderful! Not only it is clean and neat and lovingly cared for, but look around you! Every little detail is done to perfection. In short, it's just what you want a tuscan farmhouse villa in a 1st century Tuscan hillside hamlet to look like. The pictures on here do not do this place justice. Having a private SPA with a brand new finnish sauna and steam bath was a real bonus. We never found a villa like this before.
Having a car is great so you can explore all the famous hill towns as well as Lucca town centre and its wine country, all of which are easy day trips. Lucca town centre is at less than 10 minutes drive! We especially enjoyed Lucca, the hills around the villa and Montecarlo. The nearby village of Matraia is nice to see and provides you with an excellent supermarket and amazing little groceries and easy access to roads leading everywhere. Sonia is on the premises every day to guide you around the area, providing very helpful information on parking, tours, restaurants, etc. (Her English is very good, by the way.) She totally understands customer service and obviously enjoys being the proprietor of this lovely place. She might even give you a whiff of her own homegrown and heavenly olive oil. On the sad day when we left the villa, I promised Sonia I would write her a glowing review and recommend it to everyone. And indeed I do! Thank you Sonia for a memorable week in Tuscany!

Words can not describe my vacation of a life time. After my first trip to Italy I knew I wanted to go back to the Tuscany area and rent a villa on the top of the mountain. When I did this I had no idea what a spectacular place I have picked. Of course I had some help from my daughter from NY who knew someone that said there is no other place to go. How true those words were. I am 69 years old and I have no desire to go anywhere else in the world after taking this trip. I truly thought I had died and gone to heaven. Oh, I would go back in a skinny minute. Villa Principessa Elisa by Mrs Sonia was the most beautiful place I have ever seen. There were 6 of us from ages 30 to 69 (my family and my family friends rented another villa nearby from Mrs Sonia as well)and what a wonderful time we all had. Alice, our greeter, was a delightful lady (half Italian and half American) that saw after all our needs and helped us with everything. We had massages, Italian dinners cooked in the home, (one meal was French as we had a family that came from France to be with us) directions to wherever we wanted to go and nights on the town with music in the streets. There was not one minute of our vacation that I did not enjoy. I know I have rambled, but like I said in the beginning there are no words to describe this place. You must go there and see for yourself,

We spent a week at this wonderful villa in September 2015., a week that we will never forget. This Villa is beautifully decorated and so comfortable. The owners are wonderful people that make you feel like family. They went out of their way to make us feel welcome cooking a delicious dinner for us, setting a beautiful table, making homemade desserts for us, providing helpful info, and just having fun with us. We visited San Gimignano, Pisa, Cinque Terre and Florence during our week. We also spent 2 days just hanging out, enjoying the beautiful scenery and weather. We were so sad to say goodbye to Mrs Sonia and her family. This was my second time renting a villa from her and I am so happy I found a reliable contact in Tuscany. We will visit again next year.

We celebrated two wedding anniversaries, our 20th and my sister and brother-in-law's 25th by taking our family on a trip to Italy. There were 6 adults and 6 teenagers and after a week touring Rome and Florence, we spent our second week relaxing at villa principesa Elisa. We took a few day trips to Lucca, Cinque Terre, and Pisa. Everyone enjoyed their stay so much that it was hard to leave the Villa and come back to reality. The grounds were/are absolutely beautiful. There are olive trees, plum trees, pear trees, and vineyard. We were welcomed with several bottles of olive oil, wine, fresh fruit and vegetables, all of which came from the grounds at the villa. There is a beautiful pool which we swam in everyday as it was heated and the spa was the highlight. Chef Cristina cooked some fabulous Italian meals during our stay thank you Sonia for helping us plan a trip of a lifetime! What a beautiful trip and such wonderful people that we met we hope to come back!

Everything was wonderful! From the moment we arrived at the Villa until the day we left the family with a tearful goodbye, our vacation was a dream come true!! The Villa and the surrounding grounds were beautiful and wonderfully decorated and landscaped. Sonia and her family could not have been more accommodating and helpful-from printing directions to giving advice on places to go- to cooking a delicious meal on our first evening there -to surprising us with homemade treats on several occasions. We were treated as family and felt as if we were. We miss them!! Have already recommended Villa Elisa to family and friends!

After a hard years working we were lucky to include a weeks stay at Villa Principessa Elisa in our European trip. My husband, son and myself joined some other friends at the Villa for the week. The Villa itself,and the surrounding rural setting of Marlia and San Pancrazio perched on the hillside, are superb. The hospitality and friendliness of the owner Sonia and Alessia and her assistan/cook Mrs Cristina ensured our stay ran smoothly and exceeded our highest expectations. This is an experience you wont get staying in any hotels. The Villa is beautifully appointed and decorated with lots of room for our group of ten. Whether lazing in the pool with its infinity edge and breathtaking, floating, views across the valley around Lucca,sharing a pizza prepared on the ancient woodfired ovena glass of wine (sourced from the barrels in the local hardware store, bring your own containers!)while sitting on the outdoor terrace overlooking the valley, this is one relaxing destination. The surrounding hills and charming country roads with their small villages, villas and churches provide an unforgettable opportunity to explore. If you would prefere to walk, the trek through the olive groves and ancient chestnut trees to the top of the hill and the old church ruins teetering on the cliff face high above the villa are an experience you will always remember. The Villa is central to all that Tuscany has to offer (the old walled town of Lucca, Pisa, Florence, The Cinque Terra etc.). The only worry is making the time to see it all. But dont forget to relax....it is soooo easy. While our week at the Villa seemed like a month, it still wasn't long enough. Back to work with the batteries recharged and to dream of the next opportunity to visit. Soon....!

We spent wonderful holidays in this perfect property. We have already rented many homes worldwide but without a doubt this place is clearly a 5/5. It all started with the booking process , Email conversation with Sonja, and the perfect care by Cristina. She picked us up at the appointment point and showed us the way to the house, which is lovely located in the middle of olives trees a little bit uphill of Lucca. Cristina helped within minutes, when we needed support - GRAZIE! We were 3-5 adults and kids from 1-8 years old. They loved the nice pool area and the fenced garden to play. The house is equipped with everything you need. Especially for Italy, you will have comfortable beds and warm water no matter how many people are taking a shower:)
Thanks to all, that we could spend such a holiday - keep continuing like this

I tried for years to plan a trip to Italy, but I always wound up getting intimidatedfrustrated and I would put it on the back burner for another year. Friends told me about a trip they took at this villa and I knew this was the solution! After 2 weeks spent in this villa with friends and family, me and my boyfriend we decided to extend our stay in Lucca town by renting another place by Mrs Sonia and we loved it. Our group consisted of ten people, all adults, with ages from 30-69! We all had a Great time! The Villa was beautiful and plenty big enough. The town of Lucca is a gem. We loved going to Lucca so much that we actually cancelled a day trip somewhere else to have one more day in Lucca. Highlights of our trip included the walking tour of Florence with the brilliant Mr Gabryele (planned by Sonia), Cinque Terre and the beautiful sea views, the barbeque party at the villa (planned by Sonia) which was so fun and so delicious, drinking homemade wine and singing on the terrace of the villa, and meeting some of our Italian neighbors who came by to visit! Having Sonia as a resource was invaluable! We plan to go back to Italy in the near future and we will absolutely rent and plan our trip through Sonia! – Anne O. guest September 2015