In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- The Honeymoon suite is huge, has original terracotta floors, arched ceilings, a four poster bed and a bath overlooking the vineyards. If you’re a sucker for a vista, the Terrace Suite and the peaceful Moroccan room share a fabulous private patio. The view from the claw-footed bath in the Romeo and Juliet room is also lovely.
- Packing tips
- It’s not what you take, rather the space you should leave in your luggage to cart some of the wines, cheeses, truffles, mushrooms, amaretti and other delicacies awaiting you in this the region. No need to take a hairdryer either as they provide them.
Current offers
- Smith card offer
- A bottle of prosecco in your room and an upgrade subject to availability
La Villa
Piedmont, Italy[view map]
- Style
- Cheap-chic palazzo
- Setting
- Monferrato vineyards
Set amid rolling hills this boutique hotel in Piedmont is surrounded by spectacular scenery and some of the finest restaurants in Italy. The ideal country hideaway, each room in this 17th-century villa has been decorated with impeccable taste blending historic features with the modern essentials of flatscreen TVs and hi-fi wizardry.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 12: five suites, seven doubles.
- Rates
- €165–€215, including breakfast.
- Check-out
- 11am; if guests want to stay by the pool, changing facilities are available.
- Facilities
- Air-conditioning, minibar, Internet; flatscreen TVs and DVD/CD player on request.
- Poolside
- Outdoor pool (no diving: adults' feet can always touch the bottom).
- Hotel closed
- From 5–31 January, although groups are accepted, by prior agreement.
- Also
- Small, well-behaved dogs are allowed, one at a time. Smoking is allowed outside.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- La Vie serves local produce and great Piemontese wines.
- Dress code
- Completamente casuale; unless you’re off to a Michelin-starred eatery, when you might want to plump for Prada.
- Room service
- Light snacks for late-arriving guests, but otherwise no room service.
- Hotel bar
- This little enclave is the hub of the hotel. In winter, they light a wood fire; in summer, it opens onto the courtyard. Guests can drink as late as they like on an honesty-bar basis.
Other facilities
- Children
- Over-eights welcome. There’s a games room with satellite TV. All suites have large sofa beds, suitable for families of up to four; there’s a charge of €10 a night for family use. Cots can be provided at no extra charge. Babysitting costs €8 an hour.
Smith card offer
A bottle of prosecco in your room and an upgrade subject to availability
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La Villa
7 Via Torino
Mombaruzzo
Piedmont
N-W Italy