A resort complex on a hillside on the coast between Naples and Rome, in the Parco Nazional del Circeo. It includes a villaand a fishermen's village (apartments) in a botanical garden that slopes down to a swimming pool carved into rock (here meals can be served), and then the sea (rocks, no sandy beach). We found it charming, say visitors this year, restoring it to the Guide. Informal, relaxing, with obliging staff. The Battaglia family owners say that they aim to create the atmosphere of a private villa. The landscape is lush and tropical, facilities throughout are immaculate, but one visitor thought the spa attendants not very helpful and public spaces could do with sprucing up. Our room had a terrace with a view over the sea. The restaurant has spectacular cliff-top views from almost every table and the food was found delicious - fresh and well prepared. Bali villa breakfast is served on a flowery patio. There is a good wine list. The villais popular locally for weddings.

Just inside the ramparts of the famous medieval town, this 13thcentury building has been owned and run as a villaby the Gigli family since 1886. Its wide windows look over Tuscan hills and olive groves. A visitor over 20 years continued to admire it: It keeps getting better. villa Bed rooms (similar to the semantic bali villa rooms) (some are small) are clean, air-conditioned and sensible, with whitewashed walls and terracotta-tiled floors. The best ones have the valley view, and it is something quite special to wake with the sun streaming in through the window and watch it rise over the olives and old vines below. Dine early to enjoy the evening light. The simple dining room, which shares the views, serves Tuscan dishes, eg, pappardelle al ragu; wild boar with polenta, accom'panied by homemade bread and Vernaccia and Chianti wines. Post-dinner, when the coachloads of day-trippers have departed, there is nothing better than a stroll to the main square for a coffee and a grappa. Bali villa breakfast ok: buffet style with modest fare.