Borgo Il Melone - CORTONA

Stay for a night in this village, with dinner at the local restaurant. finely renovated and recovered village, great investment, something to improve in the furniture of the rooms, maintenance. great restaurant, well made dinner, even fast. the true strength is the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff, at the reception, and the breakfast...top is recommended.

Excellent cuisine and excellent service thanks to simone and marco and the owner we will definitely return

I would actually give this 4 1/2 stars. This is a spectacular villa with many well kept buildings and an olive orchard, along with many other fruit bearing trees on the property. I picked fresh figs every day. The pool and pool area is gorgeous and clean. The best part is you can see the old city of Cortona from the side of the pool. It is truly awe-inspiring.The room was beautiful and very clean.The bed was fine and it's true, the A/C could have been better, but the weather wasn't that hot and we didn't need it that often. The bedroom was plenty big enough and the bathroom was huge, with a separate shower and tub.The front desk staff were polite at best, but Giacomo was excellent and made up for the rest of them and their lack of friendliness. I don't know why they are like that, but they are.Ilaria is there during the day and she is a bit more friendly and helpful, so it was fine, but the others staff just gave the bare bones of service. Giacomo went above and beyond for my sister and I. We got stuck in a 4 hour traffic jam, leaving Sorrento and didn't arrive in Cortona until 2:40a.m. Giacomo went out of his way to give us his cell phone number and had us call him so he could meet us at the Villa and let us in our rooms. He was so wonderful!!The food was delicious at the restaurant. We did find the staff to be somewhat unfriendly, but if you make small talk with them, they come around a bit. The coffee and the breakfast buffet were delicious. I highly recommend the tomatoes and mozzarella along with the cakes. So good! A great way to start your day. We had dinner in the restaurant at night and it was delicious. The weather was beautiful, so we were able to eat outside fir almost every meal. It made everything so much better!In speaking to the staff, I found out that the restaurant is run separately from the hotel and they don't really have much to do with each other. Though the staff were a bit unfriendly, I just chose to ignore it and enjoy my time there. The service wasn't bad and the food was really good. We didn't let it ruin our stay and there were so, so many good things that outweighed the lack of friendly service, I would go back again and again! If the owner reads these reviews, he has a winner with Giacomo and should do everything he can to keep him. He makes the place wonderful and memorable!

Old, dirty, decadent! Abandoned in the hands of people who do not like to work.

Place neglected and not up to height. non-existent catering for lunch and low quality breakfast.