For a second year,  voted  Best Bed and Breakfast in the world

Casa Portagioia is an elegant yet relaxed country retreat in Tuscany – somewhere between a country hotel and your best friend’s home.  It is a place where you can relax, take time to reflect on your travels and to be energized and enthused in to seeing more of the wonderful places Tuscany (and Umbria) have to offer.

Whether you plan to try some Pecorino from Pienza or some of Tuscany’s famous wines or discover the antiquities of Arezzo, the treasures of Cortona, Montepulciano and Siena or the tranquillity that is Assisi – even a day trip to Florence - (an hour by train) - these are just a few ideas to contemplate whilst you sit back and relax by our heated swimming pool enjoying the ever changing Tuscan vista that surround Casa Portagioia.

Casa Portagioia offers 5 independent guest bedrooms and 2 suite apartments, all with luxury bathrooms and air-conditioning. Our accommodations are fresh and inviting.  For a Tuscan country bed & breakfast you’ll find everything ‘just so’ from our ever-so comfortable orthopaedic beds with luxury mattress toppers to the modern bright bathrooms with 'The White Company amenities' to the lovely views of our gardens and the surrounding Tuscan countryside.

Breakfast at Casa Portagioia can be quite a perilous activity!  You might find yourself sitting on our terraces for hours on end – taking in the views, sipping a fresh cappuccino when you had planned to be on the road discovering more than just our beautiful valley – such is the relaxed style at Casa Portagioia.

You might also be at Casa Portagioia for one of our dinner parties.  During the summer these take place on one of our terraces overlooking the bucolic splendour of the valley.  A five-course dinner is served – and you might like to try some of Tuscany’s finest (including our own) and other award winning wines from our cellar.

The focal points of Casa Portagioia are the spectacular pool with its panoramic views of the Tuscan countryside and Casa Portagioia’s gardens.  The Cypress lined drive, the lavender, roses, rosemary and ginistra mingle with terracotta pots bursting with summer colours and fragrances.  This can be your 'Home in Tuscany' whenever you choose. (We offer various guest services whilst here which should make your stay with us that more enjoyable)

During August, Tuscany hosts the famous Tuscan Sun Festival an international venue for music, wine tasting, cooking and more. During the last Cortona festival,  -  Jeremy Irons, Martha Argerich, and Sting's wife Trudie Styler were amongst the international stars invited. The Tuscan Sun Festival’s music programme also boasts some of the world’s most distinguished artists: leading violinist Pinchas Zukerman, cellist Amanda Forsyth and Italian flutist Andrea Griminelli performed in concerto;  and Co-Founder of the Tuscan Sun Festival Nina Kotova joined the Nocturne evening; violinist Michael Guttman presented a night of Schubert; award-winning pianist Leif Ove Andsnes played Beethoven 

For further details, check the Tuscan Sun Festival - 2013 press release 

And, the perfect place to stay relax and enjoy Tuscany during the Tuscan Sun Festival is Casa Portagioia!

More details from the Festival del Sole website

Extract of a Review by Hal and Phyllis September 2012 

"Repeat reviews should be offered when there is something to be said important, so here goes. Casa Portagioia is consistently the best bed and breakfast property in Europe. It has a wonderful location, great facilities, and the most caring, attentive, and gracious hosts. By car one can easily reach Sienna, Florence, Arezzo, Cortona, Gubbio, Orvieto, Assisi, and Perugia for sightseeing day trips. If wine tasting is your thing, the B and B is an excellent hub to visit the wine country of Chianti Classico, Montepulciano and Montalcino. The train station at Castiglone Fiorentino, the local town, is 5 km away and provides an easy way to get to Arezzo, 10 minutes away, or Florence 1 hour away. If chilling out is your thing, the valley permits wonderful walks; the pool and deck are great for relaxing . Amenities- the 5 rooms and 2 apartments resemble those of a 5 star hotel, with great beds, Frette linens, new cutting edge (language option)TV, wifi, and wonderful amount of space for full unpacking. Breakfast is bountiful and taken on a patio overlooking the Tuscan countryside. The small size of the B and B encourages interaction with the other guests fostered by the friendliness of the hosts Terry and Marcello. This was our third year in a row but we sat next to Nigel and Christine who had been 9 times in a row and a couple from Luxembourg 4 years plus two Honeymooners as well. What sets this property apart from other nicely sited and appointed places are the hosts. Marcello is lovingly attentive. He cooks the breakfast, the 5 course full dinner served twice a week, and even a light lunch on request. In addition he makes each guest feel special to him. Terry's  wry wit and humor enlivens the day. When a guest was ill, our hosts organized medical care, drove the guest to the hospital and stayed with him until treated-amazing. I was asked, "What do you see in this place that brings you back each year", by a newly arrived guest. The answer-guests have the time of their life while at Casa Portagioia"

Extract of a Review by Maria and Jig October 2011.

"Painstakingly rebuilt and redesigned from an older property by hosts Terry and Marcello, Casa Portagioia has the richness, thoughtfulness, beauty, elegance and precision of a true work of art.

Called a B&B but more accurately described by the phrase “five-star boutique hotel,”  it nurtures all of a guest’s senses. Smell through the fragrances of the lush plantings and the lavender pillow spray…touch through the fine linens and heated pool…taste through the wonderful food, from the fresh exotic fruits placed in guest rooms to the delicious breakfasts to the five-course chef’s dinners offered twice a week…hearing through the serenely quiet setting, where the rustling of leaves and song of birds are often the only sounds. As for sight, we’ll just say that from its cypress-lined drive to the 360-degree view of the surrounding hills, Casa Portagioia is a microcosm of all the visual beauty for which Tuscany is famous. In fact, it’s so beautiful and relaxing that it’s tempting to skip a day of sightseeing simply to sit, nap or wander the beautiful premises from the sun-warmed terraces to the olive grove......"

With grateful thanks to each and every one of our guests who have visited Casa Portagioia over the nine years we have been open.

2013 Events

First Sunday of Month Arezzo Antique Market (and Saturdays)

3rd Sunday June
ll Palio dei Rioni.    2012 Winner: "Voglia" (Porta Fiorentino) Additional information

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