Borgo Scopeto Wine & Country Relais

Location: The hotel is highly praised for its stunning location, nestled in the Tuscan countryside, offering picturesque views and a tranquil environment.

Location is exceptional and personnel is helpful. This was a family meeting with all ages (from 2 to 85) involved so a challenging task for any Hotel. Given the many “hidden” gems more should be done by the personnel to explain/show around the resort amenities to allow a full experience of what’s on offer. Rooms are nice but do not provide the confort you can expect from a 5*L resorts (in our case noisy and inefficient ventilation and windows blinders that would not lock). This is more comparable to a 4* Country House. The morning breakfast was the highlight of the stay with an excellent full buffet with helpful and kind staff. The Restaurant turns into a very restrictive and rigid setting for the (compulsory) evening meal. We have been restricted to maximum 7 table seatings so we could not eat together, as we have been done in every other night at local restaurants/trattorias. We could not get the degustation menu as this option was restricted to when the full table ordered the same (which makes it impossible if you have a vegetarian guest at the table). Whilst the “rituals” the “rigidity” and the price matched what you would expect from a 2-3 star Michelin Restaurant the level of service (＞ 50 minutes waiting time) and food quality is nowhere close. Borgo Scopeto nature is the one of a beautiful Country Side retreat and everything should be set to make you feel comfortable and easy going. The evening meal was to this end a disaster and useful only to understand why at booking is made compulsory; being the only eating options within a 10 km radius if turned into a nice experience would be the preferred choice of any guest. Heads up to the guest manager. She should be promoted to run the place!