We rented Villa Clodia for a family reunion for 29 people in August 2022. It was an incredible find and a wonderful property. There are several advantages:
1. Every bedroom has its own bathroom, which is fantastic.
2. The outside area is immense, with many places to sit and eat, chat, and hang out at the incredible pool. You never feel crowded.
3. The staff - Leonardo and Charlotte - are extremely helpful, caring, and make things happen!
4. The location is wonderful, and just steps away from the house is the main square and street of the delightful Manziana, which is a perfect little village, with several cafes, small restaurants and gelaterias - everything you could want on your doorstep. And just a 2 minute drive away is an excellent supermarket and other shops.
5. The lake is about a 15 minute drive, with the nearest beach in Bracchiano, which is a wonderful town to visit. The two other main towns on the lake are picture perfect and worth a drive. Also not very far away. They also have a wonderful selection of excellent restaurants.
6. We had a chef, Nicola, for most of our evening meals, and he was fantastic. We had a lot of dietary requirements, and he coped with all our demands so well, and cooked us the most superb food. Highly recommended.
A few small negatives is that while the kitchen is an industrially equipped kitchen, it lacks some of the small needs such as kitchen towels and other basics, which we went to buy. The air conditioning doesn't work well at all, and in the heat of the summer, the bedrooms get quite hot. We did use the standing fans in the house and that helped.
Overall, this is a spectacular property and I highly recommend it for a large gathering. We made some wonderful memories in Villa Clodia!