Villa Abbondanzi Resort

What a lovely place!! A unique place, surrounded by nature, a small lake with flamingos!, wonderful SPA area, 2 very good restaurants, a cocktail bar and some other facilities. Wonderful staff, cordial and attentive and very helpfull. A place that provides tranquillity. Highly recommended.

Large resort with golf course, pools and restaurants. Friendly welcome. Room was dated and the bathroom definitely needed updating and the shower grouting was dirty but it was spacious and the bed was comfortable and air conditioning was good. The main pool was large and had plenty of shaded seating areas but wasn't quiet as there was a noisy wedding party by the pool. We ate at the Fennicottera Rosa Gourmet restaurant which was overly formal and the meal was only made by the fantastic amuses bouches and after dinner sweets - the main courses were unremarkable but the crepe Suzette cooked at the table was an art. We were woken at 1am by we presume the loud wedding party returning. Overly pretentious hotel for the elderly - not modern enough for us!

So on one hand the hotel is very nice, great location and grounds, beautiful pool. Stuff was also very nice and helpful. However, the first room we were in was very small and effectively had no shades so we had to wake up with sunrise. They moved us to a new room which was good the following day (thank you for that - as I wrote people are very nice) however they had jazz music show till 11pm that night which is really not great / should finish considerably earlier…

Stunning place with luscious surrounds and warm, friendly staff. The pool is beautiful and the restaurant looks like a wedding function room - all white. It’s very pretty.

This place is amazing. We got in late due to a malfunctioning GPS. Daniella and Valentina were awesome, and let us in after hours. The rooms are well appointed and good sized. The grounds are meticulous and we enjoyed the flamingos. Two pools, plenty of places to sit and have a drink. The restaurant is excellent as well. The bar manager Marco was super nice and helpful. He got us drinks when the bar should have been open, was a fountain of wine info, and just a pleasant person to visit with. Now keep in mind we arrived a few days after the heavy rains and flooding in town and the region. Most reservations were cancelled as they were full. We stayed an extra night here because of it. Overall, a wonderful place to kick back and relax. We will stay again, but for longer than two nights.

My wife and I were attending a wedding in the Villa Abbondanzi and decided to stay for another seven days. The receptionist was extremely helpful, and warned us that the hotel was fairly remote. We wanted a quiet break so that was OK. The hotel was busy on the night of the wedding and we could only get an upstairs room - nice room, but we are both disabled and the stairs were a challenge. They moved us into a ground floor suite the next day - clean and comfortable. Our only quibble is that it could have done with a table in the balcony/living room. We had planned to swim and relax but unfortunately the outdoor pools were closed. We had a nice swim in the Sensory pool (outdoor but heated) but this then also closed. So we made use of the jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. A weird side effect was that the pool bars also closed and the main hotel had no bar - a hotel with no bar is a very odd concept. It didn't worry us but I can see it being a problem for some. But what a lovely place. There is a forest of magnificent, mature trees, a flamingo pool, a vegetable garden and storks nesting on the lampposts. Everything is clean and well kept. The Five Spoons (I forget the Italian name) is a very good fish restaurant, and the Pink Flamingo is very high class with a wonderful tasting menu - not cheap, but a bucket-list experience. Things may be different in the summer, but this hotel is perfect for a quiet break off season. The taxi service to the nearest town (Faenza) is inadequate but that's not the fault of the hotel. A final warning though - the lovely environment attracts flying insects as well as guests. Bring plenty mosquito repellant.