excellence.villas by Trust&Travel

Experience Italy at its very best. Excellence Villas indulges you with its warmth, hospitality and authenticity. Relaxes you with its reliability and trust. Hand-picks thoroughly inspected world-class villas and city apartments in outstanding locations for you to make your home-from-home. Treats you with impeccable service and personalized attention. Showers you with state-of-the-art amenities. And guarantees privacy.

Katharina Allès Trauttmansdorff, born and raised in Vienna, Austria, started her company in 1995. Her work is motivated by a deep love of Italy, inspired by 15 years spent in Tuscany and numerous trips all over this fascinating country.

She and her dedicated team have intimate knowledge of each listing and are often involved in the development of the properties. Katharina has developed two portfolios which she presents on two separate websites: Excellence Villas, created to provide world-class luxury residences for the most exclusive clientele, and Trust&Travel, an agency specialised in maisons de charme on Italy’s finest historical estates.

Admire the gondolas from a luxurious private palazzo on Venice’s Grand Canal. Experience the refinement of the Renaissance at a period mansion on the hills surrounding Florence. Take in the tranquillity of a private castle overlooking a vast natural reserve on the border of Tuscany and Umbria. Dine in a Michelin-starred restaurant next to an elegantly restored medieval vicarage south of Siena. Meander the secret alcoves of the botanical garden of a sophisticated villa on Lake Como. Most of their clients return to these magnificent properties time and again as well as recommend their friends.

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