Luxury Country Villa - enjoy peaceful village and touring Central/Northern Italy

Following our coach tour through Southern Europe during September/October 2010, us 12 seniors had planned to have a quiet sojourn in the Villa Rosi we had earlier reviewed in the rental literature (Property 1590).

We drove separately from our previous stay in Florence and, on our arrival at the Villa, were pleasantly surprised to find a truly restored rustic stone house with the necessary facilities to accommodate us comfortably. Obviously, with 12 adults in-house at one time, we had to schedule cooking, dining and bathing times for our mutual benefit, but despite our numbers, we enjoyed a cosy stay together.

Generally, we enjoyed good weather to view the local scenery and towns, also used the Villa as a base for motoring forays to well-known places and cities such as Parma, Salsomaggiore, Cremona, Verona and Lake Garda, the Cinque Terre, Venice as well as other towns and villages enroute.

The owner provided good customer service with a cousin in the local village able to liaise when we first arrived as well as giving general information. She was also responsible for providing a beautiful home-cooked lasagne in the frig for our use on arrival - a great touch!

Due to our enjoyable stay in this beautifully-appointed Villa, we have no hesitation in recommending this property to our friends or to other travellers.

Kind regards and many thanks,

John & Jill Shaw.

We (two couples) holidayed for 2 weeks at Villa Rosi in September and thoroughly enjoyed our time there. Set as it is, with glorious views of the surrounding landscape and very pretty villages, it was hard to tear ourselves away to explore the regional history and geography.

We did however visit Cremona, Parma, Modena (including the Galleria Ferrari at Maranello) and even Genoa and Cinque Terre on the Ligurian coast as well as visiting the local towns and villages for market days.

For hunting and gathering we found the Co-op supermarket at Fidenza to have everything we could possibly want - and more. We ate out in the local area at Vernasca and La Trinita and were bowled over by the meals and service offered.

The Villa itself is charming. It is very clean, has all the modern conveniences and the outdoor dining area was constantly used, including BBQ's and lovely log fires most evenings - a great atmosphere! The Wi-fi internet connection worked a treat and kept us in touch with "the outside world". There was also plenty of extra room for additional visitors who occasionally dropped in to check out our very special place.

The walk up the road above Rosi Village is just spectacular. The view opens up on a grand scale and once over the crest, the view to the next valley is equally impressive. There are also many forestry trails to explore while you soak up the views.

Would we come again? We are already planning our next visit!