Siimply a wonderful place to stay
Review Submitted: April 3, 2009
Date of Stay: April 2009
We love Casa Lola so much that we keep coming back every year. The house is charming and has bags of character but entirely practical and fully equipped, whether for grown-ups, tiddlers or even those somewhere in between. It's roomy and welcoming, stylish but not at all prissy.
The pool is glorious and the views - especially of the mountains in the early mornings - utterly beguiling. You will need a car to get around but the location is rural and quiet rather than remote. The Local towns - Amandola and Sarnarno - are both within 20min drive.
Amandola in particular is a lovely little town with a beautiful square and wonderful food shopping. The people are very friendly and proud of their town, and if you make the effort to speak even a litttle Italian you will usually be rewarded with a smile. There's even a supermarket at the bottom of the hill there which is open on Sunday - handy for when you arrive and all the other shops are shut.
The fascinating social spectacle that is the Italian seaside is about an hour away by car, complete with palm-fringed boulevards and spotless beaches dotted with umbrellas and sun loungers provided by the hotel and bars that line the fronts of most adriatic resort towns.
Anyone who enjoys being in, on, or up mountains is unlikely to get as far as the seaside though. Walking in the Sybillines is truly stunning and not to be missed. Plenty of maps and guidebooks provided.
If you're looking for a truly relaxing, delightful and practical family holiday, in a part of Italy which is much less touristy that Tuscany but runs it a close second for natural beauty, you won't find better.
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