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Thank you Elena, we had a lovely holiday. You were very helpful and didn't mind us calling you for advice/guidance during our stay.
<br/>Garden Ville Residence consists of 4 blocks of apts sharing the gardens and pool, we had a 2 bedroom apt on ground floor & our group consisted of Gran, Mum, Dad & 2 girls (10&5). The apt is very well located with both local and regional bus stops a few minutes walk. We regularly took the local bus in the evening to Sirmione Centre for a stroll and ice-cream! We also used the regional bus to Peschiera, Desenzano and Verona. We had lovely trips across the lake to other lakeside towns - note that there can be huge queues for ferries, esp. from Sirmione, as they are like buses picking up and dropping off at various ports and if the ferry is full you can't get on! There are great markets in the area: Lugana market is a very short walk from the apt and Desenzano market is huge. There are several restaurants (incl Pizza takeaway) and 3 supermarkets within easy walking distance which supplied us with everything that we needed including delicious local cheeses and wines.
<br/>Swimming pool is large, very clean and generally quiet as most inhabitants of the Residence appear to live there and don't use it very much. However, during our second week, a group of Italians arrived and for 1 hour in the morning and afternoon took over the shallow third of the pool for Aqua-Aerobics and so we were forced to the deep end with our children or tended to go shopping then! The gardens are well maintained.
<br/>The apt itself is very clean and well-kept with newly-fitted kitchen area, sturdy table and chairs for family meals and a good sized fridge. Crockery was mix and match, but as Elena says things get broken and can't replace the set each time - adequate for us, but if there had been more adults, another couple of bigger cups would have been good. We made good use of the Coffee Pot. Bedlinen is very different to that used in the UK (actually quite 70s), but perfectly clean and serves its purpose well. Bathroom is newly refurbished - took a while to balance the hot/cold water in the shower, but we got there! The apt has a walled terrace where there is a table, chairs, umbrella, sunloungers and clothes-drying rack. We spent a lot of time here eating, drinking, playing, watching the children in the pool or just admiring the pool when it was lit up at night while enjoying a nightcap.
<br/>Overall, each one of us had a great holiday in a fantastic location.
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