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Casa Lola |
Monte San Martino, Le Marche, Italy |
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Rural setting with stunning views of rolling hills and mountains and private terraced pool. If peace and beautiful surroundings is what you are looking for Casa Lola has it in bucket loads. Fine local food, good restaurants and Italian weather make this the perfect place to spend your holiday. |
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Property Info |
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Accommodation Type:
| House / Villa |
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Property Setting:
| Mountainous / Village / Rural |
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Holiday Type:
| Relaxing / Family |
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Bedrooms:
| 5 |
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Guests:
| 10 |
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Catering:
| self-catering |
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General Info |
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Apart from the glorious Italian weather, renaissance art & wonderful food, enjoy some of the most beautiful walking Italy has to offer, or just relax by the pool & soak up the beauty of the region. If you tire of the mountain views and hill top villages, you can head off to the Italian Riviera for the day. It takes about 50 mins to get there and once you have chosen your resort, be it San Benedetto or Porto Recanati, you can wallow in the warm sea, and eat copious amounts of sea food as you rest beneath the colourful umbrellas running along the beaches. There are some great restaurants and markets to be found in the region. On Wednesday mornings you can find local fresh fruit, veg and bric-a-brac in Amandola, and on Thursday morning a larger version of this in Sarnarno. There are plenty of restaurants serving delicious local food nearby. |
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Details on the area surrounding the property/accommodation |
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Casa Lola is situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty close to the Sibillini national park. There is a lake at the bottom of our valley with a deer park close by. Many medieval hill top towns and villages dot the wonderful landscape and although not as rich in art as Tuscany there are many wonderful galleries and cities to be explored such as Ascoli Piceno. The walking is spectacular and local cuisine delicious. The 360 degree views from the house are amazing with distant sea views to the East & The magnificent Sibillini mountains to the West. Le Marche is a fabulously beautiful place, whatever the weather! |
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Getting there & away/local amenities |
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Getting There:
| Our nearest airport is Ancona - a 1 hour 30 minute drive from the house. Ryanair has a daily flight. The closest alternative where you can often find cheaper flights is Pescara (also Ryanair) - a 2 hour drive to Casa Lola. For those of you preferring BA or Alitalia to Ryanair there is Rome or Bologna airports, a 4 and 3.5 hour drive respectively. Cars can be hired from the airport. We will send you a detailed map of how to get to the house from the airport along with the booking forms. |
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Nearest airports:
| Ancona 80k |
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Nearest ferry terminal:
| Ancona |
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Nearest bus stop:
| Amandola |
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Car Hire:
| Essential |
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Nearest restaurant:
| Osteria Del Largo / The Quercy |
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Nearest beach:
| Pedaso |
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Nearest shop:
| The Coal in Monte San Martino |
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Nearest market:
| Amandola |
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More Info |
Owner Info |
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Name |
Victoria Whitbread |
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Contact Phone No. |
0044 (0)7973 691830 |
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Accommodation details |
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Activities Nearby |
Birdwatching / Skiing / Walking
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Interior Facilities |
Cot / Highchair / Dishwasher / DVD player / Internet Access / Linen provided / Log Fire / Television / Washing Machine
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Interior Details |
Casa Lola is a 5 bedroom house with 2 bathrooms and a downstairs loo, renovated with a simple attractive well designed finish and created with families and groups of friends in mind. On the top floor (2nd floor) there is a double and a twin bedroom, with an adjoining shower-room. On the 1st floor there is a large double bedroom, and 2 twins, along with a big family bathroom. The ground floor houses the kitchen & sitting / living room, with an additional lavatory. The 1st and ground floor is separated by an external staircase - a typical Italian feature of the area. The house has a dishwasher, washing machine, TV / DVD / Playstation 2, CD player, (please bring your own music) a cot & a camp bed. The kitchen is well appointed & spacious with all the mod-cons. There is a 30ft long yellow stone walled sitting-room that runs off it.
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Exterior Facilities |
BBQ / Garden / Parking / Swimming Pool / Terrace
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Exterior Details |
It has a large terracotta terrace looping around the front and side of the house with a Wisteria pergola where guests sit under for those long lazy summer lunches. For the more energetic there is a large games building that houses a trampoline, ping pong, pool and table football. The garden stretches below the property and to the west. There are fig, olive and fruit trees that guests are welcome to pick from and eat when ripe. The private pool (9m x 6m) is located below the house, it has loungers and chairs and a Wisteria Pergola and table and chairs for that evening glass of chilled prosecco.
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Further Details |
For those of you that love walking, Casa Lola is on the edge of the Sibillini National Park & a short drive away there are some of the most beautiful treks be undertaken in Italy. Possibly the most famous is the journey up to Lago di Pilato (it is said that Pontius Pilate is buried here), and also Gola dell'Infernaccio (Hell's Gorge) where you can visit the hermit monk, perched at the top of the crag with his hand-built church. These mountains are every bit as dramatic as the landscape of the Dolomites with refuges to be found in isolated spots. The local walking near to house is outstanding as well; it's possible to walk to Amandola along pathways. It's a 1/2 hour steep walk down to the lake where you can get a cold beer from the friendly Osteria to cool you down!
We also have a large games building located close to the house that has fun activities to occupy the family on a rainy day, such as a 14ft fenced trampoline, snooker, Ping pong and more.
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Conditions of
Rental |
Linen, laundry and final cleaning bill inclusive of price. Please bring beach towels.
For long lets, the price is negotiable. Please contact owner for details. It is a Sunday to Sunday changeover. Guests must arrive no earlier than 4.00pm on the day of arrival and will need to vacate the house by 10.00am on the day of departure so it can be cleaned. A 25% deposit required on booking and a refundable £250 deposit to cover potential breakages. A simple welcome pack can be supplied on arrival and charged at cost if required. We will help with details of closest supermarkets and further local information. There are 2 cots and 2 high-chairs, also a baby bouncer for families with babies under 6 months. We are trying to make Casa Lola as child friendly as possible without detracting from the general ambience of the place.
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Other Information |
Babysitting available / Child Friendly / Cook available / Pet Friendly / Short breaks available
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What visitors have said about Casa Lola |
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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.
A Saunders, London, Jun 2008 
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If the pictures of Casa Lola are at all misleading, it is only because they do not do full justice to this fine old farmhouse and its panoramic views of the Sibillini mountains. During our two-week stay the weather was glorious – even the thunderstorms we watched on two occasions brewing up over the mountains from the terrace were spectacular. The house itself is well-equipped, comfortable and spacious – more than enough room for the six of us to ‘do our own thing’ when we wanted to and get together when we were more inclined to be sociable. Everything the owners say about the property and facilities is spot on. The pool proved very popular even with those of us who are not normally enthusiastic swimmers.
The surrounding area is relatively unspoilt and the locals particularly welcoming. And although there are only a few restaurants near by they all had their own particular charm. Casa Lola is an ideal holiday home for people who enjoy the country rather than the bright lights. We were delighted to be in the region before hordes of tourists discover it, as they surely must.
Roger and June, London, Sep 2008
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Some of the comments guests have left in the visitors book:
Location location location!!!! Awesome awesome awesome.
Ashdon - London
We had the best time!
We nearly cried when we first arrived it was so beautiful; the website is fantastic but I don't think it hints at half of what you really get, we were chuffed.
Tim, Alexa, Al - London
House book, Various, Sep 2009
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We had a fantastic time staying at Casa Lola, unfortunately we only stayed for a week! It was just right for our family holiday, young and old alike. The house is set in an amazing location. The house had everything we needed. We had lots of fun in the pool which has amazing views. The views of the Sibillini mountains are truly wonderful especially sitting on the terrace in the morning
having breakfast. The sunsets are also wonderful. The rural location is just right, not too far from the local towns. Lovely drives through the mountains and lakes, a must is to go to Castelluccio & Piano Grande. A trip to Ascoli Piceno is well worth it. We ate at the local restaurant ‘Le Querce’ near Monte San Martino, the food was very good and rather plentiful!!! Good value, the owner was very friendly considering we spoke very little Italian and he spoke very little English. The Italians are very child friendly. Also ‘Da Priori’ in Monte San Martino was excellent, more expensive, but well worth it. The Le Marche region is a must to visit being beautiful and unspoilt and wished we had stayed longer, hope to go again in the future.
Margaret and Duncan & family, Hampshire, Aug 2009
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