We had a pleasant stay. Spacious with all pratical things you need.

The location of the property is ideal for those like us who want peace and quiet and love the feeling of being close to nature. The house is lovely and spacious and beautifully decorated, very comfortable and extremely well-equipped. We spent all our time there outside and made the most of the lovely pool and pretty terrace and garden. The owners have made the property very welcoming, with excellent details about nearby shops, restaurants and places to visit. The location means you can easily access the stunning beaches by the Adriatic, as well as the awe-inspiring mountainous landscape surrounding the property. There is one thing that potential guests might want to bear in mind, as the online details do not describe the bedroom situation clearly. There are 3 bedrooms upstairs, but they are not accessed discretely. Access to the two doubles and the bathroom is off the twin bedded room, which is the room you enter directly from the front door at the top of the outside staircase. Fortunately this was not an issue for us but it may be for others depending on the composition of your group and their wish for privacy. Also, when we arrived only the two doubles had bedding on. Our group was made up of a couple and 2 single adults, so we needed all 3 rooms. The very helpful agent-manager had only been asked to make up the two doubles. There was plenty of bedding available for us to make the single bed up, however.

Lovely spacious house with a fabulous pool and beautiful garden. Very private - the house is near the end of a rural lane high in the mountains of Le Marche. Comfy beds, and the arrangement with the outside stairs up to the bedrooms/bathroom is fine. The bathroom upstairs feels overlooked (although the house next door was unoccupied most of the time, the window looks out directly onto the lane where the recycling area is, so a bit of coming and going there from locals) - could do with a blind or curtain, but good to have the shower room downstairs too. Well appointed kitchen with everything you need for self catering, plenty of indoor and outdoor seating plus the lovely hammock for anyone who wants to take themselves off for some quiet time. Fantastic swimming pool - a generous size and lovely and clean. Thomas gave us a warm welcome and all the info we needed on arrival for a trouble-free stay. A car is essential and it does take quite a while to get anywhere because of the winding mountain roads but well worth the trip. A place waiting for discovery!

We stayed for 2 weeks towards the end of August. The housebook detailing places to visit and eat out made our holiday easy and special and we experienced things that otherwise we would have missed. Having Thomas on hand was the icing on the cake as we were able to communicate with him via WhatsApp and he was happy to make reservations and recommendations for us. The house was was comfortable (in particlar the beds) and everything that we could possibly need was there. The pool was a real treat and we particularly liked the surrounding mediterranean style planting which looked and smelled fantastic. We were also able to pick herbs for cooking. The Sibilini mountains were simply stunning and we could have spent many more days exploring. The beaches were very family friendly and clean and the water was as warm as a bath! The property was ideally located between the two, both being approximately 40 minutes by car. We had some fabulous meals thanks to the recomendations of our host. In partcular, an agri tourismo where dish after delicous dish appeared on the table until we could manage no more! Also, we had lunch at a local hotel and the owner didn't give us menus but instead asked us what we liked to eat and made recomendations for us. The only down side was that we did experience more than our fair share of thunderstorms (this is itself was not a problem as our hosts had recommended heading to the coast if this happened and the weather there was perfect) but the layout of the house became slightly awkward in inclement weather as the staircase was external. Le Marche has so much to offer that we are already planning to visit the region again next year. Thank you Tony and Lynne (and Thomas!)