Villa Roccascalegna

We verbleven deze zomer drie weken in Italië, waarvan de eerste week in dit landelijk gelegen huis. Sterke punten zijn de ruime keuken en het leven buiten met een eigen zwembad binnen handbereik! We waren er in een week dat de temperatuur nog niet zo hoog opliep en konden het binnen goed koel houden. Er is geen airconditioning in dit huis en dat zou in de allerwarmste weken van het jaar wel een probleem kunnen zijn. Verder van harte aanbevolen!

We had a lovely time in Roccascalegna staying at the villa. It is exactly like the photos; surrounded by an olive grove on the way up a hill to the village. The house itself is lovely and cool with lots of fans. A great balcony upstairs with amazing views. The pool is nice but unfortunately we weren't able to use it for some of our stay through nobodies fault but a natural occurrence. You do need a car to explore the area properly and to get to shops and restaurants if you have kids like ours! The village has a lovely bakery and friendly bar owner. Nearby lots to do and see, with our kids we visited the beaches and Aqualand and attempted the Gorge walk. They liked all the lizards and the wild boar family that was spotted in the evenings. A great part of Italy to visit.

We enjoyed a very relaxing week at Casolare della Quercia this August. The villa is presented to a very high standard, is very well equipped and has a lovely swimming pool. There are stunning views from the upstairs balcony of the beautiful surrounding countryside, including Lake Bomba. The villa is secluded and peaceful but is only a kilometre up the hill to the fascinating old village of Roccascalegna and its castle. We would love to go back and the enjoy the tranquility and comfort of the villa and explore the local area further.

The listing description was accurate and the property clean and well maintained.

We (2 adults and a 5 year old) spend to weeks at Casolare della Quercia. The house is private, a perfect place to get relaxed, and the surroundings very unspoiled. Very tasting figs!

We especially enjoyed the balcony with the view (we felt a little too near the trees on the downstairs terrasse. We would have loved a terrasse on the backside of the house - with a view).

For a daytrip we can recommend a trip to the Grotte del Cavallone.

We would like to come back some day!

A wonderful villa surrounded by olive and fig (sadly not ripe while we were there!) trees. Secluded and peaceful bar the barking dogs in the early evenings - but they didn't really bother us - just made us laugh as they answered each other. The villa was very clean and comfortable. The kitchen was well stocked with everything we needed in the way of pots and pans and utensils etc. Thank you for the lovely welcome basket of fruit/olive oil/wine and breadsticks. Rob and Sarah were very welcoming and gave us various helpful advice during our stay. We had a very hot 2 weeks and would have liked another couple of sunbeds and another parasol to make our lazy days by the pool more comfortable (we are a family with four older children 13-21 so everyone wanted one!). Roccascelegna is a short drive away and we loved our almost daily trips to the bakery. All in all a fantastic villa and a wonderful holiday in this interesting area of Italy - we loved it! Thank you