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10/10 Excellent
Vicky B.
10 May 2016
Perfect house for biking … or relaxing!
We stayed in the New House for a 10-day mountain biking trip and it was perfect! The New House (photos 3-8), is a detached ‘mini-villa’ in a very private corner of the plot. It has it’s own parking, covered patio and good size garden (with covered seating and barbeque), all of which are very private and immaculately maintained. The views from the garden and house are amazing – you can see down to the coast, up to the mountains and the castle at Perti! The position also means you can eat your breakfast watching the sun rise and your dinner watching it set!
The house is also very well maintained, and is a real home-from-home. The bed (king size?) was super-comfy, so Marco has definitely replaced it since last year/the last comment. Everything was clean and all the essentials were there, such as washing up liquid, olive oil etc. Marco has obviously put a lot of thought and effort into making this a home from home.
We stayed there for mountain biking, and it was a perfect base. The house is on one of the best ways to get up to Osteria del Din – an easy gradient road that becomes a forest track. From the Osteria you can go right to Nato Base, and its amazing descents, or left to Roller Coaster and Kill Bill. These routes are in the new Finale MTB guide (Nicola Pisani), which is well worth buying. It’s the 3rd time we’ve biked in Finale and it’s the best biking we’ve done, thanks to Nicola’s book. Although the house is above Calice, it’s only a 20 minute ride up an easy switchback road to the house.
Because we were riding we didn’t have chance to use the pool, however, it looked liked the perfect place to relax and take in the sun and the views.
Marco was a great host – never intrusive but always on hand to help, e.g. when a storm took out the wifi, which he fixed the next morning (thanks for the wine and jam!).
If you’re looking for a quiet, relaxing place to stay, with great views then this is it. The house is pretty much faultless and the outside space is fantastic. Plus it’s only a short drive/ride to Calice, which has supermarket, restaurants and bars.
We didn’t see inside the large house, however, although it is semi-detached (Marco lives in the other half), it seemed equally well maintained and private, with it’s own garden and seating area.
Definitely the best house we’ve stayed in in the area, and we’ll be staying there again. Highly recommended. Thank you Marco!
