DOMINO HOUSE - Il Casale

Reasonably priced and secured by electric gates. Orange trees in the garden and a pleasant private terrace. The hosts are very pleasant and helpful. There's a decent supermarket within five minutes' walk. A 10 minute stroll puts you in the central piazza, and five minutes more to the port. The accommodation is fairly basic, but clean and good value. For the able-bodied, it's a great base. But...

We booked because the accommodation is billed as wheelchair-friendly. In fact, the main bedroom is up four steps, with half a dozen or so steps up to the terrace. The toilet is usable if you can transfer from a wheelchair without support bars. The shower is very small, with a flimsy plastic screen that can't be used for support. The hosts provided a chair, which made showering possible, but there's barely room for elbows and knees. The floor become dangerously slippery when wet. If your party is all able-bodied, none of this is an issue. For a disabled guest, though, it can't be recommended.

great location , home from home, spacious back garden to sit out and enjoy the sun and the beautiful lemon and orange trees

Loved this place.. Loads of character, and the location is perfect. Also, Adele was very helpful, even though we arrived much later than we planned.

It gets pretty hot

We came to like it the longer we stayed.

There is no air conditioning. It was 38 degrees when we arrived and we were provided two pedestal fans. Two of our group booked another hotel immediately. We had to sleep with all the windows open and both fans in the one room. Luckily the are is pretty quiet. It is not a three bedroom house - it is a one bedroom house with two single beds in the lounge room and one in a hallway. There is very little privacy except for the main bedroom. The two single beds means there is nowhere to sit except at the dinner table in the middle of the same room. Bathroom - one shower door was missing meaning the floor gets a bit wet. The toilet seat is wonky and coming off and the washing machine doesn’t work properly - it gets stuck on the first drain cycle meaning the clothes don’t go through a full wash cycle. The only way to fix it is by running a spin/rinse cycle. The kitchen facilities appeared ok but we didn’t use them as we dined out. The owners were there to welcome us and the husband had no shame in trying to cross sell us with the services of the private boat hire company he had. It is up a bit of a hill and about a 15-20 minute walk from the train station and main square. The outdoor sitting area is a nice touch but you share it with the people living upstairs and it is not very clean - could do with a good sweep.