Villa Colombaia - Private villa, 3 bedrooms, pool, A/C, wifi, pets, Marche

We (a family of 5, with 3 kids ages 2-8) spent 2 marvellous weeks in Villa Colombaia. To start with, everything was just as the pictures say: the nice garden, the comfortable house and the pool, plus the great views and landscape around. The owners Beniamino and his son Cristiano were the perfect hosts: very kind, always reachable and really caring for us (we had a small problem with the TV on a Sunday and it was solved the same day). The hillside estate invites to go for regular strolls, to enjoy the garden with lots of flowers and "wild-life", of which the owners are taking care 3 days a week during the earliest morning hours (we never even noticed them doing this work). Our kids extremely liked the daily visit to the hens at the other side of the estate - always providing us with fresh eggs! We never got tired of the great views to the surrounding hills. A real highlight is the swimming-pool. It works with salt water and was always extremely clean. There were several sun loungers and parasols available, they seemed to be totally new. A nice feature of the whole estate is also the outdoor lighting which can be activated to one´s personal likings - including in-pool-lighting. Absolutely no complaints about the house from our side either - as can be seen in the pictures the interior is in a rustic style with older furnitures - it´s a good fit and we liked the atmosphere, bedrooms, living area, kitchen... (we were staying in the upper part of the house, making use of the lower flat only when another family stayed with us overnight for a short visit). The house doesn't need any system for air-conditioning - it´s a stone house with thick walls, all windows have mosquito nets and so we just made sure to have some ventilation with the door and living-room windows open - the house was always cool, although we were having +30 degrees outside on most days. As the place is up on a hill, be prepared for a 15 min. car drive in order to reach the next supermarket (good variety) in the valley. The only bad thing in this part of Italy are the bumpy roads! These did not stop us to visit some nice places of which we most liked the small cities of Urbino and especially Gubbio (worth the +90 min. drive!). The Fasassi cove also was great fun for the whole family. We definitely plan to repeat and come back to Villa Colombaia in the future!