Casa Luigi

Price: From £380

Located near Amandola, Marche, Italy

Two stone buildings house three spacious apartments, sleeping 6, 5 and 3 guests respectively, with shared swimming pool

This nicely restored stone farmhouse and annex are lucky to have some of the best views in Marche of the Sibillini Mountains, at the heart of the Apennines and close to the border with Umbria.

All the apartments are independent and have access to a mature and well tended private garden and swimming pool, cleaned daily by the custodian. The garden boasts lovely views, is planted with mature fruit trees which guests are welcome to utilise and makes the perfect placefor families to relax, dine or dip in the pool.

The house is less than 2 kilometres from Amandola and ten minutes drive from the bustling and picturesaque market town of Sarnano.

Amandola has a beautifully porticoed main square where you can sit outside one of the bars and enjoy a drink and a bite to eat or take one of the narrow cobbled streets or paths up to the town's highest point to enjoy the breathtaking views of the Monti Sibillini mountains.

The Monti Sibillini National Park is home to some of the highest peaks in the Apennines, with Monte Vettore the highest in the park at 2,476m (8,124 ft) and many others including Sibilla and Priora both well over 2,000m. Together the mountain chain domminates the skyline for miles around.

The national park offers a wide array of excursions with experienced guides in some of the most beautiful yet least trodden paths in the whole of Italy - from the enormous expanse of the Piano Grande, a vast natural plain surrounded by mountains, which in the summer months is carpeted with a dazzling floral rainbow, to the corrie lake Lago di Pilato, where according to legend Pilate's body was left by oxen and cart.

Wildlife is all around, with a stable wolf population, deer, plenty of wild boar (often on the menu!), chamoix, porcupines, hares, eagle owls, golden eagle, falcons and hawks all present in the park.

ACCOMMODATION DETAILS

- Apartment Ginepro is in a separate building and is very spacious for two people. It has a well equipped kitchen and living room and stairs lead to a delightful double room with bathroom and shower and an extra sofa bed.
- Apartment Castagno has a light spacious living room, with a blend of stonework and white walls, traditional beams and furnishings. French doors open into an attractive dining area and kitchen and down two shallow steps is a comfortable sitting room. One double and one twin bedroom upstairs plus a spacious and well-lit landing to make a simple bedroom suitable for a child. One bathroom.
- Apartment Quercia has a kitchen/dining room with breakfast bar and outside a pergola adorned with wisteria. Upstairs is a double room, with good views from the window, and a shower room. On the second floor a large attic with three beds is ideal for children. Another bed is also available on the first floor landing.
- All three apartments share a laundry room in a communal outhouse
- Great walking, trekking, horse riding, mountain biking in the hills, mountains and woods.
- Swimming pool

Casa Luigi is located near Amandola,
in the Marche region of Italy