This was a wonderful place for our family holiday reunion, close to Paestum’s historic ruins and convenient for Salerno where one can take boat trips on the Amalfi coast including to Capri. We were 4 couples from 2 generations, from both sides of the Atlantic. When booking, this house ticked all the boxes but we didn’t realise it would be quite as good as it was!
It was very, very hot in Italy (up to 38C) and I can’t imagine what we would have done if we hadn’t each had an air conditioned bedroom. So we had comfortable nights and, of the 4 bathrooms, 3 were en-suite. The house was spacious and well equipped, including the kitchen, and there was a large fridge, dishwasher and washing machine. The TV in the air conditioned living room only has Italian channels (lucky there was internet and that we had laptops and an HDMI cable with us), but who needs to watch TV when staying somewhere so nice?
Outside, the owner seemed to have thought of everything, from the loungers placed in the sun trap at the back, to the canopied outside eating area with barbecue, the shaded hammock for lazy afternoon naps, and the table and chairs at the front where we could have cold drinks beside the pool. I don’t know what we would have done without the pool and the outside shower where we could cool off when we got too hot!. There was sufficient space in the front yard to park our 3 hire cars.
The house really is only a very short level walk from the sea (both lidos and adjacent free beaches) and there are also several food shops and a few excellent restaurants all within 10 minutes’ walk. The nearest eating place is the Pizza Bonita, only 5 minutes’ walk from the house, where we several times ate excellent pizzas and fish and drank almost unbelievably cheap (and very good) wine.
This place is highly recommended and I hope we will be able to come back again sometime!