10/10 Excellent
Matthew A.
28 Aug 2020
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
August 2020 family of four stay
The apartment is amazing. The views of the hills and mountains are stunning. The host (Bernd) is a lovely man - attentive, but unobtrusive.
We would thoroughly recommend Bernd’s place to stay and Montelparo as location. Some details:
1. The location: Montelparo is a beautiful little old village. There’s not much there. A supermarket (that sold everything you need), a great pizza takeaway place, a bar, a small hotel / restaurant. But it’s a great location if you like peace and quiet and breathtaking mountain views. Honestly I’ve never seen a view like it. I could have spent all day looking out at them.
2. The apartment:
- Tasteful, modern decor and modern appliances, new-looking bathroom, comfortable beds.
- Kitchen well equipped - a fridge and a freezer, a gas hob, coffee machine, and all the utensils etc you need.
- It all felt very clean and fresh.
- Did I mention the views? I could look at them all day!
- The shared facilities. As well as our own dining table (inside) the apartment comes with a balcony area that was big enough to fit a table for four and a parasol. That was nice. There is also a shared ‘common room’ and a bigger outside covered seating area / patio down stairs from your own balcony (like the pool you share all this with one other 2 bed apartment). Bernd also has plans for a bbq area which will be the icing on the cake!
- The pool is great. Very clean and well maintained. My kids loved it and were in there all there time. There is a really good outdoor shower, sun loungers and Bernd provides some pool inflatables.
3. The host. We couldn’t have had a better host. Bernd stays in the apartment above yours. He’s there but he’s also not. You’d see him if you were up early sweeping, checking the pool was clean, emptying the recycling etc. He was available for tips and questions if you needed them, but you didn’t really see him otherwise.
- There were also lots of nice touches like the bottle of wine in the fridge on arrival, things like salt and pepper, cling films, bin bags and so on left in the apartment, a clothes dryer (and pegs if you needed them), pool towels as well as towels for the apartment. It felt like Bernd had thought of everything and was really looking out for you. He was at constant pains to ask when he saw us if everything was alright and if there was anything more he could do. He couldn’t really!
This was genuinely one of the best holidays we’ve ever had. We will be back!
Matthew A.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2020