Not everybody knows the cute little town of Montone in Umbria. It is a small jewel not far from Umbertide in the North of Umbria. It is officially one of the ‘Borghi più belli d’Italia’, one of the most beautiful villages in Italy. We organised a wine tasting here...
The winter months are sliding by and unfortunately we are all still in full or partial lockdown. This makes it difficult for us to go out for new blog stories. We have asked for the help of the home owners and in the coming blogs will publish their stories, about...
Summer 2014 is coming to an end. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting longer. We had a lot of rainy days in July and August which is very uncommon. Even the elderly people here can't remember that much rain during summer. At least, that's what they...
The Umbrian landscape in autumn is like a palette of yellow, green, orange, gold and red. The last few days were cloudy and rainy too. But when the sun breaks through, it feels like spring! The chestnut season has begun and we drink young red wine. It is definitely...
We have just added this private vacation rental with swimming pool and three bedrooms to our portfolio and the owners are very keen to get some bookings still for this summer. A bit late ... but who knows? Just in case you happen to know of anybody who is still...
One pleasant (understatement) of renting out holiday homes in Umbria, is that you get invited to all kinds of places. Sometimes terrible, sometimes terrific. This morning we went to visit a real castle in the Gubbio area. What a treat. As soon as the weather improves...
We often get asked by our clients who have rented a holiday apartment or villa through us, whether the rental unit has an American style coffee maker. Some owners have them, others don't. So it might be time to understand how to make coffee in an Italian coffee maker,...
This morning my colleague and I went to visit a new 'house' on the border with Le Marche. House is not the right term for this. It is a medium sized hotel with wellness centre. It is surrounded by a big property where many different animals were bred, all organically....
Last week one of the houseowners told us that a client had made him a proposal. He would write a positive review if he would get a discount! The proposal was made on the day the guest was leaving, after a pleasant stay without any complaints (apart from the one day of...
Now that is a nice present for Christmas! If you are planning to stay in your villa in Umbria or southern Tuscany but come from Belgium or Holland, you can from the end of March next year take a Ryanair flight from Brussels to Perugia. The bi-weekly flights will start...
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