10/10 Excellent
Stefano V.
30 June 2020
Liked: Cleanliness
Starry Nights
Now let’s get this straight from the very beginning: this is not a vacation home, it is a “loose your soul home”!
Loose it to the one billion and one stars which drop onto you when at midnight all the street lights are turned off.
Loose it to the endless beaches
To the unknown silence.
Loose it to the wide fields inhabited by bales of straw, herons, horses, donkeys
To the charm of a little backyard fragrant of herbs
Loose it to a warm, most tender pain au chocolat
To a croissant, if you prefer…
Loose it and find it again
On your return.
Ok, ok. You want facts. (Though I must say, all the things mentioned above ARE facts!)
My family spent in this very welcoming and from bottom to top best equipped house one week at the end of June.
The kitchen provides ALL you need: electric kettle, a moka pot (my husband is Italian, so this was crucial :-)), lemon squeezer, garlic press, … a half moon to chop your herbs, freshly picked in the backyard of the house, where you can enjoy a most wonderful petit- déjeuner with pain au chocolat you can get - still warm - every morning from the bakery, only a 5 minutes bike ride away from the house.
If you are a large family the two bathrooms come in handy (one of them with a separate toilet).
Yes, there is a TV, but we NEVER turned it on and we have two teenage kids!
Two umbrellas for the beach are at your disposition as well as a set for “boules” to play at the camp at a distance of only a 10 minutes walk.
You can rent bikes at a close by place (25 minutes walk) to discover each day a different village, a different beach, from the ones with surfing waves to the calm ones. Plenty of material (brochures, guides etc) is in the house about bike routes on the island, touristic attractions, restaurants...
PS: For those who can’t manage without their virtual life, in the bedroom with the starfish pictures on the wall, next to the window you have quite a good reception; just enough to post a picture or two every day; jealousy guaranteed….. :-)