Sunday, March 16, 2014

Walking on the wild side.


If you like walking like we do you will find plenty of walks right out the front door in the woods.



This morning taking advantage of the continuing sunny weather we decided to go for a circular walk (9.5km) through woods and Olive groves,to Casano  di Ortonovo and back. We started along the track at the back of the house where you could get distracted and start picking asparagus but determinedly we headed on and up into the hills.


To sounds of chain saws (always a little distracting) we enjoyed an uphill walk in the spring sunshine past primroses and violets.


Sam who came with us was always a little too far ahead so we ended up putting him on the lead as he tends to rush off looking for people to say hello to if he hears voices...sounds carry in the hills so he can end up disappearing. The walk eventually descended down into the valley and to a little stream where Sam enjoyed cooling off and quenching his thirst despite us carrying his own water bottle for him!



After a short while we arrived at Casano di Ortonovo a small hamlet with a church at the head of the valley.

Unfortunately the church was not open but at the end of the street we came to a path which headed up the hill through olive groves towards the house.

 Even though we were nearing journey's end we sat in the sun and had our sandwiches amongst the olive trees.Round trip about 2.5 to 3 hours.



Saturday, January 18, 2014

Unexpected Pleasures - Guest Comments

We hear a lot these days about the importance of Guest reviews via the various internet booking portals. All the major booking portals have them ....Booking.com , Venere/Expedia and Trip Advisor...giving those who booked with them the chance for a comment on their return and those who are thinking of booking a means of evaluating their potential hosts.

All those who work in the tourist industry work  hard to ensure guests have a great time and we are always grateful for a great review and a little hurt if we receive a negative one.

Recently we received a couple of emails from Venere.com informing us we had received awards both for the Quality of Service Offered and Cleanliness and are amongst the top 5000 out of over 135000 properties.

We would like to thank both Venere.com their clients for the award and hope to be able to continue to offer a great vacation to those to choose to stay with us.