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Casa Vallegrande

Three bedrooms
Air conditioning
Satellite TV
Garden
max. occupancy: 5 + 1 persons

Description

Casa Vallegrande comfortably accommodates up to six people and comprises two double bedrooms, one bedroom with sofa bed, a large comfortable living room with dining area, a practical, well equipped kitchen and a bathroom with shower. Relax and leave your cares behind in the garden or on the inviting terrace. Casa Vallegrande is located in a very quiet area above the centre of Ospedaletti. The sea is about 900 meters away, and there is also a butcher, baker and fruit and vegetable shop all within a short walking distance. Two walking trails, the \"Passeggiate ecologica e panoramica\" leading to Madonna delle Porrine (about 1 kilometer) and Monte Nero (4 kilometers) begin just a few metres from the house. Alternatively, call in at the interesting Wednesday market in Piazza Stazione.

location details: Ospedaletti


According to tradition, this fishing town situated between Capo Nero and Capo Sant'Ampelio takes its name from the hospice founded for pilgrims in the fourteenth century by the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem. The most temperate town in Italy discovered its vocation for tourism and for flower-growing (especially carnations and roses) in the second half of the nineteenth century with the arrival of the first "tourists" (including Katherine Mansfield and Mary Shelley) and the opening of the first flower market in Europe.


Ospedaletti has good road links with Ventimiglia, the Cote d'Azur and the Riviera dei Fiori and was, at the beginning of the twentieth century, a popular resort with the mid-European aristocracy and international élite, whose favourite meeting place, Villa Sultana, is where the first casino in Italy was opened in 1911. The race track was built in 1947 to Formula One standards: it is 3380 metres long and attracted some of the most famous racing drivers in the 1950s and 1960s.


The church of the Porrini was built in the mid-sixteenth century and made into a sanctuary in 1858, although the present Greek-cross form, like the decorations on the façade of the adjacent pilgrims' hospice, are in Baroque style. The little thirteenth-century church bearing the name of Sant'Erasmo, the patron saint of sailors, preserves a collection of sailors' votary objects. The eighteenth-century parish church of San Giovanni Battista holds a copy by Tommaso Rossi of Raphael's Madonna di Foligno.


Two sixteenth-century towers are all that can still be seen of the ancient defence system: one is a watchtower overlooking the bay and the other is a quadrangular defence tower.


There are plenty of panoramic walks to be made among the flowers, palms and eucalyptus trees in the local gardens and along the ancient mule tracks in the higher woodland areas.


special features

Hiking trails "Passeggiate ecologica e panoramica" to the Madonna delle Porrine (ca. 1km) and to the Monte Nero (4 km) start nearby the house.

Details

  • premises

    • 1 living room
      • 6 seats
      • bedcouch
    • 1 bedroom with 2 single beds
    • 1 bedroom with bedcouch
    • 1 bedroom with double bed
    • 1 kitchen
    • 1 bathroom/WC
    • 1 shower/WC

    external area

      • barbecue allowed
      • garden
      • outdoor furniture
      • balcony
      • terrace
      • stony beach
      • parking lot

  • interior

    • central heating / gas
    • air conditioning
    • radio/CD
    • Sat/TV

    kitchen equipment

      • 4- ring stove
      • fridge

    misc

local places of interest

Travel links

excursions



These excursions can be recommended: Cultural Excursions:
Other excursions:
  • Shopping on the promenades of Imperia, Diano Marina, Sanremo and Alassio.
  • Prize winning wines of von 'La Rocca di San Nicolao' with Vermentino and Pigato.
  • A plethora of restaurants, pizzerias, osterias, farmer stalls and markets etc.
  • Aficionados say that because of the quality of olives and diligent processes involved, Imperia and the surrounding area is said to have the best olive oil in the world.

  • Our representative on site will let you know where the best beaches are when you arrive.
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24.10.2009 - 31.10.2009, Mary S. (GB)

Another confortable chair in the living room would be good. Triora, Dolce Aqua, San Remo, Ospedaletti itself - all very interesting. Check the map out before you head into the mountains - some of the roads are very narrow and have lots of hair pin bends.


10.10.2009 - 17.10.2009, Fabian D. (CH)

Non, rien à part ce qui a été signalé avant. Tondre la pelouse, arracher les mauvaises herbes,passer un coup de balai sur la terasse serait plus acceuillant. Ne pas hésiter à visiter les petits villages de l'arrière pays qui sont très jolis!


03.10.2009 - 10.10.2009, Nanny N. (NL)

It is a very complete house, could not be better! On your site is written, that shops and restaurants are on walking distance. We think it is too far, because the house lies on a steep hill. Maybe Ok to go down, but much too far to walk back! You cannot do without a car. The beach of Ospedaletti is not sandy, the nearest beach is in Sanremo, very nice. We liked the old centers of Sanremo, Imperia and Bordighera.


12.09.2009 - 26.09.2009, Michaela W. (AT)

Wir waren mit der Ausstattung sehr zufrieden. Für einen gemütlichen Urlaub war alles vorhanden. Das kleinste Fürstentum der Welt "SEBORGA " ist ganz in der Nähe und einen Ausflug wert Herzlichen Dank für die Vermittlung dieses Objektes. Wir hatten einen Traumurlaub und konnten uns wunderbar erholen.


15.08.2009 - 22.08.2009, Fritz H. (DE)

Wir haben einen wunderschönen Urlaub verbracht und waren insbesondere von der Landschaft begeistert. Der Vermieter ist ein außerordentlich freundlicher und hilfsbereiter Mann. Eine besonders nette Geste war der eisgekühlte Willkommenstrunk in Form einer Flasche Sekt für die Erwachsenen bzw. eines Softdrinks für die Kinder - dafür nochmals vielen Dank.


27.06.2009 - 09.07.2009, Outi S. (FI)


11.04.2009 - 25.04.2009, Christine P. (DE)

Super wäre noch eine Spülmaschine. Etwas mehr Sauberkeit bei Übernahme. Ausflüge nach Pignia und Dolceaqua, Shoppen in San Remo, nette Familienpizzeria Golfo di Napoli im Ort Wir waren unterm Strich sehr zufrieden, da wir ein Haus mit 3 Schlafzimmern benötigten. In die Beschreibung sollte jedoch, dass der Fußweg teils recht steil ist (Kinderwagen!). Signiore Amoretti (Vermieter) war sehr freundlich und hilsbereit und kümmerte sich sofort.


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