Villasfor2 Abruzzo Holidays – Now We’re Open !
Less than a year after we started work on our Abruzzo property, Villasfor2 is now open and ready to welcome you to a great Abruzzo holiday !
Considering we opened a week ago, I really should've got my act together and written this earlier. However Week 1 in our new career of providing Abruzzo holidays for couples was designed as a kind of 'roadtest', with all three Villas occupied to make sure that everything works. And with a sigh of relief, I can tell you it does. Aside from a leaking kitchen tap in Acquaviva, (each of our three villas is named after a mountain in the nearby Majella range), which Domenico the plumber is going to fix tomorrow.
The weather was utterly fantastic. A week of unbroken blue skies, temperatures in the mid-70s and gentle breezes. But that was honestly nothing more than we deserved, because April was pretty dismal, inflicting the one irritating casualty on the building schedule.
We'd earmarked March and April to landscape and plant our Abruzzo property. We made a good enough start to the area around the pool and the Villas but then it simply got too wet to work – and now it's too hot and too late in the planting season. So the gardens have to remain unmade for a year. Such is life. Gardeners are good at being philsophical – and I guess I can try passing off the non-garden as the ultimate in minimalism…
Luckily, we can borrow the stupendous views around our Abruzzo Villas. Take a look at the panorama spread out before you from the big sun terraces by the pool and right outside your own doors.
Not the worst of places to pass a day or two – or three – of your Abruzzo holiday – under a sun umbrella, sipping something cool, and slipping into the pool every now and then…
Like to take a look inside ? Our Abruzzo villas have tiled floors and are topped by a big beam of reclaimed chestnut wood from the ruined buildings that were originally on this site.
There's plenty of room to sit and relax. A proper kitchen to fix yourself something to eat – and a place to sit and eat it. Plus a clean, modern bathroom with a walk-in shower.
And so you can keep cool on those hot summer nights and warm in autumn and winter, each of our Abruzzo Villas has its own air-conditioning and central heating.
TV ? No, no TV. (Have you ever actually watched Italian television ?) Instead, if you fancy a night in, each Villa's got its own multi-region DVD player. Bring a couple of your own favourite movies – or borrow one from the Villasfor2 DVD library.
Up the stairs, you'll find the wood-floored, galleried sleeping area, with a choice of a Kingside double – or two single beds. Plus plenty of space for all your holiday bits and pieces and a small personal safe.
Browse through the Vf2 site for more info about Abruzzo holidays; our Villas; how to get here; what you'll find when you arrive – and of course how to book.
Next time – soon, I promise – we'll round-off the Abruzzo property saga with showing you how our own house turned out.
Less than a year ago, we started work on two old ruins. Villasfor2 is now up-and-running. And as for our own home…
Join us next time and see !
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