Villa Gelsi

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Villa |4 bedrooms |Sleeps 11

Montesecco in Pergola

From £600 per week

1 night minimum stay

Changeover Friday

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Key info  Swimming pool, air conditioning, car essential, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

Villa Gelsi is a 200 year old farmhouse which we have completely restored to provide comfortable accommodation for up to 11 guests. It takes its name from the majestic mulberry trees that grace the grounds around the house, which is approached along a private track leading up a hillside and through a wooded archway formed by the trees of a small copse. The track ends in a large car park area to the north-eastern end of the house.

The property is about 55 minutes drive from Ancona airport, and is situated in approximately 1.5 acres surrounded by farmed fields – some of which will be found glowing with sunflowers in July. Villa Gelsi is approached via a 'white’ road or ‘strada bianca' (i.e. not tarmac, but common in rural Italy), and is about a quarter of a mile from the nearest minor tarmac road. Complete privacy and tranquillity are just two of the delights of Villa Gelsi.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The ground floor consists of an entrance hall leading to a dining room, which in turn leads into a large living room - complete with a preserved feeding trough! (the ground floor was originally home to farm animals). Off the living room is a smaller TV room with a 32" flat panel TV, satellite, DVD player, hi-fi unit with iPod/MP3 connection, and a double sofa-bed. Also on the ground floor are a large kitchen with fridge/freezer, electric oven, gas hob, double sink, and dishwasher; and a shower room with wash basin and toilet, which doubles a laundry room - a common feature in Italian country houses. Full laundry facilities include a sink, automatic washing machine, ironing board and iron. The main bathroom on the first floor has a shower, wash basin, roll-top cast iron bath, toilet and bidet. All the showers have thermostatically controlled mixer taps.

Also on the first floor is a second living room with hi-fi unit and iPod/MP3 connection, a double bedroom with king-sized four-poster bed (bedroom 1), a twin-bedded room (bedroom 2), a second double room with a king-sized bed, a dressing room with an additional single daybed, and an en-suite bathroom (bedroom 3). Finally, there’s another twin-bedded room (bedroom 4). All the bedrooms are air-conditioned and have commanding views over the local countryside. The house is equipped with double sets of bed linen and towels, plus a supply of additional towels for pool use (depending on the time of year).

Further details outdoors:
Outside there is a 12m x 6m pool with steps and a diving board at one end, and walk-in steps at the other end. A solar shower located by the pool provides ample hot water during the summer months.

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Villa Gelsi, pool, and shady pergola

 

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A pool to dive for

 

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Ground Floor Living Room

 

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Dining Room

The Marche / Abruzzo / Marche region

The neighbouring countryside is dotted with delightful medieval hill-top villages. The two local towns - San Lorenzo in Campo and Pergola - a few minutes drive away, are as yet untouched by tourism. Both have bustling colourful weekly local markets plus local stores, and supermarkets.

The beaches are renowned for their cleanliness, and you can drive down to the sea and the pebble beaches of peaceful Marotta, with its favoured fish restaurants overlooking the Adriatic sea, or the broad, sandy, well organized beaches at Senigallia and Fano in about 40 – 45 minutes. Here, in the medieval town centres, you can enjoy an ‘aperitivo’ followed by sophisticated shopping and an opportunity to discover the delights of their stylish restaurants or pizzerie. Later, the many delicious Italian ice cream bars are difficult to resist.

The Pergola / Montesecco area

The Museum of the Bronze Dorati in Pergola is worth a visit.
The Furlo Gorge (Gola del Furlo) is spectacularly scenic, and not to be missed.
The remarkable limestone caves - the Grotte di Frasassi - are stunning.
The best mountain views are on the doorstep of Urbino, around the giant Monte Catria.
Of the many seaside resorts, the prettiest is Sirolo, on the Conero peninsula.

Throughout the summer, many of the local towns and villages stage ‘feste’ or ‘sagre’, and as the day becomes cooler the whole population turns out to enjoy themselves celebrating local specialities or harvests of regional produce in a carnival-like atmosphere with costume, performances, arts, and of course, a jolly good meal!

‘Sagra’ means a local fair, usually a celebration of the bounties of the earth - i.e. food, as in a preparation (sagra di torta di erbe) or a raw ingredient (sagra di pesce [fish]). Larger sagre may feature musical bands and perhaps a competition of some sort. Most of them are held in small towns, usually in the main piazza. When you drive through the Italian countryside, you'll see colourful posters at intersections indicating the ‘sagra di………’, with the dates and times large enough to be read from a passing car.

Visiting a sagra is a good fun and great way to get a taste of Italian country life. You order food to be cooked by locals with a passion for the local cuisine, then sit at communal tables to eat.

How to get there

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The best (and cheapest) way to get to Villa Gelsi is to fly with Ryanair from Stansted to Ancona Falconara. Ryanair currently have a daily scheduled flight which arrives at Ancona at about 13.00.

You can book and hire a car with Hertz (through Ryanair) and the drive to Villa Gelsi is about 55 minutes.

Ryanair also flies to Rimini, and the drive from there is in the region of 1hr 10 minutes.

Bologna Marconi airport is a convenient touchdown for both the mainstream scheduled flights and budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet, but the drive is about 2-2½ hours to Villa Gelsi by car.

Both Alitalia (from Heathrow, but via Rome), and British Airways (from Gatwick, but direct) offer daily flights to Bologna (approx 2-2½ hours to Villa Gelsi by car).

Rome Fiumicino airport (approx 3½ hours drive by car) offers a wide choice of airlines.

Activities near Pergola

Guestbook for Villa Gelsi

‘What an amazing villa, area, food, wine etc.’
A H Smisby LE65 (2011)

‘We have had a wonderful time here, and wanted for nothing – a home from home.’
D W Co. Down BT34 (2011)

‘Such a perfect house and location. We swam, ate, slept and relaxed in grand style!’
N B Wedmore BS28 (2011)

‘Thank you so much for letting us stay in your beautiful house!’
C v W Letchworth SG6 (2011)

'The rooms at Villa Gelsi have been beautifully restored'
TB Hassocks BN6 (2010)

'Beautiful house, beautiful country. Thank you for sharing it with us'
CW London NW10 (2010)

'A very peaceful, unspoilt and beautiful area'
GW Marlow SL7 (2010)

'Beautiful villa, homely atmosphere and so, so comfortable'
SK Guildford GU2 (2010)

‘The views from the villa are simply breathtaking’
M B London SE21 (2009)

‘Amazing villa, views and pool’
F B London CR2 (2009)

‘This villa is in the most perfect location’
M F Bucks HP8 (2009)

‘Modern living in a spectacular location’
R S West Sussex (2009)

Rental prices

Prices for group size 11
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
High Summer	17 Jun 11	2 Sep 11	1500£ 1500	0-	0-	1 Week
Late Summer	2 Sep 11	30 Sep 11	950£ 950	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	30 Sep 11	11 Nov 11	750£ 750	0-	0-	Flexible
Winter	11 Nov 11	16 Mar 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	Flexible
Spring	16 Mar 12	30 Mar 12	750£ 750	0-	0-	Flexible
Easter	30 Mar 12	13 Apr 12	850£ 850	0-	0-	1 Week
Early Summer	13 Apr 12	25 May 12	950£ 950	0-	0-	1 Week
Mid Summer	25 May 12	15 Jun 12	1200£ 1200	0-	0-	1 Week
High Summer	15 Jun 12	31 Aug 12	1600£ 1600	0-	0-	1 Week
Late Summer	31 Aug 12	28 Sep 12	1000£ 1000	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	28 Sep 12	9 Nov 12	750£ 750	0-	0-	Flexible
Winter	9 Nov 12	28 Dec 12	600£ 600	0-	0-	Flexible

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

Rental rates includes electricity, cooking gas and water.

Bed linen, towels, central heating and cleaning are charged separately.

Additional:

Security deposit** £250.00

Bed linen per person per week £12.00

Towels per person per week £6.00

Pool towels per person per week*** £4.00

Central heating supplement (per night) £10.00

House cleaning at end of booking £120.00

** Usually refunded at the end of your booking

*** Depending on the time of year

A 10% discount on the rental rate is offered for a two week bookings in June and September

Availability

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