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10/10 Excellent
Autumn S.
27 Jul 2014
Best part of our vacation!
My family and I recently took a long-awaited vacation in Italy, during which we stayed in Rome, Cossignano, and Venice. There were 8 of us traveling together, 6 adults and 2 teenagers. We stayed in flats at each location, and our stay at Palazzo Massi Fassitelli was the best by far.
When we arrived and met Adriana (we were about 4 hours late after a long series of unfortunate events), our mouths fell open at how beautiful it was! (Side note: we actually rented two flats; the main one upstairs, which has 3 bedrooms, and a smaller downstairs apartment with two bedrooms. Both were lovely, but it's the upstairs one that is listed, so I'll keep my review to it.)
The dining room has a beautiful table big enough for our whole group to enjoy our meals together, and the ceiling has an incredible fresco that we couldn't take our eyes off... until we went into the master bedroom, which also had a beautifully frescoed ceiling!
All three bedrooms were roomy and comfortable with clean sheets and bedding and plenty of extras to spare. There were two bathrooms, one attached to the master bedroom and one serving the other two bedrooms. They were also clean and tidy.
The kitchen was the best-equipped that we found by a far! Every single utensil we needed (we mostly cooked our own meals, so we used the kitchen a lot) was there. We also found plenty of dishes, silverware, and glasses (which is no small feat considering that there were 8 of us). The dishwasher worked very well, as did the washing machine.
Everything about our stay here was perfect. Before we arrived, we communicated extensively with Alessandra, who was really helpful and spoke excellent English. She helped us figure out how to get here from Rome and gave us a discount code to use when we rented our car in San Benedetto d. Tronto.
The whole reason we visited Cossignano was to visit the Fiorano Agriturismo, as I have been enjoying their organic olive oils at home for a while and wanted to see the grove. (Incidentally, I actually found the Palazzo through the Agriturismo, since they are both owned by the same family.) I highly recommend a visit to the farm for a wine and olive oil tasting. The entire farm is organic and produces the best wine and olive oil that we had in all of Italy, Paola and Paolo (husband and wife team) speak excellent English and gave us a fantastic tour of their farm and winery. We will definitely come back to visit both places again!