10/10 Excellent
Mrs Bainbridge
12 Sept 2022
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stunning property in a vibrant town
Villa Clara is a stunning property, even better than the photos suggest, set amongst other beautiful properties, built into the terraced hillside. Amazing and extensive outdoor space, wonderful views of the marina, the town and the hills beyond. Beautiful interior with a white and blue theme. Very well equipped kitchen with a second fridge and freezer outside but under cover in the utility area. Large and spacious throughout for a larger party yet still homely and intimate for our party of 7. Very steep steps into town (with numerous restaurants, a carrefour and a co-op) dropping about 240ft, but only taking about 6 minutes but certainly kept us fit while we were there. We BBQd several times, had a private chef one evening. The kitchen had everything we needed for cooking, lovely crockery, table cloths etc. The town is a great base, plenty to do and so easy to visit Portofino (€6 each way by boat, €3 each way by bus, €50 by taxi - ouch! ) Camogli (€4 return and 5 mins by train) and just over an hour by boat to the first of the Cinque Terre. The chap looking after the property lives very close by, friendly and helpful (we used Google translate!) although we didn’t have any issues with anything it was good to know he was there. Highly recommended. It was a pleasure and a privilege to stay there.
Mrs Bainbridge
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2022
