If you have any mobility issues this place is not for you. It is a 400 m hike from the nearest parking space or taxi drop off . Emporio itself is a nice authentic mountain village but the house is not in the good part of town and you have to trail through some grotty back streets. You arrive in a lovely garden with lime and fruit trees but it goes downhill from there. The place is small, very basic and rather grubby. Very poorly equipped with only a fridge and a filter coffee machine, no kettle, toaster or microwave. The nespresso machine was locked in a glass cupboard with other much needed stuff! There is a hob but we never used it as one of the lights didn’t work and the kitchen was a bit sordid with fraying bits of cloth stapled onto shelves. There was so little cutlery that we had to text the caretaker to bring us some!
In the main bedroom, one bedside lamp for two, no hanging space (wardrobe padlocked), comfortable mattress but the cheapest of pillows, one each. Shower room floor horrible, I wish I had had some bleach.
It’s a shame because despite its backstreet location, it could be made a lot nicer by deep cleaning it and spending a bit of time and money on it, but instead it just feels unlovely and unloved. Maybe it’s because it’s the end of the season but the tired, dogeared ambiance was a disappointment for us. Luckily our next rental on another island for around the same price has raised our morale.