The house in the woods is amazing, like a dream home! Like others have already mentioned is exactly like the pictures and very well kept. A small cottage on the top of a hill (well, nearly, you can certainly get a nice hike among the trees to the top and the view will be stunning) away from everything. With beautiful surroundings and so so quiet, you'll hear nothing but the sounds of the forest. We made a fire some days when it was colder and spent really nice evenings with tea and mulled wine, seemed like christmas! And you can get all the timber you can wish for from a shed near the cottage. If you want solitude, nature and a warm cosy cottage, this is perfect.

Now, even though the cottage and the mountain is second to none, I'd recommend bringing a car. We didn't have one and where kind of stuck there, because you can't rely on italian buses! They arrive whenever they feel like it. One time we wanted to go to Lovere, which is like 15 min from Solto Collina (the nearest town to the cottage, around 10 min walking down hill) and waited more than an hour for a bus that never came, and we didn't have the times wrong. Maybe they where napping with the rest of the town at the moment since everything shuts down from 12.30 to 3.30 pm to, well, have a nap. So, bring a car, because the nearby towns like Lovere and Bergamo are beautiful and very much worth a visit. If it weren't for Marco being so kind as to drive us there (thank you Marco! We love you!) we would've never seen them. He even took us to a really big supermarket (the one in town is quite small) and because he knew we love fruit and vegs he brought us some from a field or something once. So yes, Marco is a great host and he helped us in every way he could. Such a great person, our experience there wouldn't have been the same without making his acquaintance.

One final thing, bring a mosquito repelent. Seriously. Those indonesian things are quiet and they sneak on you like nothing you've faced before. They're evil, pure evil. You don't hear them or feel them, and only realize they where on you when that huge red mountain that itches like crazy turns up. We got bitten every day and more than once.They are the ultimate blood sucking things, and the certainly know how to skulk, when skulking is required. So protect yourselves.