What a great place to spend the holidays with family! We converged from four states and cooked, ate, played board games, opened presents, and hung out together while visiting our mom/grandmother in town. The house was clean and has a spacious floor plan (bedrooms are in two wings), a well-equipped kitchen, cool décor gleaned from world travels, a pretty yard, and, most of all, spectacular views. To be clear, this isn’t a newly built hilltop villa with perfectly manicured landscaping. But I think that’s one reason we liked it. The place is gorgeous, but we also felt relaxed and comfortable there.
John, our host, was friendly, helpful, and available to answer questions, despite being on vacation himself. He provided a lot of useful information ahead of time too.
A note to my fellow fragrance-sensitive travelers or others with chemical sensitivities: One of the owners is somewhat sensitive to fragrances, so there were no no air-fresheners or other strong fragrances for the most part. The towels did have fragrance, but I travel with my own just in case, so was fine. My sheets did have what seemed to be a residual fragrance—maybe from a bunch of washes ago? It was mild, and I did OK with the bedding but did use my own pillowcase. Our host was thoughtful about all this, avoiding a couple cleaning products that might be problematic for me and providing things like fragrance-free hand soap. There were conventional cleaning products and even some bug spray in cupboards. This might not be the place for you if you have more serious MCS or MCAS than I do. But I was grateful to be able to stay there comfortably and to have the host help out with this. Thank you, John!
One more note, in case you bring a pet: The dog in our party picked up some ticks after being brought outdoors to explore. However, this was after going into some underbrush, and I’m guessing it wouldn’t be a problem on the paths, terraces, or nearby roads.