Holiday rentals near Castello Aghinolfi

The apartment is new, spacious, well thought out in design. All modern appliances, bedding is fantastic, bathroom facilities are excellent. Kitchen is well appointed and stocked with staple pantry requirements. Location is great, you are in the heart of town with many eateries and shopping near by Hosts are excellent, prompt communicative and informative. If you're coming by car there is a car park nearby with 2 hour paid parking, after you dump luggage you can park about a 1km walk away for free. Unlike me remember to bring documents on arrival for local police requirements as the hosts have to submit this as well as some cash for a local travel tax. Travelling to Cinque Terra is best by ferry 42 euros for the day pass - earliest ferry is 9am and you will be able to visit three of the five towns which leaves you enough time to have lunch a swim and walk about, also you will need to buy the walking pass which is 17.50 euros to walk the new sea ledge trail from the three southern towns - it's an expensive day out but worth it

A fantastic experience - stayed here for a week - initially a bit scary because of the drive up the narrow road to get to the villa, but after doing it once all was ok - very little traffic - Massimo was an excellent host, met us in Lucca and we followed him out to the villa - very high up in the hills with magnificent views - we only had one small problem with the wifi but Massimo responded very quickly to sort it out I would highly recommend this villa

Good points: weather permitting the rear verandah is superb for outdoor dining with a fantastic view overlooking Lucca. Bedroom accommodation size was good and pleasantly decorated. Upstairs bedroom windows equipped with flyscreens and shutters. The kitchen and laundry was adequate for small numbers. The water spring at the bottom of the hill was refreshing and provided many a bottle of fresh water. The Bad: on arrival and departure luggage transfers was possible via a deteriorated steep pathway or many stairs through an adjoining private property which proved difficult. Daily movements through neighbours property felt uncomfortable and intrusive. The internal living area in the property is too small for the suggested number of people to be comfortably accommodated. The ugly: In our opinion driving on the access road to the property after dark is not safe and prohibited our movement in the evenings. The dishwasher filter was extremely dirty and was in need of a good clean. The mould around the shower recess was given a good clean together with the tiles on the kitchen bench as they were mouldy and unhygenic. The toilet brushes require replacing.