A lovely apartment, well stocked kitchen with everything we needed except for a kettle (used a saucepan) and a microwave (managed without). The beds were comfortable, we rented bed linen and towels and these were all clean and fresh. The air conditioning was Fantastic as we had exceptionally hot weather for our first week with temperatures reaching high thirties during the day, and mid twenties each night. The pool was beautiful, very clean and an excellent size and depth for both adults and children. We weren't allowed to use it during siesta, two pm until four thirty pm, which the children found very hard but we understood the reasons.
Specchiolla itself is clearly a party town! There was loud music every night until midnight, and fireworks late at night as well. I think it was a special Italian holiday week while we were there. Possibly the British live on a different timetable to the Italians, with quiet time after lunch, and loud time until late at night?
Local supermarkets were good, and local pizza and ice cream was excellent.
The only real downside was all the litter....there really was rubbish everywhere. Although inside the boundaries of the apartment the grounds were beautiful and spotless, as soon as we stepped out of the gate, there was broken glass, tins, plastic bottles....and lots of it. Such a shame. The beaches too were very dirty. We didn't see any other English people the whole time we were there but the town is clearly a tourist destination for native Italians who possibly have different expectations.
Federico was very good at leaving us to ourselves, but when we needed help on our last day as my husband fell ill, he really could not have been kinder or more helpful. Big big thank you once again!
To summarise, beautiful apartment, fantastic pool and the negatives are not things that the owner can control, and possibly caused by different cultural expectations!
