The House 5/5 - 3BR, 2BA, a nice yard & garden. The neighbor below us was working his farm plot, planting veggies and pruning his olive and fruit trees. Charming.
The Amenities 4/5 - Kitchen has gas stove, oven, fridge. Plenty of dishes & pots & pans, but very few cooking utensils. There was a washing machine, we used it, very convenient, plenty of spare detergent. Beds are hard.
The Area 5/5 - Acquara village in the Massa Lubresense area. Both Massa & Sant'Agata are very close for shopping & dinner. Eat at Vito's pizza. It was exceptional! Only open Fri/Sat.
The Driveway- 1/5 ~300 yards down a steep and winding driveway that starts at Acquara village square. Most of it is fine, but the last 100 yards is nearly impassable unless you have a Mini or Fiat 500. We had an SUV. We had an unfortunate accident - it was so narrow that we sliced open a tire on a projecting curb. Ruined the whole day.
The Cleaning / Checkin Staff 4/5 - Marco was friendly and helpful.
The Owner 0/5 - She insisted on charging us an extra âŹ200 AFTER arrival, threatening to call the authorities if we did not. VRBO was a joke, they simply connected the 2 of us via phone and hung up. We thought we booked the whole place, we told her in the booking our family of 5 (w/ages) was coming. She wanted extra for a 5th person, admitted her mistake but insisted on extra âŹâŹ. Extortion.
Unfortunately, the property owner really marred the experience. We enjoyed the area and would return, but not to this place.