Baita del Mare is a wonderful house. It's up in the hills, near Massa. Because of the altitude, it's a bit fresher (cool winds) than in de city of by the sea. Because of the temperature (mostly between 35-40 for 2 weeks during our stay in July) we appriciated that. The home is out of the villages, in a group of about 10 houses. There is a small restaurant nearby. Don't worry about smell or noise: none. Just the 'luxury' of a restaurant, you can walk to! Baita del Mare Is a very comfortable house. Plenty 'equipment' like cutlery, glasses and plates. Two livingrooms, one (down) with benches and a diningtable, another (first floor) with benches and a TV. Everything in and around the house clean and maintained very well. We liked the large wooden terrace, and the hammock between two trees also. There are two other small teraces in the garden. All with the beautiful view at the city and the sea. There's a place to park the car by the house.
The sleeping rooms are good, the beds are good, with the shutters you can make it as dark as you wish. Despite the temperature, we didn't find it (to) hot to sleep. When it gets really hot: the house has airconditioning (but we didn't have to use it). Bedlinen and towels are taken care of. The place is quiet, calm. Somedays we didn't want to leave the place. But, if you want to (and ofcourse we did): the sea is about half an hour ('free beach with baywatch'), we also visited Pisa, Lucca and Florence. We went to a cave in the Alpine Alpuane, marble cave (near Carara) and the cinque terre (walk). All well attainable. There are soms small towns for some shopping and sightseeing nearby.
The owner responds fast and helpfull at any question or other reaction. The first time, she guided us to the house, by car. The house is - after that - easy to find.
We had a great time. It's just that we néver go to the same place twice... ;)