Our 5th . return to this beautiful villa. It was ( as always) clean, comfortable and spacious. It's appeal is that it is located away from the noise and chaos of the usual tourist haunts and set in a

beautiful , calm and unspoilt Italian valley. Easy access to the main roads and train station ( for trips to Rome, Naples, Sorrento etc. ). Excellent supermarket nearby and superb local restaurants. An authentic Italian experience . Highly recommended .

Martin C.

The villa is sat at the foothills and is ideally placed as a base. The train station at Sezze Romano has a large car park.

The Villa is very spacious and well presented. There are numerous shops and restaurants in the area. The best restaurant by far is Da Vittorio. This is the best Pasta I have ever tasted and the owner of the villa Maurizio, phoned the owner of Vittorio’s, to provide us with a bottle of bubbles on, our last night. A great touch. This is a very rural area and a true picture of Italy. We have already made plans for a return, as we have only scratched the surface of Italy. Roma is 45 minutes away and Napoli is circa 2 hours and the costs are very reasonable. A great find, cant wait to return in the summer.

Sally, Tony, Stephanie and Clifford

Villa was very clean and comfortably furnished. Private garden area with nice pool and outside dining area. We loved the rural location with good local shops and restaurants particularly Vittorios good food and friendly staff. Easy train trip into Rome from local station Sezze Roma. Short drive to coast with great beach resorts which were however deserted in our October visit. Some electrical trip out problems which we know have now been fixed. Overall a great stay and will look forward to a return.

We returned to Villa Suso for the fourth time, and loved the alterations to the house, especially the new living room area to the front, and the new shower room. We were welcomed on our arrival by Vincenzo, who passed the house keys over to us, and showed us how the new electric gates worked. The villa is in a delightful position, overlooking the mountains of Lepini, and one could hear the chorus of various animals chatting to each other during the day. Two beautiful cats befriended us and visited us while taking breakfast on the terrace. The pool was delightful and was kept beautifully clean by Vincenzo.

A range of new restaurants and shops have been added since our last visit, and we would recommend three local restaurants where the food was excellent, namely Vittorio’s, Santuccio, and Da Barbitto. There are many other restaurants to try, and these are described in the Visitors’ Comments Book.

Some of the coastal seaside towns are simply beautiful and well worth a visit. In particular Terracina, San Felice, and Latina.

We hope to return again in the future.

If you want to sample Italy as an Italian then this is the place for you. It’s a rural location but 5 minutes in the car to bars, bakery and cafes and a few more minutes to a supermarket that packs so much fresh food in you’ll be boggled eyed. Be prepared though - there is absolutely no English spoken but that’s half the fun. Lots of smiles and friendly goodwill everywhere. And both outstanding quality and cheap just about everywhere.

The coastal resorts are 40 minutes drive and deserted in October although we had a week of blue skies and 25-30 degrees. However we only went once much preferring to stay by our own pool and relaxing. It’s a very private garden and pool.

The villa itself is hidden away and very spacious, light and airey. Spotlessly clean and comfortable in all respects. Every cooking utensil you could name is in those cupboards and we barbecued in the garden every night except one when we ventured out for a pizza. The local restaurant was shut for their annual holiday while we were there and there’s not much to do in the evening. There is a good TV and DVD set up and as I have a Netflix subscription we watched films in the evenings.

As some others have mentioned and totally outside the control of the villa owner, the local dogs have a regular barking competition which bothered me but nobody else.

I did manage to lock myself out on the first afternoon so beware that the front door closes and locks itself. The keys and my phone were inside! Attracting somebody’s attention and getting the problem across when the electric gates are closed and you’re surrounded by a high wall isn’t easy but once again the good humour and helpfulness of everybody I met meant the housekeeper was soon on the spot with the spare key - so watch out for that door!

It’s about 90 minutes drive from the airport and the roads are challenging to say the least. I arrived at midday and was thankful that I hadn’t had to do that drive in the dark. I think it would be difficult to have a successful visit without a car though. Plenty of pretty mountain villages nearby, Rome is 45 minutes on the train but the station is 20 minutes drive away down the switchback mountain roads (fun or terrifying depending on your viewpoint).

All in all a great place to holiday and especially if you want an authentic Italian experience.

Graham Emmett

October 2017