Apartment Gigi – Villa San Raffaello, Le Marche (sleeps 6-8)

Apartment Gigi, is a 3 bedroomed apartment with some wonderful original brick arches, restored wooden lintels, beams and old cotto tiles. It has a 35m2 lounge diner with leather sofa and arts and crafts antiques that leads to a funky red kitchen with its 6 hob range cooker....

Apartment Grazia – Villa San Raffaello, Le Marche (sleeps 6-8)

Apartment Grazia has 3 big bedrooms, is light and airy and commands great all round views of the glorious Marche countryside and Sarnano. The restored cotto tiled and beamed roof in this part of the Le Marche Villa gives it a characteristic and spacious feel.

Apartment Damiano – Villa San Raffaello, Le Marche (sleeps 4-6)

The ground floor of our Le Marche Villa has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a 35m² lounge diner, exposed wooden beams, ceilings made from great slices of oak, other original stonework and restored architectural quirks. There are four doors that lead directly outside to a choice of alfresco eating areas.

Apartment Elisa – Agriturismo style rentals Le Marche (sleeps 4-6)

Exposed original stonework, high wooden ceilings, restored dovecotes and a 15m2 balcony, characterise the warm farmhouse feel of this 2 beroomed apartment, it's elevated position in our Le Marche Villa provides it with awesome views of the pool and the surrounding Marche countryside.

Facilities at our Le Marche Villa

Here at the Villa we have endeavoured to ensure everyone has a memorable holiday in Le Marche. In the extensive grounds around the villa you will find a quiet place to relax and chill out, there are plenty of sunbeds around the pool and hammocks in the gardens, a childrens play area...

Responsible travel to Le Marche

At Villa San Raffaello we try to be as kind to the beautiful Le Marche environment as possible, ensuring that we have a responsible attitude to the use of precious resources, which we hope will reassure our guests that their holiday is a green holiday.

Testimonials and reviews from past guests

It has been an absolute joy to have met and got to know so many interesting people from all over the globe. This page is dedicated to the feedback that we've recieved from some of our guests.

Italy Reviews

This Italian reviews page is dedicated to some of the kind folk who have posted Italy reviews of the Villa and their tour of Italy on holiday review sites and in newspapers. Every holiday review of our Italian farmhouse is really valued by us and the reviews of the holiday accommodation, your tours of Italy and Italian travel, the Italian food and the restaurants in this part of Le Marche Italy all help future travellers to form an opinion and make a decision and compare us to the other hotels and tour companies.

Italian Restaurant reviews

We encourage our guests to go out and sample the Italian slow food on offer at the 20 restaurants nearby, we encourage them to write Italian restaurant reviews and a review of the food they have eaten, writing Google reviews and trip advisor reviews but also providing us with feedback to enable us to make recommendations to future holiday makers. We now have a really infomative Italian restaurant review page that provides the visitor with a great overview of the food and type of restaurant on offer locally.

Italy tour reviews & Italy travel reviews

Travel and tourism to this part of Le Marche is increasing and there are a number of Italy tour companies covering this enchanting area. For over 5 years we have been writing Italy tour reviews and Italy travel reviews and have encouraged our guests to do the same. These reviews of tours and travel have been used to create interesting and we hope compelling articles on sightseeing, itineraries based on Italy tours reviews from past guests, outlet shopping tours, winery & vineyard tours, walking & hiking tours, mountain tours, pilgrimages, cultural tours or beach holidays.

Italy hotel reviews

Our holiday Villa has received many great reviews and these are not only a great source of pride but also help us to promote our holidays to future travellers. The reviews of our Italian farmhouse & apartments can be found below or via the Italy trip advisor reviews page which explains how tripadvisor works, how to write an Italy hotel review, how to research Italy tours reviews, the travel forums and the dangers on missing out on viewing "speciality lodgings reviews" which are subtly becoming hidden as trip advisor promotes "vacation rental reviews" which are a paid service.

Italy hotel reviews- Guardian Travel Site #1

We stayed in apartment Elisa - a first floor apartment comprising double bedroom, twin bedroom, bathroom, lounge and modern kitchen and dining room. Access is via the courtyard with jasmine plants growing up the walls. The great feature of this apartment is the balcony and breakfast area. Read more…

Italy hotel review - TripAdvisor Travel Site #1

Nicki and I married on Feb 17th 2007 and were looking for the ideal place to spend our honeymoon after 3 days in Rome. We booked a week at Villa San Raffaello with our daughter. Every bit of our holiday lived up to our expectations. Our first impression of the house - completely stunned by its position and surroundings. Read more…

Italian restaurant reviews - Guardian Travel Site #2

The restaurants in the area range from special (grand) to rustic but all are so friendly and reasonable. With the town of Sarnano only 15 minutes' walk from the villa, an evening sampling the fine wines (local) can be undertaken with no drink drive problems. Read more…

Italy TripAdvisor Travel Site #2

This was our first family holiday in Italy. We have two children aged 3 and 5yrs. We stayed at the Villa San Raffaello which has recently undergone extensive renovation and refurbishment and now has four spacious self-catering apartments. There is still plenty of exposed original stonework and wooden beams and ceilings to remind you. Read more…

Hotel Scoop – Italy reviews

We stayed at this amazing villa at the foot of the Sibillini Mountains, it combines old architecture with funky modern twists in 4 apartments, is set in some lovely countryside and has incredible views. We particularly loved the cool indoor courtyard garden and the loggia where you could escape from the heat of the day. Read more…

Marc, Faye & Gretchen- London

After a hectic and heady year of toil, what better place than this to unwind and relax. The Villa itself is in a perfect setting with stunning views and welcome tranquility. Accomodation and hospitality was top drawer.

MumsNet - Shorthaul Travel Reviews

If you're looking for a spectacular location, relaxation and fun I'd really recommend the Villa San Raffaello. This place is great for kids too as, on top of the pool, there's so many things to keep them entertained. Our family, with children aged 10 and 12, stayed at Villa San Raffaello for a week at the end of August and can only say that it was a really magical experience. The weather was hot but the pool is big and cool. The kids had great fun with the owners' children who were lovely and very hospitable. Read more…

Italy hotels review - Sam & Sergio, Sorrento

Our accommodation was spacious and faultless and the view across the valley to the hilltop town of Sarnano and the mountains in the distance, is simply spellbinding - particularly when you're sat by either the pool or in the courtyard

Italy hotel reviews - Mike, London

Our apartment was kitted out to a high specification yet retained character features, the kitchen was a joy to prepare food in and we had a choice of dining area, usually it was breakfast outside in the morning sun, lunch in the courtyard garden and in the evening gin and Tonics on the balcony.

Italy tour reviews - Balkwill, London

The sun strikes the swimming pool at the villa about 8am, our favourite time for a swim, he pool is 14m long and large enough to get a good swim in. We often returned poolside after a mornings walking- which you can do directly from the villa or in the neighbouring Sibillini National Park. The views from the pool are stunning- we would never have considered a swimming pool an essential part of a holiday but have changed our minds after this visit.

Italian hotel reviews - Simon, Bristol

These apartments are modern clean and stylish and are brilliant for sharing (groups). The setting is beautiful and the welcome is very warm.

Italian travel reviews - John, Hertfordshire, UK

The owners, Damien and Sharon have a large organic vegetable plot which is for the use of the guests; this is just one of the small touches that made our week at the villa so memorable.Great accommodation, great location, great time!

Friends of Villa San Raffaello

This is a page dedicated to links to some useful Le Marche resources plus a few friends. We hope that you find it useful.

How much is a holiday at the Villa?

We have kept our prices fixed at 2008 rates and tried to keep them as competitive as possible. We hope that this page will reassure you that a stay at the Villa is within your budget.

Italy Self Catering holidays on a plate

A self catering holiday in Italy at Villa San Raffaello in Le Marche combines great availability of  locally sourced food and apartments that come fully equipped with all you would expect in your own kitchen. We pride ourselves in our accommodation and self catering holidays in Italy being a home from home experience.

 Partners of self catering Marche Accommodation- Villa San Raffaello

Trip Advisor Italy

If you want an unbiased vacation review of Italian hotels, Italian farmhouses, bed and breakfasts in Italy, Italian villas and speciality lodgings or want an insight into tourism in Italy, travel to Italy, or want to know more about itineraries for medieval villages, culture, museums, markets, hiking, walking then Trip Advisor Italy pages are a really valuable resource for your holiday in Italy.

Tripadvisor Italy forums

The Italy trip advisor forums are fantastic place for an exchange of information between past and future travellers who discuss a wide variety of issues from Italy travel arrangements to the cost of living, but more than anything they provide tourists with a variety of Italy travel tips that help them get the most from their holidays in Italy.

Italy Trip advisor hotel resources

Trip advisor allows owners of Italy vacations  accommodation to list free of charge for their B&B, hotel, villa, apartment, hostel, farm or lodging. Once registered there is a range of resources available to hotel owners to promote and publicise their Italian accommodation. At the highest level trip advisor offers a set of badges to highlight the Italy accomodation, italy trips, Italy facts and Italy information on trip advisor. Next there are a set of trip advisor badges that you can see on this page that allow owners of hotels in Italy to publicise the trip advisor guest reviews that they have received. Finally, there is the map below that enables hotels to promote the travel and tourist resources available in the area around the vacation lodging.

Trip advisor Italy self catering accommodation

Trip advisor Italy self catering accommodation can be found in two places now, there are the legacy listings and Italian holiday reviews under the category "Speciality Lodgings", unfortunately these are becoming more and more difficult to find as they are only navigable through a left hand menu option on hotels for each region in the country you are searching for, so for Le Marche accommodation they are here, whereas all other categories can be found a click earlier on the Trip Advisor Italy region tab, so for Le Marche accommodation in Italy you search here

Trip Advisor now have a category called "Vacation Rentals" which is far easier to find and far better promoted than "Speciality lodgings" and appear on top menus and side menus and on the main page Trip advisor Le Marche region. Whilst reviews are still unbiased Vacation rental owners are obliged to pay a fee to Flip key, Trip advisors company who run the listings that feed this area of Trip Advisor.

All in all trip advisor has become the oracle for Italian tourism, Italy trips and all the Italy holiday and vacation resources that you may need

If you wish to consider a holiday at our holiday Villa in le Marche rated excellent on Trip Advisor Italy please contact us