08/02/2026: Magnificent! It's a 1861 villa, very tastefully refurbished in c. 2023 into a chic hotel. We were 2 adults and 2 small children. Loved our stay there, and the cons noted below are very minor. Beautiful place!
PROS
+ Location. It's only 20min away from Alagna, and there are circa 15 parking spaces at the entrance to the Villa.
+ Standard of finishes and the interior decor. This place just looks amazing. It's superbly renovated and very tastefully decorated.
+ Well equipped. Couldn't really ask for more. (Maybe bigger mugs would be nice to have some tea)
+ Warm inside. We were here in the winter, it was -5 outside, and 22 inside.
+ The children playroom - great feature. Most of toys are for children aged 1 to 5, which suited us perfectly.
+ The library / reading room. Two standing shelves full of books, an eclectic selection of everything. 90% of books in Italian, with some 5 volumes in English and the rest in German.
+ Quiet. Even though our room was facing the main road, there wasn't any traffic during the night that might bring any noise.
+ Gigantic super-king size bed, double-sized sleeping sofa, and a sitting sofa in the kitchen.
+ Lift providing access to all floors.
+ Amazing panoramic view from our apartment, overlooking the road below, and the mountains all around.
CONS
- We couldn't give our kids a bath, as the shower didn't have a hand-held shower head, only the high level one. We were there only for 3 nights so it wasn't the end of the world though.
- Just barely enough supplies, with no kitchen paper towels, just one washing machine tablet.
- Not entirely child-proof. Historical chest of drawers beneath the windows are surely gorgeous, but our kids kept on crawling onto them and tried to open the windows.
- Difficult and steep entrance road from the main road.
17/09/2025: I stayed in this villa in the early 1960s, during the summer when it was a summer camp for children from the Biella area.
I only have a few very pleasant memories, both of the structure and of the walks in the surrounding area. And also of the delicious baked stuffed onions they sometimes served with meals.
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