Descubra sua estadia em Poggio Picenze

I had a house for myself. Tiny, but a house. With a terrace. Right inside the ”borgo”, the historic center. Living Room/Kitchen downstairs, Bedroom/Bathroom upstairs. In Winter it can apparently get really cold here, and given the fact that this village is built right into a steep rock, you'd wanna keep those houses small in order to survive. There's been a lot of love spent on details, and you'll notice that immediately. I wish I had stayed longer than 1 night, 3 or 4 would have certainly felt awesome. There's a fridge, a kitchen, WiFi... I don't even want to say anything nice because I don't want to spoil it (incredibly, it seems like this place hasn't been ”discovered” yet and the odd elderly Italian couple are the only other tourists besides you). I'd highly recommend it to lone travellers or couples in love.

The place is quite interesting in that all the rooms are in various places around Santo Stefano (that's why it's called ”diffuso”) which in itself is a very pretty town. We found the concept of sticking to the original ”arte povera” ambiance to be very well done: the rooms did in fact feel like out of another time and yet there were extremely clean and well appointed. In particular, we liked the large bathroom and the modern tub. WiFi reception was quite good, and sleeping was great. Breakfast was fantastic. Dinner was very good but a bit less so - my dish, while delicious, came to the table rather cold. The staff is generally very nice. The people at the restaurant are very attentive, and other workers were very helpful at carrying our bags in and out of the room - which was very welcome in this cobble-stoned town. The worst part was the front desk. The receptionist was somewhat unfriendly and not at all trained or inclined to greet new guests warmly and well - she was short, curt and constantly frowning. Upon arrival, guests are provided with a map showing the location of the various rooms, the bar (”cantinone”), the restaurant, and something called the library (”biblioteca”). I asked at the front desk if I could see the library and I might as well have asked if I could see the Pope while he's in the bathroom. I wonder why on earth they include the ”library” in the place's map if it's off-limits to guests.