Verified review
10/10 Excellent
ej w.
8 Jul, 2019
Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Nice apartment, friendly landlord
wo of us stayed in this house/apartment for three weeks.
The building is three storeys and split into two houses (attached at the rear wall) - the apartment is the top two storeys of one of them (the other half of the building is currently not occupied).
The apartment is a good size, well presented & well equipped with a reasonably sized kitchen alcove & there is a large balcony which is good for both dining and just relaxing.
The garden, which is not well maintained, contains a number of fruit trees - while we were there we were picking and eating nespole & lemons from two of them.
(We also cooked with oil made from Mario's olives, and drank wine made from Mario' grapes.)
The apartment is about 1 km from the centre of Orosei, about a 15 minute walk, and about 3.5 km from the beach at Marina di Orosei.
Orosei has a good supply of restaurants etc. but is not very touristy, so the pace is quite gentle.
There are lots of beaches near to Orosei (the beach at Marina di Orosei is very big) and good access into the mountains.
While we were in Orosei they held the Festa di Santa Maria (normally held on the last Sunday of May, I think) which involves a colourful procession through the town, nice to see some of the local culture & traditions.
Mario was very friendly and helpful (we did not meet Mirka) and he introduced us to some good restaurants (Osalla Beach Garden, south of Orosei - Villa Fumosa in Orosei and, our favourite, Relax Ristorante at Cala Ginepro) and beaches (Spiaggia Marzellinu and Spiaggia Fuile e Mare, both north of Orosei near Cala Liberotto).
Most of the beaches we found had coarse gritty sand but Spiaggia Fuile e Mare is fine sand - Spiaggia Marzellinu is in a rocky little bay which is nice to snorkel around.
Stayed 22 nights in May 2019