My wife and I were delighted to return to La Panoramica, where we enjoyed many happy family holidays in the 1990s and 2000s, under the previous owners.
La Panoramica is set on a quiet hillside overlooking the beautiful medieval town of Gubbio. Gubbio is ten minutes or so away and contains many attractions and excellent restaurants. You are in easy reach of many other tourist sites such as Assisi, Orvieto, Perugia, etc. and Siena, Rome and Florence are reachable for the more intrepid. The Adriatic coast is about a 90-minute drive away.
The property is exactly as in the photos. A lovely, quaint building set in gorgeous gardens with many plants, trees and flowers, and an excellent pool - about 10m x 5m.
We stayed in La Cassetta (Il Giglio) - a part of the property that we had stayed in previously. It has been redecorated and brought up to modern standards in excellent taste, while entirely preserving the property's character and charm.
The kitchen was equipped well, there were toiletries, bathrobes, even sweets by the bedside. A delightful and well-lit patio allowed us to eat outdoors, although there is also indoor provision for bad weather.
The owner lives on site and could not be more welcoming, hospitable or helpful, while entirely respecting our privacy.
Whenever we return to an old haunt after many years, we worry that new ownership will have changed things and it won't be as good as we remember. There was no need to worry this time. Perfection had been improved upon.
Would we recommend this to friends or relatives? Well, we've already booked for next year, so what do you think?