Lovely in Liguria. Il Poggiolo is a marvelous villa, sumptuous but comfortable and made for easy living. Minutes from the center of town, it is convenient to anything you may want but once the gates close behind you, it is peaceful and beautiful with the red tiled town below, the ocean and the hills all at a glance. The pool, surrounded by lush lawn, overlooks the sea and with the chaises and umbrellas offers good reason not to venture to the beach if you’re feeling lazy. The kitchen is amply equipped and with its functional center island, can easily accommodate 8-10 for extensive or simple menus. And with the porch just a step away, al fresco dining seems natural. We took advantage of the sensational outdoor wood burning oven for spectacular pizza, whole fish and anything else you may want to cook. Everything tastes better coming from this olive wood fueled oven. We also availed ourselves of the charcoal grill and with ample outdoor (covered) seating adjoining the oven and grill it affords long lazy family dinners that you will not soon forget. The VIP suite is dominated by a living room that is sleekly furnished , 3 bedrooms and 2 baths.. all rooms are high tech. The sprawling couches accommodated our entire group of six adults one toddler and one infant for as long as we wanted to lounge without feeling close. It is a lovely, spacious and quite functional room with the large parsons table a perfect collective desktop for our 3 computers, 4 cell phones, 2 iPads and respective charging stations as well as serving as Strategy Central for planning the days activities. Panorama One: My wife and I rented this apartment in order to leave the large VIP Suite to our children and grandchildren. This apartment was spacious and comfortable with welcome privacy and perfect air conditioning but still within a few seconds reach of our family. The deck was sensational for morning espresso and irresistible in the evening. Importantly, our 3 year old granddaughter experienced a high fever the treatment of which was handled expeditiously by the owner’s representative, the highly efficient Anarella who quickly arranged a visit to, and drove them to, the doctor’s office. The doctor was waiting, no red tape, treated Lucienne and allowed us to resume our vacation worry free. No small thing! The owner was so accommodating and responded to each phone call immediately. All in all a lovely experience.