Casa Levanto Click here to see what dates are already sold out Authentic Italy - Green Vacations - Family Lodgings

Character: Rooms and apartments on an authentic country estate. Breakfast on the panoramic patio or in the former wine cellars. Advantages: Wonderful views; peace and quiet; great proximity to the Ligurian highlights; English-speaking hosts. Location: Just outside Levanto, 5 minutes’ train ride from the Cinque Terre. Click here to see a map. Size: Three double rooms, four junior suites, two suites and four apartments. Features: Telephone, mini-fridge, satellite TV, air conditioning in two apartments. Both suites and one junior suite have bachelor kitchenettes; apartments have regular kitchenettes. Small but excellent bathrooms. Internet access. Price for rooms without kitchenettes includes breakfast. Minimum stay: Two nights. Disadvantages: There is a short but very curvy and steep driveway up to the property. Suites are not in the same building as double rooms – if your party includes more than one room make sure to ask if the rooms we offer are in the same building. Car needed: Yes.

Gleaming like an ochre jewel in the deep green mantle of the Ligurian hills, this 38-acre farm is surrounded by its own olive groves, cypress stands and hardwood forests. It is totally isolated, centuries away from our modern world, perched at the end of a steep but blessedly short mountain road. Accommodations are in B&B rooms or suites or four apartments in the owner’s villa, the family chapel, and the farmhouse (about 100 yards further up the road). Until the spring of 1999, the old stone farmhouse was little more than a heap of rubble with a great address. Then your host Giancarlo pushed back his sleeves and set to work, first entirely restoring the building to the strictest of codes, later decorating the rooms in the prettiest style imaginable. He scrubbed the original flagstone floors, polished the wood-beamed ceilings, painted the walls a soothing shade of blue, and purchased wrought-iron bedsteads, excellent mattresses and charming accessories such as gilded wall sconces. He repeated the same treatment on the 18th-century villa complex in 2001, and again on the apartments in 2004 and 2008.

Casa Levanto is small, with only three double rooms, four junior suites, two suites and four apartments. One junior suite in the farmhouse has a double bed, a day bed and a small kitchen (mini-fridge, two burners and a sink). The suites are in the main villa and have a living room with single sofa bed, kitchenette, separate double bedroom and bathroom with shower. Although great care has been taken to maintain the rustic style, each room or suite has its own telephone, wall safe, mini-fridge and satellite TV, as well as a state-of-the-art private bathroom with shower and hair dryer. The farmhouse has a room where an organic breakfast is served in winter; it also offers a comfortable sofa. In warmer months, breakfast is served on the patio at either house.

Two of the apartments are in the main villa complex. One (545 sq. ft.) is on the ground floor, with its own garden and private panoramic terrace. It has a very large living/dining room/kitchenette with one double or two single sleep sofas and large fireplace, plus a room with two single beds or one queen bed, and bathroom with shower. In the guesthouse next to the chapel, Two (545 sq. ft.) is a duplex with a living/dining room and kitchenette on the ground floor; and on the second floor a double bedroom, a second bedroom that can have a single bed or a bunk bed, and a bathroom with shower (access to the bathroom is through the double bedroom). It also has its own garden. Both the apartments have a washing machine, satellite TV and telephone, plus tables, chairs and umbrellas in the garden.

The other two apartments are in a separate house about 100 yards from the complex. Three (545 sq.ft.) has a large living/dining room/kitchenette with one double or two single sleep sofas and fireplace, plus a room with a queen bed, and bathroom with shower. Four (860 sq. ft.) has a large living with fireplace, dining area and kitchenette (newly furnished with a freezer/fridge, oven, cooktop with four burners, dishwasher and washing machine), plus a room with two single beds or one queen bed, a room with one queen bed, a room with bunk beds, and a bathroom with shower. Both the apartments have air conditioning, a washing machine, satellite TV and telephone, plus tables, chairs and umbrellas in the garden.

THE FOLLOWING DATES ARE ALREADY BOOKED IN 2009:
Apartment One: Sept. 26-Dec. 25
Apartment Two: Oct. 18-22
Apartment Three: Oct. 10-22
Apartment Four: Oct. 3-13, Oct. 21-25, Dec. 16-26

For this property:
For rooms, the price includes: taxes, services, electricity, water, gas, heating, daily bath linen change and cleaning in the rooms (except for the kitchenettes), weekly linen change in the apartments, and final cleaning.

For apartments, the price includes: taxes, services, electricity, water, gas, air conditioning (where available), and weekly linen change.
Mandatory extras to be paid at departure: Final cleaning (30 Euro for Apartments One, Two or Three; 40 Euro for Apartment Four for 1-5 people; 50 Euro for Apartment Four for 6 people)

** Organic breakfast is included in the price for rooms that have no kitchenette; for those who stay in a room with kitchenette, or in an apartment, organic breakfast is available on request at 10 Euro/person/day (or 5 Euro/person/day for children under 7).

A maximum of one child under 3 years old may stay free in its parents’ room or apartment.

A small pet may be allowed on request.

Optional extras to be paid at departure
Baby crib: 35 Euro/week or 12.50 Euro/night including linen, must be reserved in advance.
Extra bed in apartments: 70 Euro/week (or briefer) excluding linens, must be reserved in advance.
Extra linens: 10 Euro/person.
In the apartments, heating is extra and charged by usage, paid at check-out.
In the apartments, a Welcome Basket containing water, local wine, local olive oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, pasta, sauce, cheese, vegetables, bread and fruit costs 40 Euro for 2-4 guests or 60 Euro for 5-6 guests (must be reserved in advance). A Gold Package including twice weekly cleaning and linen change, as well as organic breakfast daily costs 80 Euro/week/person (must be reserved in advance).

Internet and fax access are available to all guests at the front desk, which is open 8:30-12:30 and 4-7:30.

Check-in: 4-7:30pm
Check-out: by 10am
Refundable Security deposit: 150 Euro

Click here for information about regular boat service between Portofino, Rapallo, Santa Margherita, Cinque Terre and San Fruttuoso.

Please note that you need a car to stay here.

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