We have now returned from our Italian holiday staying for 10 days at Samantha and Nicola's wonderful villa in Fragneto Monforte which we would recommend anyone to stay at. From the initial booking, arriving and time spent there Samantha's communication made the process easy. The whole family are kind and helpful, including their generous supply of amazing fresh vegetables and fresh eggs, one night coming to make fresh pizza with us (cooked in the outdoor fire oven) and the offer to make fresh pasta.
The villa had everything we needed, though we spent most of the time by the fantastic large pool which was cleaned every day. Our daughter and granddaughters had the whole of the apartment on the top 2 floors of the villa. There is plenty of outside seating where we ate most nights listening to the built-in music system. There is also free Wifi at the villa which is excellent.
The villa is situated 10mins walk from the village where there is a small supermarket, butcher, 2 bars which include coffee and gelato! The local residents, though their English was as limited as our Italian, couldn't have been more welcoming. Though you can drink water from the tap, for only 5 cents/litre, you can head to the village and fill up your empty water bottles with fresh natural water which come in still and fizzy - a real treat.
We spent most of our time in the pool but also went into Benevento which has large supermarkets, restaurants, shops and is only a 25min drive. We went there a couple of times for lunch and dinner and found a good restaurant in front of the Arco Di Traiano. Samantha was incredibly helpful in recommending local historical sites to visit and we enjoyed visiting the Roman ruins at Saepinum, about 20mins away from the villa and free to enter. We also went to the lovely town of Pietrelcina where Padre Pio was born, again only about 20mins away.
In summary, we had a wonderful family holiday amongst the beautiful scenery and people of Fragneto Montforte, supported by our perfect hosts. We couldn't recommend this villa more highly.
6 and 8 yr old Granddaughters - 'Our favourite things at the villa were the cats Tigro and Demitri and the swimming pool. We really loved the pizzas in Italy especially the ones we made with Samantha. We love the pony, Pepe and the sheep+goats. We enormously love the icecream, the place we went was 2euro for two scoops! We liked the room we slept in because it had bunk beds . We like the whole house. We love Italy!'