House / Villa - Gallicano nel Lazio

Pool and out door area wonderful! Villa everything you need, but a bit tired

It is not child friendly, very uncomfortable, cheaply thrown together and in places dangerous. Angelo (gardener) arrived he didn’t hide his anger at being called back after we had arrived later than planned, he sped up the driveway, slamming doors, tapping his wrist, showing my husband messages, shouting in Italian which my husband didn’t understand. It doesn’t say anywhere in the advert that we have to stay silent from 1-4 so this was a shock and annoying with 4 kids on holiday. Keeping the windows closed at night. Impossible with fans that are useless and no air-con. This was not listed in the advert we would not have booked had we known! The house was dirty, cobwebs everywhere, some of the cutlery and plates were dirty. Front bedroom smelt. Two of the kitchen hobs didn’t work. No scissors, no wine glasses. 4 sun loungers one of which was broken. Pool lights didn’t work, tiles loose, edges sharp and slippery our son fell and cut his face. Electrical sockets hanging out. Very dangerous! Outside table broken, completely unstable. BBQ useless as broken at the back and cooking grate didn’t fit. No where to sit outside comfortably, table and chairs on the grass from the photos were not there. Beds were uncomfortable, pillow were awful. Angelo arrived Sunday, came from the back entrance, drove up the garden whilst I was sunbathing to ask when we were leaving, total invasion of our privacy.No response from owner to our complaints - Vrbo useless too! Spend your money elsewhere.

We met the gardener on arrival who showed us the best he could, as we didn’t speak Italian, the key features of the house. The location was perfect, rural not touristy and peaceful. The house was large, pool looked great and grounds extensive.Unfortunately the house was dirty, the kitchen lacked many items and what equipment was there was poor. I had to go out and buy Wine Glasses (in Italy!), there were no scissors for example and only 1 tray in the oven with no shelves. There were electrical sockets hanging out of the walls which have been evidently for a number of years looking at the reviews of which some didn’t actually work and it was so hot at night, the fans provided were inadequate so we had to go out and spend our own money on fans that actually did the job and left them. The pool area was great but there were only 4 cheap sun loungers for a family of 8 of which 3 of them the legs kept collapsing. During the 3 week stay the cleaner would come once a week to change the beds and would literally wipe over the bathrooms and mop the floors upstairs but there was still hair & debris all over the house. On booking the villa I believed I was paying in whole for the property. Upon arrival we were short of bedding, when I enquired with the owner he said he wasn’t a hotel and billed me for the extra (so called) cleaning and bedding. He hadn’t read the list of names he’d asked me to send.For what it cost I expect 5 stars not 3 and I won’t be using this site again

Very enjoyable stay at this very nice and very large house, just half an hour from Rome by train (from Zagarolo station). There's no air con so if you're from the UK you might struggle with the heat indoors. Upstairs was like an oven night and day. The pool was wonderful but you'll be busy fishing insects out with the net. Local town has good amenities and friendly people.

It is a lovely villa with a wonderful pool and patio - where we spent quite a bit of our time. Very close to the villa is a restaurant that sells lovely pizzas.

We've had a lovely stay at this villa. Best way I can describe it is as an authentic Italian experience well away from tourists and the beaten track. Easy to get to Rome though ( train from Zagarolo ) and we can recommend the Hydromania water park too, a 40 minute drive away. We spent most of our time relaxing and the pool was brilliant for our children and we hardly spent any time indoors. A big thanks to the owner PierPaolo and to Angelo the gardener.

Really enjoyed this property and the surrounding area, extremely warm during the hot days, inside and out. The pool helped cool you down and the local Pizzeria kept us fed, although there are decent kitchen facilities. The host looked after us through his gardener Angelo who we enjoyed seeing on odd days as he asked, Ciao, all ok? And mostly everything was Ok. Thanks

Awesome

Very nice villa with roofed terrace and adjacent pool near to Rome (30 minutes by train from Zaragolo)

The overall experience was great. Pierpaolo was really helpful ahead of and during our stay and went out of his way to help us. The house was much bigger than it looked in the pictures and the kids loved the pool. It took only an hour to get in to central Rome from a nearby train station and lots of lovely restaurants available.