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Fantastic Home, lovely location and Excellent owner!
Guest: RobLondon (St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada)
Date of Stay: April 11, 2010 Review Submitted: June 1, 2010
My wife and I and our two young children stayed in Alfredo's "Palazzo Balducci" in April, 2010. What a wonderful experience! The location of the house in Gubbio is perfect for walking throughout the old city and was very spacious, comfortable and well equipped with everything we needed for our stay. Regarding Alfredo...what can I say!? He was very helpful, kind, charming and helped make the visit even more memorable! His suggestions on restaurants and discussions of Gubbio's history were fantastic. Gubbio was wonderful - I had been to Rome several times but never really outside the city. Gubbio had small shops where owners cut prosciutto by hand right in front of you, lovely and reasonably priced restaurants, wonderful views around each corner, history, history, history and lots to see and do without being touristy. While Alfredo's English is excellent, we did not find many fluent English speakers which is something I really appreciated - Gubbio has not yet (and hopefully never will) succumbed to popular culture and the type of tourist trade that drives the local culture into being something of the past. In Gubbio, they *are* still living it, it seems! Isn't this one of the joys of travel!?!? Our very basic knowledge of Italian along with a little effort on our part meant we had no serious trouble communicating. I would certainly recommend going to Gubbio and if we ever manage to make it back there, we would most certainly stay again at Palazzo Balducci! I would highly recommend to anyone!
Recommended for: Age 55+, Tourists without a car, Sightseeing, Families with teenagers, Families with young children, Romantic getaway