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The Setting:
The apartment is situated 2 km, the farmhouse 4 km, outside the lovely medieval hill town of
Mondaino on the border between the Emilia Romagna and Le Marche regions of central Italy in peaceful rolling countryside covered in woodland, vineyards and olive groves - both properties are next to
woodlands that are ideal land for walking and for children to play in.
Mondaino is a very friendly, busy village with all the necessary shops, a bank, bars and a handful of nearby excellent proper Italian restaurants.
Though only 25 km drive from the beaches of the Adriatic coast, it is an area unspoilt by tourism where Italian rural life still thrives.
There are many other lovely neighbouring villages to visit and it is only a 30-minute drive to the magical city of Urbino. Bologna, Ravenna, Gubbio, Assisi,
and even Venice are all in reach for day outings. In mid-August Mondaino has its very own four-day medieval "palio".
There are cheap daily flights with RyanAir from London Stansted to Rimini (45 mins), Forli (Bologna Forli - 1 hour and 30 mins ) and Ancona (1 hour 30 mins).
Many other airlines fly into Bologna (2 hours).
Directions:
Coming by car
Heading south on the A 14 autostrada (motorway) from Bologna or Forli
(or heading north from Ancona) take the Cattolica exit. Then take the road heading inland for Morciano, then Saludecio then on to Mondaino. When you arrive at Mondaino
instead of continuing into the old centre turn sharp right at the photo shop on the corner just after you enter the village. Continue along the via Cerreto-Tavoleto for about 1km. You will pass a
builders' merchant just below the road on the left, then when you arrive at a large modern villa on the left turn left, into the lane signposted "via Barabana" which runs alongside the villa (you'll
see a large cypress tree and a red postbox here). Our house, with the apartment, is at the bottom of this lane. For the farmhouse just continue on to the next
lane on the left - but usually we suggest that guests come down to our house to be escorted there.
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