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[Guest Comments: 7 positive, 0 negative]
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| 01/15/09 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
“Fantastic”
Our stay in Villa Nuba was fantastic and contributed to a true Umbrian experience. Our expectations were high based upon other reviews and the website but even these were exceeded! A great balance of local charm with excellent facilities - made all the better by the excellent friendly service provided by Giuseppe for whom nothing was too much trouble. Well positioned on the edge of Perugia. We travelled with our 2 year old daughter and the apartment was ideal but equally it would suit families with older children or a group of friends travelling together. Very highly recommended.
Mark, Alison and Sienna
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Mark, Alison and Sienna
Melbourne, Australia
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| 06/06/08 |
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| We (three adults who don’t speak Italian) stayed in Villa Nuba’s Pinturicchio apartment for five weeks (mid-February – late March) and enjoyed our visit very much! The apartment was comfortable and nicely furnished, the view was beautiful and it was easy to walk into Perugia or catch a bus or train to nearby towns in Umbria and Tuscany. Giuseppe was a great host who stopped by regularly to be sure everything was perfect (it was!), answered our questions and provided advice on the best restaurants, shops and places to see. We shopped for local specialties like fresh pasta and vegetables and prepared them in the apartment’s well equipped kitchen. We used our fireplace nearly every night and we all loved the deep bathtub. Since the water is heated on demand, you never run out of hot water! Since I needed to work while we were there, I used the high speed internet connection - that worked out nicely. The weather in Italy in winter can be chilly but we were glad we went then – there were very few tourists. We recommend Villa Nuba and plan to return! |
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Sharon H., San Francisco, CA
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| 09/17/07 |
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I spent a fantastic holiday in Italy with my family this August. We decided to stay in Perugia for five days because the position of the city is perfect to visit Tuscany and Umbria alike.
We had a great time at Villa Nuba where Giuseppe Nuzzaci our host was welcoming us. He is a friendly, kind and funny young Italian who gave us many ideas what to see and where to eat. Giuseppe tried the famous Hungarian hot paprika sausages with us on the first night, that made a perfect match with the Italian Grappa… The Pinturicchio Apartment was as charming as described at the villa’s website and we had a great time there. We were cokking yummy dinners in the fully equipped kitchen and even though the weather did not permit a swim in the nice pool, our children tried the jacuzzi one night… It was good all of us could check the most important e-mails in the internet room. We devoted our first day to Perugia, then visited Gubbio, Arezzo, Siena and Cortona. Our guide book was the favourite Hungarian book of the family, Antal Szerb's Journey by Moonlight. In the book written in the 30s. The childhood friend of the protagonist became a monk in Gubbio in the monastery up on the hill, attached to the Basilica of St. Ubaldo. Thanks to Giuseppe we took the Funivia (cable car) to go up to the basilica, from where we so the most amazing view of the city and the scenery around. After 35 years we also went back to Arezzo, a dear town for us. In 1972 our Hungarian choir participated in the Concorso Polifonico and won two prizes in Arezzo. It was an exceptional feeling to show the places where we had sang decades earlier to our children.
In Siena, we had great Italian coffee on the Campo and were lucky to see the marble mosaic floor of the Cathedral, since the floor is only uncovered for two months a year. On our way back from Siena we decided to go to Cortona for dinner. I had already visited this beautiful town before and took my family to the Pizzeria Fufluns where I had had good lunches and dinners 5 years ago. We not only had great bruschetti and tasteful salmone affumicato in salsa di pepe rosa, but also happened to watch the Italy-Hungary football match, sitting in the middle of a group of Italians… We were happy about the outcome… (Scusi!)
We went up to Venice for two days from Perugia to finish a wonderful holiday.
I can only promise to go back to Perugia again and surely stay at Villa Nuba again, because a lot of nearby towns remained unseen for us: Spoleto, Assisi, Todi, Montepulciano etc. Since Lake Trasimeno is so close we would like to spend a day at the beach next time. Beautiful cities, nice villa, friendly host and the best pesto we ever tried, made by our host’s mother and given us by Giuseppe as a present when we said good-bye. We are thinking of our summer holiday a lot and can only recommend Villa Nuba to others. (But the Pinturicchio apartment is only free at times when we are not staying there….)
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Agnes Havas, Budapest, Hungary |
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Homeowner Response:
Dear Agnes,
many thanks for your lovely and great comment !!!
You have a wonderful family and i really hope to see you again in Perugia...and remember to bring with you another time the delicious Hungarian hot paprika sausages !!!! you have right: it's so good with the italian Grappa.
I'm waiting you and your family in the "Charming apartments Villa Nuba" for you next visit !
Please,remember me that you would like to rent del Pinturicchio apartment : it will be your apartment every time you will come in Perugia !(just remember to email me some months before your vsit to reserve for you the apartment !)
Ciao and take care
A big Hug from Perugia,Umbria,Italy
Giuseppe
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| 09/05/07 |
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Dear Giuseppe
Just a quick note to thank you for making our stay at Villa Nuba so enjoyable. The apartment was absolutely perfect, and Bruno thinks the pool was one of the two coolest things about the holiday - the other being the Gubbio funivia. We'll be back, I'm sure. |
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Jonathan Buckley, Brighton, UK |
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Homeowner Response:
Many thanks for your kind words !
I hope to see you again in our salty pool in Villa Nuba in Perugia one day in the future !
A big hug to Bruno from me and all the Villa Nuba Family !!!
Ciao
giuseppe
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| 07/29/07 |
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Spent a perfect week at Villa Nuba in July when Italy was experiencing record temperatures and the pool was therefore an essential. Giuseppe made our holiday special, being the perfect Italian host. He greeted us on arrival, took us on a tour of the local supermarket, pizzeria and city walls and gave us some top tips about what to do/not to do. I was worried that with two teenage children (aged 16 and 14) there would not be enough to do but with the trip to the last night of the Umbrian Jazz Festival, the venicular cable cars in Gubbio, the boat trip across Lago Trasimeno, the day trip by train to Florence and of course the retail therapy in Perugia itself, they were well entertained and had a fabulous time.
The apartment was ideal with good facilities and very clean.
We would definitely recommend it to any one. |
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The Singleton family, Manchester, England
01942 609654 |
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Homeowner Response:
Dear friends,
many thsnks for your great comment!
I'mso happy that your holiday in villa Nuba was nice . I hope to see you again in our swimming pool !
Ciao
Giuseppe
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| 07/18/07 |
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Both my husband and I just wanted to report on our wonderful visit to Villa Nuba. We stayed in the Del Perugino apartment for the month of June and it really was a home away from home. The location was perfect - a countryside setting just a short walk from the centre of Perugia, and in close proximity to the many hill towns in Umbria. The apartments are really luxurious and every amenity has been thought of. Guiseppe and his parents are wonderful hosts and were very helpful in all aspects of our stay. We may be back!
Sheila and Arno zur Linden
Kelowna, BC Canada |
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Sheila zur Linden, Kelowna, BC Canada
250-762-9437 |
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Homeowner Response:
Dear Sheila and Arno zur Linden,
many thanks for your lovely words !
You are a lovely and cool couple !!!!!
I hope to see you again one day in the future .
Take care!
Giuseppe
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| 06/27/07 |
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| Spent 2 weeks at Villa Nuba from 1st June 2007 and loved every minute. lovely position, quality fittings etc,nice pool,a host who will do anything to make the stay relaxing and fun.Ideal position for seeing the surrounding sites such as Assisi but we loved Spello- a must visit town. |
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Jean & Mike Granville, Banbury, UK
441295 710078 |
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Homeowner Response:
Dear Jean & Mike,
many,many thanks for yourkind words about me, Perugia and our villa.
You are a so nice, funny and friendly people! I really hope to see you again one day in the future in Perugia and...of course in front of our pool with a glass of a good Umbria red wine in a hand and enjoy Villa Nuba
and the land of Umbria!
Ciao
Take care
Giuseppe
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| 06/03/06 |
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Myself and 3 sisters(seniors) just returned from 1 week at this apartment and it is hard to do justice to this place with words. The location was beautiful being situated on a hill overlooking all the beautiful Umbrian countryside but it is only 15 minutes walking distance from the centre of Perugia. The villa is a converted 1400's farmhouse and there are 3 separate apartments all luxuriously finished and furnished with wonderful antiques. It is spotlessly clean, has a wonderful new swimming pool and you have the use of a computer in a separate room. The thing that really impressed us was the hospitality of the host, Guiseppe and his lovely parents. Nothing was too much trouble and it absolutely made our trip. I would not hesitate to recommend del Pinturicchio to anyone - utterly fantastic.
Ben Cotto Guiseppe.
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Katharine Lebow, Parksville, BC. Canada
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Homeowner Response:
Dear Katharine,
many thanks for your kind words about Villa Nuba! You and your sisters are 4 lovely Madame and i hope to see you again !
Ciao,take care and keep in contact !
Giuseppe
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| 10/09/05 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
We send you our greetings from USA and our home in Colorado.We truly enjoyed our stay at Villa Nuba; you were a great host to us! Thank you for your concern and care. I am enclosing a picture for your website of my wife, Liz and I. By the way, we did enjoy sunshine at our stay in Bellagio on Lake Como. I think you told Liz that you would give us a free week stay if that happened right? :-) I left some underwear at our apartment. You can just keep it until we return. We wish you success, full occupancy and good health!
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The Schaefers
U.S.A.
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| 10/01/05 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Fabulous. A home away from home. Highly recommended.
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Barbara O'Sullivan Ann and Gail
New York, U.S.A
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| 09/07/05 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Dear Giuseppe,
I hope this e-mail finds you well and that you enjoyed your holiday in the South! We are now well settled back after our trip,so we would like to take a moment to thank you and your family for the hospitality and kindness shown to us during our stay! We enjoyed Villa Nuba so much and found you so helpful and willing to give of your time ! Our trip to the vineyards and lunch in Montelfalco will go down in memory as one of the most enjoyable days! Also your mother and father and Carmen for all their help and kindness, please give them our kind regards!
Emma and Adam both enjoyed the holiday just as much as we did, and Emma would so like to make a return visit, she talks of her visit to the chocolate factory to all her friends back here in Ireland.
The cleanliness and comfort of our appartment was excellent and the pool was so nice and so clean that one could only enjoy a trip to Villa Nuba!
We would like to return for at least 1 week next year if you can accomodate us. As yet we are not sure of exact dates in July that we will travel but as soon as we do we shall hopefully be able to get booked with you!
Once again a most sincere thank-you for a fantasatic holiday that has gone down in memory as our best holiday ever! Should you ever wish to make a trip to Dublin/Ireland we would love to be able to assist you and show our thanks for a brilliant Villa Nuba time!
All the best for now and our kindest regards to all your family,
Ciao from Emma and Adam!
Sean and Chris Darcy, Ireland
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Sean and Chris Darcy
Ireland
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| 10/23/04 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Angy, model for Elite agency, and Valerio model for Joy Uomo agency... they paraded for many different companies, such as Versace and Yves Saint-Laurent.
They said of Villanuba: "Great hospitality, charming apartments... Villanuba's like a little heaven! We'll surely come back!"
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Angy and Valerio
Milan - Italy
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| 10/23/04 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Diana and I are
writing to tell you and your family how much we enjoyed our 2-week stay at your
VILLA NUBA. It was the most attractive and comfortable of all of the
accomodations we stayed in during our ten week trip to Italy and Provence.
We were thoroughly impressed by the beauty of the villa and its
hillside setting as well as the view from the windows. We were equally
impressed by the inside of the apartment del Bonfigli. We don't recall
ever staying in an apartment, lodge or hotel room that had nicer furniture,
décor and appointments. Every room was inviting and comfortable, and the
jacuzzi bath was a special treat.
What we appreciate the most, however, were your extra efforts to
make our Perugia experience easy and low-stress. We are particularly
grateful that you picked us up at the train station, but more than
anything else that you helped us by negotiating such a good rental car price for
us. We would have paid nearly twice as much if you hadn't helped us with the
car.
Also, your suggestions as to day-trips to nearby villages made the
whole experience absolutely wonderful! Each of those villages was a gem.
Again, mille grazie for all your efforts and favors. We look
forward to staying at VILLA NUBA the next time we visit Italy.
Jim and Diana Kallmer
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Jim and Diana Kallmer
Missouri - U.S.A.
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| 10/23/04 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Hi Giuseppe,
Thanks again for the wonderful accommodations at Villa Nuba. We really enjoyed our trip and seeing Umbria. The apartment was great, and you are an excellent host. We really appreciated you picking us up at the train station (in S. Giovani!) and getting the rental car. I will definitely pass out your information to friends who plan a trip to Italy. If you are ever in Colorado, give us a call at(...........)
Ciao
Jaimee Redman Lee
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Jaimee Redman Lee
Colorado - U.S.A.
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| 10/10/04 |
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Guest Comment Entered By Homeowner:
Homeowner-entered Comment:
The whole
time, the memory of the fun time we had in Umbria, and your beautiful
apartment, and how very nice and friendly you and your family were,
kept us happy the whole way. It's going to take a while before I get
used to being back home. In the few hours we've been here, we've told
so many people about your wonderful apartment and your generous
hospitality that they all want to go.
I've told everybody who has called (family and friends) to welcome me back
that Perugia is the most beautiful town in Umbria, and that Umbria is
the most beautiful region in Italy and its people are generous of
spirit, patient and kind.
Please write and let us know how you and your
family and your girlfriend are doing. We hope everything goes well.
Best regards and a big hug and kisses for you and yours,
Aileen and Sara
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Mrs. Jelpi Martinez Aillen
Puerto Rico - U.S.A.
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