Villa Caruso is a contemporary 3 bedroom Italian Lakes villa with fantastic lake views just a short drive from the nearest restaurants and lakeside beaches. It has WIFI, a private terrace, three additional private balconies, Wii games console and small library of books for guests to enjoy.
This Italian Lakes villa is located within a short drive of the lakeside and only 3 miles north of the busy lakeside town of Luino with its good selection of shops, bars and restaurants. Less than 5 miles from the Swiss border, the villa also provides easy access to the Swiss towns of Lugano and Locarno. Lake Como is a one hour drive and trains run direct from Luino to Milan in an hour. All this makes this Italian Lakes villa a really convenient base to enjoy some sightseeing.
The villa is laid out over 3 levels. On the ground floor there is a large open plan living, dining and kitchen area leading out onto a teak decked terrace with superb lake views. Up some stairs, there is a bathroom and 2 bedrooms, one double bedroom with balcony with lake view and one twin bedroom with views to the countryside. Up another flight of stairs there is an extremely spacious master bedroom with kingsize bed. This has a large ensuite bathroom with shower, 'his and her' sinks and jacuzzi bath. There are two balconies for this room, one with lake views and one with views to the hills. The property is fully equipped with all the mod cons guests could want including flatscreen TV, DVD player and Wii games console. There is also a Nespresso coffee machine in the property.
The owners have also gone to great lengths to make this Italian Lakes villa family friendly, providing a travel cot, highchair and pushchair free of charge. There is also a selection of toys, board games and children's DVDs.
There is parking at the property. The villa shares 3 parking spaces with an adjacent villa. However, some guests may find the driveway to this Italian Lakes villa quite steep but if guests are nervous about the approach, then there is plenty of space to park on the main road at the top of the drive.
The Italian Lakes villa is located just outside the centre of Dumenza, a hillside village sitting above Lake Maggiore. Dumenza has a small supermarket as well as a small cafe / bar and restaurant. In the other direction at the bottom of the hill is Colmegna, a small but very pretty lakeside village. The nearest large town is Luino. Luino is a lakeside town that has seen massive improvements over the past 10 years. The lakefront has seen considerable investment. The lakeside shop facades have been restored and the old lakeside car park has been transformed into a beautiful lawned park area, the perfect setting to enjoy an evening passeggiata. Notably, Luino businesses don't shut down in the Winter due to its thriving local population. This is a stunning part of Italy, beautiful to enjoy all year round. There are a whole host of activities to enjoy from water sports and lake swimming in the Summer, to skiing in the Winter and with superb sightseeing opportunities on offer throughout the year. The villa is situated in a quiet, rural hamlet. The location is quiet and peaceful and guests are lucky enough to often enjoy the company of two wild peacocks who live in the nearby tree. A mountain stream runs down one side of the property. To the front are views of fields and trees with stunning lake views beyond. To the rear, there are views of the countryside.
CIR code 012065-CNI-00003
A note from Jo
Villa Caruso is such a family friendly Italian Lakes villa. We love what it offers families to make their stay that little bit more comfortable. From a practical perspective, there is a cot, highchair and stroller, whilst for entertainment, there are plenty of games as well as a wii games console with games. We also love its peaceful location. There are few properties in the world where you share the terrace with a couple of peacocks, or where you will sunbathe on the terrace listening to the sound of the cow bell in the nearby fields.
Just returned from our holiday staying at Villa Caruso. The villa offers everything to make you feel at home, spacious and well equipped. The view from the terrace and balconies is stunning and such a delight to wake up to this. It is a short drive to Luino on the lake side and the local village of Dumenza nearby. I would highly recommend Villa Caruso and would certainly visit again.
Overall, we had some really great days in the house which I can highly recommend. Communication with Jo was very good & easy. Jo was very flexible regarding check-in & check-out which we really greatly appreciate! The house is like described. Including everything that is needed, and furbished very tastefully so that we felt like at home. Very spacious and great for a (big) family or a group of friends. Very clean. The driving to the house itself is down a steep hill – which is like included in the description so no surprise. Finding the house by night might be somewhat tricky, so if you can arrive at daytime it will make your arrival more convenient. Marvellous views over the Lago Maggiore, beautiful terraces to enjoy breakfast and a glass of vine. Luino at the lake is approx. a 15 min. drive from the house, so quite close by. In short, we enjoyed our stay – everything was like we wished for and we might be back one day again.
Die im Vorfeld der Reise großen Erwartungen von sechs Freunden wurden während des gesamten Aufenthalts zu keinem Zeitpunkt enttäuscht. Sowohl die Innenausstattung als auch die Außenanlagen entsprechen – inklusive des Terrassenpanoramas – eins zu eins den Bildern des Inserats. Das Haus liegt an einem Hang zwischen dem eigentlichen Stadtkern von Dumenza und dem nur wenige Kilometer entfernt von der größeren Stadt Luino mit seinen Geschäften und seiner Gastronomie. Die nächstgelegenen Badestellen sind auch zu Fuß in angemessener Zeitung zu erreichen. Die in einigen anderen Kommentaren zu Unrecht kritisierten tierischen Nachbarn – zwei Hunde, zwei Pfauen und vier bis fünf Esel erfreuen sind nach wie vor bester Gesundheit. Allerdings haben haben Tiere zu keiner Zeit gestört und der Umgebung einen besonderen Charme verliehen. Auch die bereits mehrfach bemängelte steile Auffahrt stellt nach unserer Einschätzung mit vorausschauendem Fahrstil kein Problem dar und scheit für lombardische Verhältnisse keine ungewöhnliche Erscheinung zu sein. Wer sich flaches Terrain wünscht, soll gerne einen Urlaub in Norddeutschland in Erwägung ziehen. Alles in allem ein gelungener Urlaub. Wir kommen gern wieder.
The house is very neat, well decorated. Very Large space for 7 people. Nice lake view. Only convenient by car. Recommend to arrive early when still sunlight.
We had a fantastic week-end with our friends! The view from the terrace is outstanding and the villa was really comfortable for our 2 families with kids. We recommend villa Caruso!
Gorgeous stay with beautiful view of lake. Very well equipped home, modern and extremely clean. Would recommend to anyone looking for a great vacation. We went with a family of 6 and had a great time.
Villa Caruso was everything we expected plus more. The Villa is in a stunning position with views to die for. We have just spent Christmas there with our family, one of whom is a Master Chef so we were looking for a kitchen equipped to meet his need (and his Mother’s demands!). All worked perfectly. Small children loved the toys and DVDs, whilst the big children made themselves very comfortable. Centrally located for driving expeditions to explore villages,Lakes Maggiore & Como and easy forays into Switzerland. Only thing missing for us was snow – but I can’t blame Villa Caruso for that! We will definitely spread the word for this little gem. Thanks for making booking seamless.
We stayed in Villa Caruso in October 2014 – there were two families of four and we had a fabulous holiday. The villa is beautiful – great views, clean, comfortable, modern and with everything we needed. The booking process with Bookings For You was really quick and easy, the key pick up and drop off were very efficient (and in English, although I did try my pigeon Italian) and the villa is located in a beautiful part of Italy, with easy access to Switzerland. We were lucky with some great weather and some lovely days out. All the information you need on the local area is in the villa – we found the comments and suggestions from other guests in the guest book especially useful. Thank you very much to Bookings For You for a great holiday – we will be returning!
Thank you for letting us rent Villa Caruso. We had a lovely holiday. The property was very clean and met all expectations. The view was wonderful.
We arrived safely, we found the hill slightly scary to begin with, particularly going up in a semi automatic, but we’ve mastered that (no passengers in until we get to the top) & we are having a wonderful time. The villa is everything we had hoped for and more, so much attention to detail, even the wine and the cookies, thank you so much. We have loved everything (we have an apartment in Spain and, although it isn’t as grand as the villa, we have tried to add the extras that make it feel like home) the villa certainly feels like that.The view is amazing, we are sitting having breakfast and looking at it now. We did have a problem with wasps, there were six nests, in the holes in the bottom of uprights posts on the balcony and one in the parasol. My fearless friend managed to remove the nests and we haven’t seen a wasp since. We have enjoyed the two peacocks who have graced us with their presence very day, it just adds a touch of grandeur. Thank you so much.