Casa Carotondo

02/04/2020

24/12/2019

Vanessa and Rob wish you a wonderful festive season and a successful 2020.

02/01/2019

Happy New Year to all our friends and guests from Vanessa and Rob at Casa Carotondo.
The good news for the start of the year is that one roof has been completed and a dump of snow just before Christmas confirmed that it is water-tight. However the second one still needs to be repaired and the weather forecast is not looking promising. As a result of these delays we have decided we will not be renting the apartments this year. Getting everything prepared in time would be too stressful. We will be delighted to welcome you back here in 2020! In the meantime enjoy a successful and healthy 2019.

23/12/2018

We would like to wish all our friends and guests (past and future!) a very happy Christmas and all the best for 2019.

22/11/2018

Finally we have some good news. Work has started on a new roof on the front part of Casa Carotondo. The roof of the old house will also be repaired. Not a good time to be putting on a new roof but so far we have been lucky with the weather no snow or strong winds, just light rain and fog. Rob continues his work reinforcing the walls. Once the roofs and walls have been finished there will still be a lot of clearing up to do, so the apartments will definitely not be available in the first half of 2019 but possibly in the second half.

21/12/2017

We wish you all a very happy and relaxing festive season as well as a very successful New Year. 2018 will be an important year for us as we hope to finally start repairing Casa Carotondo. We would like to take this opportunity to thank family, friends and former guests for all the sympathy and support you have shown us since the earthquake of October 2016. We shall be back in business in 2019!!

Wir wünschen Ihnen alle einen frohen und entspannenden Weihnachtsfest sowie einen erfolgreichen Neues Jahr. 2018 wird für uns ein wichtiges Jahr sein, da wir endlich das Casa Carotondo zu reparieren hoffen. Wir möchten diese Gelegenheit benutzen, um Familie, Freunde und ehemaligen Gäste für Ihr Mitleid und Ihre Unterstützung seitdem Erdbeben von Oktober 2016 zu bedanken. Wir werden 2019 wieder im Geschäft sein!

Vi auguriamo a tutti voi un buon Natale e un felice Anno Nuovo! Il 2018 sarà per noi un anno importante perché speriamo di iniziare finalmente a riparare Casa Carotondo. vorremmo cogliere l'occasione per ringraziare famiglia, amici e ospiti per tutta la simpatia e il sostegno che ci avete dimostrato dal terremoto dell'ottobre 2016. torneremo in attività in 2019!

24/12/2016

We would like to wish everyone a very happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Once again we would like to thank all those who have shown us concern and support through the last difficult months.
Tanti Auguri di Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!

30/10/2016

We would like to thank friends and ex-guests for their concern over the past few turbulent weeks. Rob and I are well but our house has been damaged. The corner of our apartment is severely cracked and may, with another large earthquake, come away from the building. The third floor of the house at the front (the one you see when you come up the driveway) has detached on three sides from the rest of the house and could potentially collapse as well. Half of the barn, which housed Rob's workshop, has collapsed and needs rebuilding completely. We are currently living in one of the holiday apartments (Rotondo) which is unscathed.
Obviously repairing all the damage will take time but we and Le Marche will be back in business as soon as possible.

14/10/2016

For a local taste of white truffle, visit the festa in Amandola taking place shortly.

The white truffle is the most prized and commands the highest prices -- in 2006 it is reported to have sold for the same price as gold. The taste is subtle but lingering and summons the musty and savoury associations of Italian harvest.

08/06/2016

Beautiful gardens not too far from Casa Carotondo

POTENZA PICENA - E' tra i dieci finalisti del concorso nazionale

23/04/2016

The Sibillini Mountains mentioned today in the Guardian newspaper as one of the great places in Europe to walk. You can do the Grand Anello circular walk around the mountain range or base yourself at Casa Carotondo and do day walks. We have guide books, maps and plenty of experience of the mountain range to help you plan your holiday here.

We round up some of the best guided and self-guided walks that explore the continent’s high peaks, deep fjords and rare wildlife

05/04/2016

SHARE  Nei giorni scorsi è stata ufficialmente presentata la prima edizione della “Randonnée dei Sibillini“, in programma domenica 15 maggio 2016 con partenza e arrivo a Sarnano. L’iniziativa, organizzata in collaborazione da Bike&Tour Sibillini e Sarnanoinbici,...

04/03/2016

It's a blooming spring already in the Marche!

23/12/2015

Le Marche, Italy in the summer - just the place for a holiday!

A Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year
Frohe Weihnachten und ein Glückliches Neues Jahr
Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo

03/09/2015

The Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini is listed as one of the best places to walk in Italy. Spectacular scenery, plenty of wildlife, blooming wild flowers and not overrun by lots of other people!

Dalle vette innevate alle spiagge cristalline: ecco 10 luoghi meravigliosi in Italia per escursioni indimenticabili!

23/08/2015

An obiturary for Padre Pietro Lavini in the Economist no less - http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21661559-armando-padre-pietro-lavini-gods-builder-died-august-9th-aged-88-stone-stone
A mark of his amazing achievement.

WHEN the young St Francis knelt in prayer in the filthy, derelict church of San Damiano in Assisi, around 1206, the wide-eyed figure of Christ on the cross asked him...

08/08/2015

The Milky Way seen from Rifugio del Fargno looking onto the face of Monte Bove in the Sibillini National Park.

La Via Lattea vista dal Rifugio del Fargno di fronte al Paretone del Monte Bove - Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini

Grazie della Foto a Cristian Fattinnazzi

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11/06/2015

Lago di Pilato a few days ago looking as the comment below suggests like a butterfly.

29 - Uno dei posti più suggestivi della nostra Regione è sicuramente il Lago di Pilato.
Questa immagine è di qualche giorno fa, il periodo del disgelo ( a noi sembra una farfalla :-D )

Grazie a Matteo Borroni per la Foto

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11/06/2015

Una breve guida ai festival musicali 2015 in Italia, con i migliori live dell'estate. Lasciati ispirare dalla musica e scegli la meta per le tue vacanze!

06/06/2015

Combining nature, organic wine and culture, the Bioculture App guides you on a 19 day series of linked walks in Le Marche, Italy, providing information about the attractions along the way with specially created artworks.

02/06/2015

The bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo is nearly upon us. Le Marche has it's connections with Napoleon Bonaparte, who visited Tolentino to sign a peace treaty with Pope Pius VI in 1797. In May 1815 the Battle of Tolentino took place. It had a significant impact on the outcome of the Battle of Waterloo. Read more about this in our blog http://www.carotondo.com/blog/wordpress/?p=305

Napoleon Bonaparte and the city of Tolentino, Le Marche, Italy Posted on June 2, 2015 by Vanessa It might seem strange to link Napoleon Bonaparte to the city of Tolentino, however Bonaparte touched the life of this city twice. As a young general Napoleon Bonaparte conducted the first Italian campaig…

28/05/2015

This attractive bird seems to have taken up residence at Casa Carotondo. Here he is taking advantage of the damp weather yesterday to get some breakfast, while the resident cat had a lie in. The call of the hoopoe is perhaps a little less attractive. Rather like an alarm clock when they call from a tree outside your bedroom at 6am!

23/05/2015

The meadows of Ragnolo in the Sibillini Mountains (a protected zone for flowers) have started to bloom - here a sample of the flowers on view there two days ago. The paeonies arealso about to come into flower.

20/05/2015

Locust trees (robinia pseudoacacia) are in full bloom in the Italian countryside giving off a beautiful perfume and looking quite spectacular on the hillside opposite us.

08/05/2015

Lago Gerosa a beautiful lake fed by the A*o river. A useful spot to chill out and have a picnic after climbing Monte Sibilla, walking to Lago di Pilato or visiting Montemonaco.

15/04/2015

Another beautiful spring day in Le Marche just right for a cycle ride. Some of the mountains are still covered in snow below the Monte Bove horseshoe, Lago di Fiastra and the view towards Umbria.

11/04/2015

It seems spring has finally arrived at Casa Carotondo.

06/03/2015

This is the beautiful interior of the church of Madonna dell'Ambro near Montefortino. At the site where a young sheperdess,who was unable to speak, is said to have seen the Virgin Mary. After the vision the girl was able to speak.

Montefortino. FM.
Santuario della Madonna dell'Ambro, la navata in fondo dietro l'altare la stanza degli "ex voto".

01/03/2015

La Baita near the Abbadia di Fiastra - 'relaxed al fresco' eating, well worth a visit.

Secondo di Carne E Contorni:
in primo piano Bistecca di Vitello alla Brace e Verdure Grigliate miste composte da zucchine, melanzane e pomodori, al lato opposto Grigliata mista composta da Lombatina di Vitello Scoperchiature di Maiale e Salsiccia con contorno di Pomodorini Sottolio. abbinamento: "Castruvecchio" Rosso Piceno DOC delle Cantine Saputi.

25/02/2015

Italian Wine From Le Marche mapped out www.sibillinislow.com