Residence Casa Gardola

“Excellent self catering apprtment in beautiful mountain village”

We stayed here for four nights at the end of October. Booked it online through Expedia, very reasonable price. The first thing to say is, if you are nervous about driving on narrow mountain roads with hairpin bends and sheer drops at the side, think twice about staying in Tignale. It takes 15 minut… Mais

We stayed here for four nights at the end of October. Booked it online through Expedia, very reasonable price. The first thing to say is, if you are nervous about driving on narrow mountain roads with hairpin bends and sheer drops at the side, think twice about staying in Tignale. It takes 15 minutes to drive up to the village from the lakeside and its a hairy drive, although by the end of the stay, I was doing it without a second thought. Tignale village itself is delightful; very clean, very leafy, very peaceful but with all the amenities you need. There are several restaurants (see my review of Apollo XI), bars, a bakery just around the corner from the residence and a reasonable sized supermarket five minutes' walk away. There's even a modern water fountain a few hundred metres away which provides free mountain water to the village - go along and fill up your plastic bottles. You won't believe this, but there's even a separate tap for 'frizzante' water! The residence is run by GTS which operates several businesses in the village. You check in and pick the key up from the GTS office across the square. The young lady Sarah who dealt with us was absolutely charming. Very warm and welcoming and full of practical advice. Our apartment was on the first floor, with balcony looking out over the square and directly above the entrance to the café on the ground floor (excellent ice creams!). It had a comfortable double bed, table and chairs and small kitchenette (gas hob, sink, fridge, coffee machine) all in the same room, along with wardrobe, chest of drawers, and bedside tables. There was plenty of cutlery, cooking utensils, crockery, glassware and pots and pans. There was a good size TV and wall safe. Also a very good bathroom with shower. On the balcony overlooking the village square was a table and four chairs with removable covers. It was the ideal place to take a drink, soak up the sun and people watch. Free open air car parking was down a short driveway at the side of the building. We were lucky with the weather, which always helps improve a holiday, but we came away with really good memories of Tignale and the GTS company.

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