We booked and stayed for a week after reading favourable reviews. There were, however, some important issues that we did not know and that you would probably like to know before you book. The apar**ents are in an old fortified hilltop village, completely surrounded by walls. Our apar**ent (house #8) was sitting on the wall, with one window offering a splendid view over the valley and mountains to the west with beautiful sunsets, the other to the old churchtower (no bells ringing) and illuminated at night. While this sounds and (was) idyllic, there are many more picturesque villages than Campello Alto throughout Italy. Only fourty people still live there, plus maybe the same number of tourists in high season. There are no shops, no restaurants, not even a bakery or a cafe in the village. At night, only cats. Plus, if you want to go and see any other place in Umbria, you have to drive down 10 minutes on a curvy road to Campello Basso in the first place. You definitely need a car. If you want to stay in just one place and relax, do not go there. We thought it to be a “distributed hotel” like the one we stayed in Santo Stefano or like “ Borgo Campello” at the same place. Borgo Campello has a reception and dining facilities, “Castello Campello” has none. When we arrived, nobody we met knew our property. No info on that beforehand. We left the owner a message who then arrived from below after 20 Minutes and handed over the apar**ent. He’s Albanian, did not speak English, but was accompanied by somebody who did. We had a medical issue during our stay. Without reception, we again left him a message that remained unanswered. Breakfast was included. We were unaware that breakfast would be served in a bar in Campello Basso, 5kms on a curvy road. It was o.k. for us, as most of our trips required to go down anyway. However, you should not forget anything in your room or might want to brush your teeth or visit the bathroom after breakfast. The apar**ent itself was recently made up and o.k. It had a modern kitchen, but if you want to cook and “dine in”, you have only a quite small table and lounge chairs to sit for that purpose. No place to sit outside. If you plan to do some pc work there or writing or reading, it is difficult. On the positive side: very quiet at night, so you should sleep well. Strong air condition. Parking space not too far away outside the walls. Excellent wifi, however, not the one the owner recommended (this was very slow), but another one that was open and strong. Strange. All in all, knowing all of this beforehand, I would have selected a different place.
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