Name: Villa Venus
Address: Via del Golgo 669, 91011, Alcamo, IT, Alcamo, Alcamo, Alcamo, 91011, Italy
Rating: 9

Garden

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Falcone-Borsellino Airport

Catacombe dei Cappuccini

d'Orleans Park

Cappella Palatina

Palace of the Normans

Cathedral of Palermo

Chiesa di Sant'Agostino

Ballaro Market

Quattro Canti

Piazza Politeama

Palermo City Hall

Piazza Pretoria

Martorana

Pretoria Fountain

Santa Caterina Church

Regional Archaeological Museum

Palazzo Mirto

Palermo Botanical Garden

Piazza della Kalsa

Villa Giulia

Trapani-Birgi Airport

Villa Venus

Alcamo

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

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annex

basement

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

My family and I (me, my husband and our 3 year old son) have just spent 2 lovely weeks at Don Vincenzo (which we booked as La Mimosa apartment through Italian Country Cottages).  We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday, helped in no small part by the accommodation and warm welcome from our holiday home.  

I have seen the review which refers to an impassable goat track.  I wouldn't say this is quite accurate.  The house is 2.5k up a dirt lane, which is very bumpy in places, but perfectly passable and from what we have seen of the area, pretty standard for this sort of road in Sicily.  The directions to get to the place were pretty dire (not Country House Don Vincenzo's fault), but the owner had already arranged to come and meet us, which they did and we then followed them in.

The owners were extremely welcoming.  It is true that they don't speak much English, but their English is 100% better than my Italian so with a mixture of talking and google translate and WhatsApp we managed absolutely fine.  

The accommodation is basic, but perfectly decent.  I did find the kitchenette area to be a little under equipped.  There are 2 hobs, no oven, no grill. A good sized fridge freezer, microwave and toaster.  But the washing and drying area for pots was small.  And crockery, pans, glasses etc are supplied, but not in a wide range.  It is functional but not luxurious. There was a small TV in the main bedroom, but I don't think it was working.

The AC was a welcome addition, and they also have nets at all of the windows which meant we weren't troubled by mosquitoes at all during our holiday.

There is free WiFi, but I think its fair to say that the connection is patchy.

The grounds of the place are really its strongest selling point.  It looks out over vines and olive trees.  The pool is really lovely, and they seemed to clean it every day.  We had a lovely outdoor seating area under a tree, and there was also a well equipped outdoor cooking area with a BBQ, sink and dining table.

In terms of location, I would say it is well positioned for exploring that part of the island.  Balestrate is the nearest town. It isn't an especially pretty town, but we found a couple of very good places to eat. Antica Falconnara just down the road, and also Pizzeria Ciro and Trattoria della Nonna.  Caffe della Golfo was great for pastries and gelato.

Castellamare del Golfo was around 25-30 minutes away. Scopello was around 35-40 minutes and Segesta was around 25 minutes.

Our one slightly complaint was the noise at night.  It is quite close to a place that seems to do weddings or parties, so most nights there was a short display of fireworks at around 9.30pm followed by music.  And that seemed to make the owner's two large dogs bark.  Some nights were more intrusive than others, but if it got too irritating it was easily solved by closing the windows and turning the AC on.  Not a huge problem, but it was something that we found to be an irritation when you have a small child asleep.

That being said, we thoroughly enjoyed our time at Country House Don Vincenzo. The owners are extremely nice and we found the apartment to be clean and comfortable, and provided an excellent base from which to explore Sicily.

Secluded agriturismo in the Sicilian countryside

The road into the Don Vincenzo Country House is an almost impassible goat track.  We blew a tire on it on our fourth night there.  Left the next day.  Although the family is very nice and welcoming, I have nothing good to say about it.  We stayed at the "Country House" in October.  Pool was closed.  Road in was often flooded, and muddy.  The wifi was extremely sketchy - we had to sit in the stairwell to get it.  Hosts speak no English, so there was no way to communicate problems.  The kitchen was minimal.  We had to ask for a knife adequate for cutting bread.  
My wife and I are seasoned travelers, and have booked numerous places online.  This place was completely misrepresented on the web site, and we would not recommend it at half the price.

Worst place ever

We stayed 2 weeks in this agritursmo and enjoyed it very much.
The place is nicely renovated, with respect to the original building, but with today's comfort. (Airconditioning, big fridge...) And very clean.
Also a large and very clean swimmingpool, surrounded by green grass (not evident in Sicly...), armchairs etc...
For children there's always something to do. (Play with cats, visit goats & chickens....)
Nearby Palermo, Monreale and other places to visit West of Sicily.
Owners are extremely friendly and helpfull, without being pushy.
We recommend this!

Great agriturismo to stay!

Hello from Mr and Mrs Offord.
We just wanted to send a small note of thanks as we did not get chance to say goodbye to everyone.
We would like to thank all of your family for your hospitalit .We enjoyed our stay at your Villa.
The room was very comfortable and the pool was very nice. We will recommend your Villa to everyone we know.
We loved our time in Sicily and have some great photographs 
Goodbye and thank you once again Mark & Alison

 
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