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Price Range: E600 to E3190 (EUR)

Basic
If looking for a safe and spacious garden to play with children, fully equiped house and private swimming pool, feel the real nature and the way of an Istrian traditional life welcome to the Villa Barbara (Frankovici). Although it stand-alone Villa , it is 150 m away from the local road and the first houses just to feel comfortable and safe but peaceful and quite. A large garden, surrounding the house, with 1000 sq m gives you a sense of the comfortable stay and yet easily overooloked. Situated in the small village of Frankovici just to the north east of the Limski Kanal Villa Barbara is a Istrian house built of the stone and complemented by wodden window shutters. Villa Barbara sits in its own spacious, lawned grounds, almost completely enclosed by a stone wall and surrounded by fields. From the first floor there are wonderful views across the countryside as far as the Adriatic Sea. The villages of San Vincenc Lovrec (7km) or Kanfanar (10km) offer basic shops, a post office, bank, cafes and several 'konobas' (typical country inns). From Villa Barbara access to places of interest is quick and easy.

Locality
The nearby fjord Limski Kanal is a sightseeing place.Here you can taste some of the freshest oysters, mussels and fish in Croatia. Dvigrad castle, abandoned in the 17th century, nowadays only the ruins remain but is a well-preserved and well worht visiting. Vrsar (18km) is a seaside town with evening events like classical music concerts in the summer months and local bars just beside beaches and marina. Pula is Istria's capital. More than 3000 years old with its Forum and Arena and cultural events is well worth visiting day and night. The Brijuni Islands, a small archipelago as a National Park.

Housing details
A lovely covered terrace runs the entire width of the house, looking out across the garden towards the inviting pool, irresistible with its inlaid turquoise blue mosaic tiles.The 8m X 4m pool is surrounded by sun terraces with sun beds. This will surely be the focal point for al fresco dining particularly as the in-built barbeque and the summer kitchen are just a few steps away. Solid wood doors lead into the open plan living accommodation where stone walls gives the atmopshere of the old times and a whitewashed wall maximise the sense of spaciousness. Character features include exposed wood beams and quarry tiled flooring as well as thoughtful choices such as colourful, local ceramics in the spacious plain kitchen. Oak bedroom furniture and colourful, local ceramics in the bathrooms keeps you in warm feeling of the nature. Accommodation Ground floor: Open plan kitchen - dishwasher,oven, cooker, microwave,coffie machine.Dining area/living room / two sofa beds,fireplace,TV-SAT, video,DVD, CD player. Inner hall. Utility room (washing machine). Cloakroom (basin, WC). First floor: Landing. Two bedrooms each with twin single oak beds and one bedroom with an en suite shower room (basin, bidet, WC). Separate shower room (basin, bidet, WC). All rooms have an air-conditioning unit. Outside: Private swimming pool. Lawned garden. Long covered terrace. In-built barbeque. Covered private parking.

Trieste distance 60 min

Venice distance 150 min

Ljubljana distance 90 min

Property Features
Sleeps 6
Doublebeds 1
Twinbeds 2
Bathrooms 2
Tv
Satellite 1
Cooker
Microwave
Fridge
Freezer
Centralheating
Linenprovided
Airconditioning 1
Traffic Low
Relaxing
Pets
Openfire
Patio
Privatepool
Airport Pula
Airportdistance 35 min
Beach 45 Minutes Away
Sailing 45 Minutes away
Walking On site
Cycling On site
Horseriding 45 Minutes away
Tennis 45 Minutes away
Garden

Property extras:
1 baby cot and highchair