Villa Rudolf, Svoboda nad Úpou: pool, sauna, park

Villa Rudolf is rented as a whole house to one group at a time; behind the gate it's just you. 7 bedrooms, no bunk beds, 22 people (19 beds + 3 extra beds), 5 bathrooms, own fenced grounds of 4,500 m2, 150 m from the centre of Svoboda nad Upou. Covered heated pool (May-September), private sauna included, two full kitchens, billiards, 2 smart TVs with Netflix. Lit grounds after dark, fire pit, pergola for 20 with two electric grills, playground, trampoline, table tennis. Free parking. The space The house sleeps twenty-two and is built so that a big group actually works. Two full kitchens, so nobody is waiting for the oven at four in the afternoon. A long wooden table that seats everyone at once. Five bathrooms, so there is no morning queue. And if someone needs a break even from their own group, the attic apartment is a world of its own with its own kitchen and a billiard table. Rooms and bathrooms Seven bedrooms, five bathrooms, 257 m2. No bunk beds anywhere — not even in the children's rooms. Three rooms on the first floor each have their own bathroom with shower and WC. The fourth room is on the second floor and also has its own bathroom; the washing machine is in it. The attic is a separate apartment: three bedrooms, its own kitchen and a large living room with a billiard table and a long sofa, bathroom and WC separate. There is one more shower right by the sauna. Every room and every bathroom has its own thermostat. There are two large smart TVs with Netflix — one downstairs in the shared kitchen, one upstairs in the apartment. Kitchens There are two, and both are real kitchens: each with its own oven, dishwasher, sink and a complete set of cookware. The large shared kitchen adds two microwaves, a large fridge, a fridge-freezer, a wine cooler and a Nespresso machine; the apartment has a microwave, a smaller fridge and the second Nespresso machine. Cooking for twenty people here is genuinely comfortable, not a heroic feat. Plus a washing machine, an iron and hairdryers in the bathrooms. In winter, a ski room with boot dryers — wet gear stays downstairs and never goes into the bedrooms. Pool and sauna The pool is outdoors but completely enclosed. Above the water stands a structure of polycarbonate and aluminium profiles over two metres high — you walk underneath it normally, it keeps wind and rain out and holds the heat nicely in summer. You swim even when it rains. Heated from May to the end of September, around twenty-seven degrees in summer. To be straight with you: early and late in the season it is cooler. This is not an indoor hall where you dial in a temperature — the cover and the heating do a lot, but the weather has the last word. In the evening the pool and the gabion wall by the fire pit are lit. And if you have small children, the pool can be locked. The sauna is Finnish and private, with a changing room and a shower. Included in the price and available whenever you want. Garden, especially in the evening The park is 4,500 m2, fenced, with mature trees, so there is shade. A stream runs along the edge — children fish in it and collect pine cones across the whole grounds without you having to watch them near a road. After dark the grounds are lit and people stay outside. The fire pit takes the whole group, and so does the covered pergola: twenty people and two large electric grills, so you grill in rain or snow. For children there is a playground with climbing frames, a slide, swings and rope elements, a trampoline and a table-tennis table. A travel cot is available free of charge. Guest access The whole house and the whole garden are yours — nothing is shared with another group. Parking is free right in front of the house, behind your own gate: seven cars comfortably, ten or eleven when you need it, just tightly. In winter the ski bus stops two hundred metres from the gate, so the car can stay where it is all week. Bus stop a hundred metres, railway station five hundred, the centre of Svoboda a hundred and fifty. Dogs are welcome. And there is a masseur right next door — no discount and no package; if you want a slot for certain, tell us in advance.