Aunt TINA apartment The apartment includes the entire first floor of Nonna Carlotta's house (about 100sqm) and is accessed from the private terrace with panoramic views and a wrought iron table with a glass top. Inside a large space with kitchen area, dining area. Next you enter a room with sofa bed and fireplace. From a corridor you reach the two bathrooms (one with a whirlpool bath) and the two bedrooms, one double and the other with two single beds. From the terrace, a staircase leads to the garden and then to the swimming pool. La Casa di Nonna Carlotta, surrounded by greenery, welcomes you with a large private parking and a large garden, the swimming pool (10 x 4 m; 1.40 m deep), the whirlpool, children's games, the laundry, barbecue, free WI: FI, bed linen and towels. Nonna Carlotta's house, facing south west and overlooking the valley with an open view of the Ligurian Sea to the Maritime Alps and the west coast, is located at the beginning of the characteristic ancient village of Velva, in a quiet position. You can reach it, exiting the highway in Sestri Levante, going up the Petronio Valley for 15 km with its terraced hills planted with olive trees and Ligurian gardens. Rustic farmhouse, completely renovated in 2009, on two floors, with over 1000 square meters of garden, large courtyard with parking lots and totally fenced swimming pool area. At 1 km the Sanctuary with an adjoining typical Ligurian trattoria and, a few km, the biological center of the Val di Vara with the medieval village of Varese Ligure, defined by the European Community as "the European rural municipality that has carried out the most complete and original sustainable development ". At 20 min the sea and the beaches of Sestri Levante from where you can reach, in half an hour, the 5 Terre and Portofino by train or ferry. GENOA (70 km, 50 min) its historic center is one of the largest in Europe CARRARA (60 km, 1 h) Tuscan city, world capital of marble: to visit the 11th century Cathedral and the Duomo LUCCA (105 km, 1h 25 min) called the city of a hundred churches, surrounded by 16th century walls PISA (105 km, 1h 25 min) with its Piazza dei Miracoli, a UNESCO World Heritage Site PARMA (146 km, 1h 52 min) ancient capital of the Duchy of Parma (1545/1859) FLORENCE (174 km, 2h 21min) known worldwide for its historical monuments.