Villa Mon Plaisir

We stayed at the Villa Mon Plaisir for a week at the beginning of September and had an absolutely wonderful time. The accommodation was better than expected as we had a kitchen to ourselves as well as a large balcony complete with sunbeds, table, chairs and lighting. The view from the balcony was magnificent. Our hosts, Tina and Gianni, were so warm and friendly and nothing was too much trouble for them, offering us lifts and arranging trips for us. On their advice we spent the following week on the island of Ischia which we really loved. Villa Mon Plaisir is in a little village named Torca, approx 9 kms from Sorrento. Although it has only an infrequent bus service there is a very good service from the next village, St Agatha, approx 1km away. We would definitely recommend Villa Mon Plaisir and hope to return one day.

The balcony views from Parthenope are so wonderful that we spent half a day of our hols just sitting there all afternoon and evening! Our host, Tina, was extremely helpfully without being intrusive - the perfect balance. Although the villa is some way out of town, the surrounding area is beautiful and bus services reliable if you don't mind walking 1km to the stop. All in all we wished we had stayed 2 weeks not just 5 days. There is even private underground parking for cars. We cannot recommend Villa Mon Plaisir highly enough Alex and Beatrice, August 2013

We stayed here for two nights as part of a three week holiday travelling around southern Italy. On arrival we were served some delightful chocolate pastries and coffee and were given a very thorough run-down on what to do in the area by our hostesses Tina and her daughter Livia. Because the street parking is restricted outside the house we were able to park our car in a very secure subterranean garage only a minutes walk away. For dinner Tina booked us into a restaurant that needs a plug here even though I've given it a separate trip advisor review. Il Fienile is the name of the restaurant, that at most is 5 minutes walk from the house. This was not just a great meal, it was one of life's great and memorable experiences and it is worth driving onto the peninsula just for this. For our second night we walked to Sant'Agata due del golfi and had an excellent meal at Lo Stuzzichino which was also very nice. It is about a 15 minute walk, which gave us the opportunity to walk off that extra course. Back to the house -the kitchen is fully stocked and the room and kitchen are excellent and very comfortable. There was a problem with the wi fi which lasted the duration of our stay and was a pain, but I understand was due to electrical work being done during our stay. All in all, recommended. To get there seems complicated. Put Torca into your GPS. On reaching the Torca church, you will see the sign for Mon Plaisir straight ahead of you leading down a narrow road. Follow that road and then take the second left. The house is two doors down.