A 110 m² garden that belongs to the house alone, enclosed by walls and hedges on every side: it can't be seen from the street, and to you it gives the feeling of a small private courtyard in the middle of the historic centre. A tall palm in the centre, blue hydrangeas at the far end, star jasmine on the walls (in full bloom from May to early June). Beneath the palm is the rabbits' house, and beside it the budgerigars' aviary. We look after the lawn with care, but it isn't always as green as in the photos: it depends on the season, the rain, the hotter or cooler summers — some years nature plays along, others less so.
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Use it as your own space
Two sun loungers, a small table, chairs: you can read, have breakfast outside, let the children play on the lawn, sunbathe. All three rooms look out through floor-to-ceiling windows onto the garden — many guests end up spending more time here than indoors.
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Sun and shade · but there's no sea breeze
In the middle of the day the sun comes full onto the lawn; the rest of the day the shade of the palms and hedges keeps it cool. Being enclosed by the boundary walls on every side, though, the Adriatic breeze doesn't reach in here — even though the sea is 900 metres away on foot (a little less as the crow flies), the garden is a sheltered space, not a breezy one. In summer, at the peak hours, it can get hot: the loungers in the shade, cool water indoors and a good book are the combination that works.
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Sharing the space with the rabbits and budgerigars
The three rabbits are free on the lawn and will come up to you of their own accord; the budgerigars stay in the blue aviary beside the rabbits' house. Slow movements, low voices, no food from outside — the rest takes care of itself.
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