Name: Agriturismo Monte Pu'
Address: Località Monte Pu' 6, 16030, Castiglione Chiavarese, Italy, Castiglione Chiavarese, Castiglione Chiavarese, Castiglione Chiavarese, 16030, Italy
Rating: 7

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Piazza Colombo

Palazzo della Prefettura

Piazza de Ferrari

Teatro Carlo Felice

Piazza Matteotti

Palazzo Rosso

Palazzo Doria Tursi

Genoa City Hall

Rolls Palaces

Cattedrale di San Lorenzo

Strada Nuova Museums

Grimaldi Palace

White Palace

Aquarium of Genoa

Old Harbor

The Bigo Lift

Galata Maritime Museum

Castello d'Albertis

Piazza Acquaverde

Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport

Agriturismo Monte Pu'

Castiglione Chiavarese

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Lovely agriturismo located 15 min by car from Sestri. 
You're on the top of a mountain, but can also enjoy an amazing view of the sea.
Rooms were clean, tidy and pretty and food was INCREDIBLE (best courgette lasagna ever tried).
Hosts who really care and love what they do, a beautiful way to spend a relaxing weekend.

Ode a Monte Pu!

Mont Pu is in a lovely location our room was clean tidy and comfy with a great view of the sea in the distance. Aurora was a lovely host very helpful with good restaurant reccomendations especially the seafood restaurant calanque. The road is a long dirt track as described in the advert but was fine in a normal family hatchback. Great location for visiting cinque terre we caught the train from Levanto. 

A lovely couple of days 

We stayed here for only 2 nights but I wish we'd stayed for a week! It is just so incredibly beautiful, positioned on the top of a hill overlooking the sea on one side and the mountains on the other, and in the middle of the woods and nature. 
Booking was easy and the landlady called me very soon after my email, and sent us detailed information of how to reach the spot. (You do have to drive up a long windy track, some of which is very rustic so go slowly with the car, it is advisable to go during the day)
The breakfast is absolutely delicious- all homemade cakes, jams, fresh bread, fresh juices and homemade yoghurts and cheeses. We also had a lovely lunch with fresh produce all from their gardens, and you can request picnics to go out.
Supper was a 4 course meal with a scrumptious starter bruschette topped with fresh ricotto and herbs, pestos, tomatoes, then a selection of warm foccaccia with local cheeses. (I think made from the farm's sheep, so quite like Pecorino) This followed by a zucchini lasagna, and a yummy carrot polenta cake for pudding. The food is mostly vegetarian because its all from the farm, but you can request more meaty cuisine. 
The restaurant they supply veg to in Sestri Levante (La Calanca) does delicious fresh seafood, and is worth a visit. 

There are lots of well-marked footpaths for walking, but I suggest buying a map in Sestri Levante of the paths. They also have mountain bikes and horses, so there are lots of other activities. 
The main attraction however, is lying about in the hammocks and deckchairs and swinging on the swing overlooking the sea. The air is fresh and there is a nice breeze as respite from the heat. 
It is far away from any tourists, with no light pollution and clear skies good for lying on the sun loungers and gazing at the stars! 
The family is welcoming, the rooms were clean and spacious with plenty of hot water and towels. There is wifi, but it is a nice place to turn off your phone and relax. 
Moneglia and Sestri Levante (two lovely seaside towns) are close by, about 20 mins in the car. 
Highly recommended!

Magical hill-top gem

We spent three nights here in early July 2012.
We moved here after spending one night close to Sestri Levante in a hotel we were not happy with. We found Monte Pù by making a last minute search on Booking.com. The drive to get there is quite long and the last few kilometres is on a dirt road. Luckily we have a 4-wheel drive car, so this was no real problem, except the car became completely covered in dust. 
The lady who runs the place is very nice and helpful. We had one dinner there, and this was a very nice experience, as we sat around a big table with other guests, some from France, some from Italy and some from Eastern Europe. There was a very nice ambience around the table. The food was plentiful and good. The other nights we came back so late that we already had had dinner elsewhere. The breakfast was also good.
We never got the internet to work, though. The lady gave us the password 2 or three time (a different password each time) but it never worked. 
This is by no means a fancy or posh place, but if you like to get away from the heat and the noise down by the coast, this is a very relaxing and unique place. If you don't mind abusing your car a bit and driving on a steep dirt road, and if you like a simple and authentic hotel, you are going to like this place.

Fresh air away from the noise

We first visited Monte Pu nine years ago for one night and were so enchanted we went back for a week in 2004 for a fantastic holiday with smallish children.  Just come back from another week there with the same kids (now students) and it's still as good.  It's only an hour from Genoa but a world apart.  The drive up the mountain is slightly hairy if you are not used to that kind of thing, but it's worth it - wait until you see the view, and the peace is amazing.  In late September the mountain is sometimes in the clouds, so no view but it's still magical - bit chilly mornings and evenings, more like a warmer Scotland than the Med from a clothing point of view. The accommodation is simple but perfectly decent - take your own hairdryer and toiletries etc if you can't manage without that kind of thing.  Make sure to book for dinner - if you think you know Italian food there will probably be something you haven't had before, or a new variation.  Aurora is happy to speak English and explain the dishes (all home made including the pasta and the puddings) and she will check if you like things before cooking them.  It's not a hotel, so dinner is served at one time (although she will be flexible, if you need to eat earlier with small children, for instance) and the guests eat together, which is nice and sociable.  If you really need lunch between a generous buffet breakfast and a four course dinner, there is nowhere else without going back down the mountain and stocking up at the supermarket for picnic stuff.  And to deal with Aurora's cooking, you will need to walk.  The paper map we had was fairly useless - no Ordnance Survey here! - the most reliable map is on a board at a picnic site on the path towards Passo del Bocco, so we photographed that and used it.  The paths have recently been waymarked more clearly and the marks correspond (mostly) with that map athough the times on the signposts are eccentric.  The walking is relatively easy and may even be too tame for serious walkers.  The landscape is really lovely and the woods are teeming with wildlife, although it's rather shy, possibly because they hunt there in winter. If you are a gentle Rambling type and 'get' Monte Pu, you'll love it.

Rustic stress-buster

I'm quite surprised reading those reviews. They are probably biased by the fact that the the writer expected to get on the seaside rather than on a mountain.

Please keep in mind that "Monte" is the Italian for "Mountain". The altitude is written on the web site, and the photos are unquestionably confirming that point.

Then, yes, it may happen that a room is cold, specially in winter. The first time I slept there I found the noise of the water in the fish pond was so loud that I awoke a few times during the night. Thereafter I changed the room. However, I have to admit that I would hardly hear such a feeble sound if it were reproduced in my usual environment in Milan. The silence in Monte Pù is perfect. (Possibly thanks to the roughness of the road...)

One may think my review is in turn biased, because I'm a friend of the landlady since the times she lived in Milan. Not quite. It is true that Aurora has a peculiar personality. Although  she doesn't easily get upset, in some particular cases she does. If you get there, try and behave as you would do in a farm. Don't go there if you don't like the place. On the other hand, if you like it, you won't easily find other places like that.

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