How we found Casa Naomi

The house is named after my mother.  When she died she left me a small amount of money that made the dream of owning a property abroad a possibility.  We did not know where we would buy and the region of Le Marche was one of the first areas we looked in, viewing 17 properties in 3 days!  Although not intending to buy immediately we saw no reason to look elsewhere when Le Marche was so beautiful and we kept talking about this particular property.  We loved the scenery, the lack of tourists, the gentle lifestyle, the food, the wine, the weather, the peace and the setting of this house.  The summer of 2004 was the first time we stayed at Casa Naomi.  We consider ourselves very lucky to to own a place that is so tranquil and beautiful.

What we like about the house is the peace.  We just stop and relax.  We still get great pleasure in the quality of the renovation completed by local builders in the traditional Marche style.  How many people can boast a vaulted ceiling in their dining room and a beamed and brick ceiling in their sitting room!  We enjoy making occasional trips to the mountains and to neighbouring villages.  We enjoy eating our own figs, our own almonds, our own walnuts, apricots and cherries.  We enjoy using our own olive oil, which We harvest ourselves.  We enjoy going to the local cantina and filling up our 5 litre flagons with wines of our choice.  The quality is excellent and it is cheaper to buy and not finish a flagon than to buy bottles.  We also enjoy the relationships we have built up with the local people.