Raffaello Residence

Very local , clean , beautiful rooms ! For a truly local experience and extremely reasonable rates this was worth it . Rinaldo helped me set up guided tours and even get in touch with family I’ve never met . Josephine made me coffee every day and made sure everything was taken care of. As a female solo traveler I felt safe and like I was in family !

After many visits to Sassoferrato over many years, we stayed here for the first time a few weeks ago. Relatives who live in Sassoferrato made arrangements for us, so we were greeted warmly upon our arrival on a Saturday afternoon. We stayed in one of the apartments, on the third floor. The lack of an elevator is a bit of an inconvenience but the proprietor, Rinaldo, helped us with our bags. The apartment was quite spacious and fully furnished (including a washer and dishwasher) and, of course, had a kitchen with a full-sized fridge. This was important to us as we were going to stay a few days and would be buying some groceries. The residence is well situated. I would certainly recommend a car for exploring Le Marche and adjacent Umbria (we easily day-tripped to Assisi) and convenient, safe street parking was available literally at our doorstep. Still we could walk to the center of Sassoferrato. The inclusive, Italian [cold] breakfast was adequate. Maura, Rinaldo’s wife, served us and was very attentive to our needs and friendly. Between our elementary Italian and her English (her son lives in the US) we were able to communicate just fine. And Rinaldo spoke English as well. The challenge we had, being it was November, was that the weather was just on the cusp of Fall - warm days but cold nights. And so heat was not turned on yet. We couldn’t figure it out how to turn it on and slept a bit uncomfortably in our clothes for the first two nights. We called Rinaldo the next day and he was about an hour away but came immediately with a technician to fix it and all was well. Overall, we had a great experience at the Raffaello, thanks especially to the hospitality of Rinaldo and Maura.