HOLIDAY HOMES AT LAKE ORTA CALLA · ORCHIDEA · ISOLA · CIELO SU TERRA Holiday Homes at Lake Orta beautiful holiday homes at Italy’s most enchanting lake 47 Hornsey Lane Gardens, Highgate, London N6 5NY, United Kingdom Telephone: +44-20-8340 0009 Mobile: +44-7791-274.967 Email: [email protected] www.LakeOrta.com Location Pack for Calla · Orchidea Isola · Cielo su Terra 1 Arrival and Key Location Your arrival should be after 3pm . Park in the parking areas above the village (further details below under ‘Parking’). From there, proceed on foot into the village (there is more than one way of doing this, follow the signs to the ‘centro’). Perhaps the easiest way (and only way to avoid all steps), is to continue on the level on the road (Via Fontana), then, opposite the San Paolo Bank, bear off down the slope on your right. To return the same way, take the street next to the Olina restaurant. The keys should be collected from the shop Beggi Souvenirs in the main square of Orta San Giulio (address: 25 Piazza Motta, located in the middle of the long side, facing the lake). Alex Beggi (speaks English) runs the shop, ask for Philippa or Max Beggi (Alex’s parents) Hiring a car? for your keys. driving drivinglicence!! licence!! driving drivinglicence!! licence!! Don’t Don’t yourforget Normal shop hours are: Summer : 0900 to 2130 Winter : 1000 to 1230 and 1430 to 1730 LOCATION PACK (2018/09) PAGE 1 OF 12 HOLIDAY HOMES AT LAKE ORTA CALLA · ORCHIDEA · ISOLA · CIELO SU TERRA If you plan to arrive outside these shop hours, you must advise William beforehand. In any event please plan your arrival to be before 2130. If we have to wait up for you after midnight, we reserve the right to make a charge of £25 (€30) for each hour or part of an hour after midnight up to your arrival time. You will be accompanied to your apartment: • Calla and Orchidea are in Via Bersani • Isola is at Piazza Motta 21 • Cielo su Terra is in Via Giovanetti. Once again, don’t drive into the village , it’s a pedestrian zone, see below under ‘Parking’. 2 Local Contact Your local contact is Max Beggi , who speaks English, mobile 339-8111-740 (dial like that, without the initial zero, from within Italy) +39-339-8111-740 (from the UK) If you have difficulties or are unable to contact Max for any reason, please call: Philippa Beggi 0322-90.366 (mobile 338-461.0665), or William Schwitzer +44-7791-274.967 (UK mobile) 3 Parking Do not attempt to drive through the village, the roads are very narrow, the whole area is a pedestrian zone, there are cameras operating 24x7 at all entry points and you will be fined. Hire car companies usually charge a supplement for handling fines that will almost double it. Note that it will therefore be necessary to carry your luggage approx 200 metres from and to where you have parked (but local taxis familiar with Orta will normally be able to drive you right into Piazza Motta). Covered Pay-on-Exit Parking The covered multi-storey car park (last turning on left) is pay-on-exit so you can park for as long as you want without having to “feed the ticket machines”. The cost is now €10 per day. Outside Parking Areas The car park areas above Orta San Giulio works as follows: • The majority of spaces, marked with blue lines , require a “pay and display” a ticket from one of the machines. Although the cost is fairly low, tickets are still required in the evenings and at weekends. • The free parking spaces in Orta San Giulio ( white lines ) are the first ones you come to on the right as you enter the parking area. There is a limited number of these free spaces. With luck you may get a free space, but they tend to be snapped up within milliseconds of becoming available. There is also a row of free spaces near the Villa Crespi (about 10 minutes walk from the centre of Orta San Giulio). • The yellow lines mark spaces for residents only, you may not use these. It makes sense to comply with the above, the vigili do patrol! 4 Linen and Towels All bed linen and towels (standard size) are provided (but not beach towels, please bring your own if required). We can supply a cot on request at €30 per week, but we do not provide any linen for cots. LOCATION PACK (2018/09) PAGE 2 OF 12 HOLIDAY HOMES AT LAKE ORTA CALLA · ORCHIDEA · ISOLA · CIELO SU TERRA 5 Cleaning, breakages and consumables You are expected to leave the apartment reasonably clean, with all items in the kitchen washed and put away, and inventory / furniture in the same place as when you arrived. No usual cleaning charge is made, but if extra cleaning is needed after your stay, the cost will be subtracted from your deposit. Please report any items that you find missing, damaged or broken, and any lack of cleanliness, to Philippa, as soon as possible after arrival. You should also report any damage or breakages that occur during your stay (to Philippa please) when they happen. Wherever possible, please replace damaged or broken items. Groups renting more than one apartment should ensure that all inventory items are returned to the apartment where they belong, otherwise there is a risk that any items we can’t find will be treated as lost. We make sure on your arrival there is: toilet paper, soap, kitchen paper towels, and tea towels. Other items like washing up liquid, washing powder, cleaning fluids, cloths, sponges you may find on your arrival but are not guaranteed . Please replace supplies of consumables that you use whever possible, for example if you find a consumable item there on arrival and then use it up, it will be appreciated if you replace it with a new packet/bottle. Similarly we try and make sure salt and pepper are there for your arrival. Non guaranteed items that you may find include: tea, coffee, vinegar, olive oil. 6 Transport You may find the Trenino di Orta (little train, which runs on the road) useful and good fun. The trains run between the parking area, the Sacromonte, and Legro (Orta-Miasinio station) (the Trenino no longer comes into Piazza Motta). From May through September the trains run everyday between 0900 and 1900. In March, April and October they run everyday but only from 0900 to 1730. From November through February they run only at weekends and public holidays from 0930 to 1730. On Wednesdays the trains make longer trips of about 3 hours to: (0930 departure) Armeno, Coiromonte, Miasino and Carcegna; and (1400 departure) Vacciago, Lortallo, Monte Mesma, Armeno, Miasino and Carcegna. More details on http://www.treninodiorta.it . For a taxi, call one of: • Rita and Paolo Bacchetta - home 0322-259.749, mobile 338-935.4682, Rita speaks excellent English. Competitive rates, airport transfers, local rides, minibus available. Mention my name (“William”). • Marcello Garau , mobile 346-211.1587. Marcello is one of the boatmen in Orta San Giulio. Competitive rates, airport transfers, groups, local needs. Mention me (“William”). • Orta Shuttle 0322-905814, web www.orta.net/shuttle Typical fares are: Arona €50; Stresa €70; Milan Malpensa Airport €95; Milan City Centre €160; Milan Linate Airport €190; Milan Bergamo Airport €250. A shared taxi service operates between Orta-Miasino station and Orta San Giulio, cost €10 per person. Some trains are met, but better to book on mobile 338-568-1667 or email [email protected] A branch line train (with beautiful views of the lake!) runs between Novara and Domodossola. The nearest station is Orta-Miasino (about half a mile). About six trains a day run in each direction. Ask for a timetable (“orario dei treni”) in any newsagent or visit www.trenitalia.it . Bus (“Pullman”) services depart from Orta San Giulio, from the piazza reached through the archway on the left, half way up the Motta (the steps up from the main square). The timetable is online at www.comazzibus.com LOCATION PACK (2018/09) PAGE 3 OF 12 HOLIDAY HOMES AT LAKE ORTA CALLA · ORCHIDEA · ISOLA · CIELO SU TERRA A bus runs between Malpensa airport and Novara (from where you can take the train), timetable at http://www.stnnet.it/novaramalpensa.html , cost €7. 7 Shops Cash Machines There are two cash machines in the village. One in Piazza Ragazzoni (the ‘other’ smaller square ), the other in Via Fontana (walk up the cobbled steps from the main square, after 30 metres turn left under the arch, pass through Piazza Prarondo and continue into Via Fontana; the San Paolo bank is on the right). Local Shops Orta Market (Piazza Motta 17, under the arches, facing the lake) has food and some househeld goods (washing up liquid, loo paper etc). There is a greengrocers tucked away in Via Bersani. You will have no difficulty in finding many other shops in Orta San Giulio, There are also several speciality food and wine shops, gift items, jewellers, porcelain, lace, art galleries, antiquarian books and prints, stationers for cards prints and maps, and estate agents. Supermarkets There’s a new Conad at Pettenasco (turn left at the roundabout, you can’t miss it after about 3km on the main lake side road on the left as you come in to Pettenasco). There are several supermarkets on the main road (SR229) between Gozzano and Borgomanero, the closest is IperDi , then Ipercoop , Carrefour , and the furthest is Esselunga .