Simply put this was an amazing place!
We have visited Italy many times, mostly in Tuscany and Veneto. This time we decided to head further south and into Naples which was only 1hr 20mins drive away. After an early start we arrived to find homemade pizza and tart, chilled wine and few bottles of beer waiting for us!
We were two families with children aged 13, 10 and 8. The house has a great layout, two double rooms downstairs, one with separate on suite, both open out onto the pool area. The adjoining kitchen is really well equipped with a huge refectory table that can easily seat 10+ people. Upstairs there is a self contained apartment with full kitchen and bathroom with a further two rooms, 1 double and 1 with bunk beds. Outside you have covered seating (with music!), next to the beautiful, well maintained 10m x 5m pool or open air seating next to the BBQ/Pizza oven. The kids spent most of their time in the pool and really enjoyed feeding the goats and collecting eggs in the morning, not forgetting feeding the 2 cats and Pepe the pony!
The village has 2 small supermarkets, Pharmacy, Bank, market day, 2 coffee bars, 1 pub and two restaurants (Mentolecale was good), you can survive here for the duration of your stay but the region is stunning so hire a car.
The place would have been perfect just on its own, but what makes this a superb stay is the Host Samantha, who went out of her way to make our time in Fragneto so enjoyable. She organised a Pizza night at the house, took us to a local concert, invited back to her townhouse for aperitifs and came one lunchtime to give us a pasta making course! She also helped with local arrangements, booking restaurants and making sure we knew where to go in the village. Visit the local butcher as they have amazing produce, and sample the cheap and fantastic wine that Samantha provides in the house.
We came away feeling really relaxed, and we made a very special friend in Samantha. We rarely return to the same place but we already talked about when we should visit again!