Rent Villa Lias Croatia

Lovers of luxury and seclusion look no further than the charmingly elegant Villa Lias, set in the heart of the Croatian countryside, in the medieval village of Sveti Petar u Sumi, near to the exclusive resort towns of Porec and Rovinj. This incredibly beautiful villa is set over one storey around a central courtyard housing your own private swimming pool and well-maintained gardens. The villa has four superbly spacious ensuite double bedrooms and can comfortably accommodate up to eight to ten guests in some style. Villa Lias would be ideal for a family holiday or a group of friends gathering for a special holiday. This architect-designed property has secure parking, complimentary air conditioning, underfloor heating, Wi-Fi throughout, and bicycles to ride to the village and beyond. The interiors are exquisite, with stone and parquet floors, timbered ceiling rooms, dressed with contemporary designer furniture, floor-to-ceiling windows have billowing curtains which let in lots of natural light, and the décor is a sophisticated colour palette of soothing muted earth tones.

Enter the villa to be welcomed by a light and airy open-plan living space with French doors that give access to the pool terrace. The seating area has the most inviting deep-cushioned, stone-coloured sofa set, facing a fireplace for those cooler months and evenings, and a flat-screen satellite television, preloaded with Netflix and Disney channels. The adjacent eight-seater dining set is perfect for some impressive indoor entertaining, not to mention the fully stocked wine rack. A seriously smart kitchen is fully equipped with all the latest built-in appliances you will need to cater for your holiday. Walk to the end of the corridor, where you will find a magnificent master suite with a king-size bed, a separate living space with a sofa bed for two more guests if required, an ensuite state-of-the-art modern bathroom with a bathtub and shower, and private access to the pool terrace. There are two further gracefully appointed ensuite bedrooms with king-size beds, and the fourth ensuite bedroom has two twin beds.

The inner courtyard is your holiday sanctum, home to a simply stunning heated swimming pool with a pool bar service. The pool is surrounded by deep-cushioned sun loungers, where you can relax and listen to the sounds of nature. Take sanctuary under the excellent stone-arched, soft seating spot, and enjoy a morning coffee catch-up. Take a stroll around the manicured Mediterranean garden, where there is a children’s playground. At sunset, meet for cocktails on the terrace before feasting alfresco at the outdoor dining set, with dishes prepared in the summer kitchen and grilled on the barbecue. As dusk falls and the stars come out to twinkle, raise a toast to the most memorable holiday in the most romantic of settings.

Nestled in the heart of the natural beauty of Istria, Villa Lias is an ultra-luxurious villa situated in the medieval village of Sveti Petar u Šumi, a thirty-minute drive to the seaside resorts of Poreč and Rovinj, on the Croatian coast. The nearest international airport of Pula is a forty-five-kilometre drive through the scenic Croatian countryside to your holiday home. A private door-to-door transfer can be arranged for you.

The small seventeenth-century village of Sveti Petar has local stores to cater for your stay, a beautiful Baroque church, ruins of a Benedictine monastery with a museum, and, best of all, the gastronomic delights of an annual sausage festival. The nearest beach is a thirty-minute drive to Porec, a historic town with pre-historic settlements, a sixth-century basilica famous for its gem-studded Byzantine mosaics, and the Baredine Cave noted for its stalactite formations.

By day, play on Porec’s sandy beaches, swim and snorkel in the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic, enjoy some adrenalin-inducing water sports, and by night dine in romantic seafront restaurants, listen to a classical concert, or chill out at a smooth jazz club. Meander around the old town, sightseeing and souvenir shopping, visiting museums and sitting in squares.

Keep fit with a round of golf or a game of tennis, hike or bike to see the local flora and fauna, scuba dive or speleo (lamplight caving), charter a yacht or go fishing. Thirty minutes south of the villa is the fishing port of Rovinj, sitting on a headland packed with colourful houses on cobbled streets, a church with a very tall steeple, and populated with beautiful beaches.

Pula is situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula, a strategic position that has been occupied since Roman times, with a 27BC amphitheatre and forum, ancient gates, and triumphal arches. Pula is now home to a protected harbour, the Kastel fortress, ornate churches and monasteries, old town squares, art nouveau architecture and art galleries, and original mosaic-tiled ancient streets. Walk the Zerostrasse underground corridor, where citizens took shelter during the war. Take the time to visit the James Joyce Ulysses Bar and enjoy a drink where the author reputedly stayed. Other notable must-see sights within the vicinity are; the tenth-century city of Umag; Novigrad, with its old city walls and harbour; Motovun, a town set in the hills; the artist’s haven of Groznjan; and Hum, the smallest town in the world. After all that sightseeing, you’ve earned yourself a glass or two of Croatian wine, take a tour around the local vineyards, sample the vintages, and make sure you take a bottle home with you.