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Showering in the World’s Largest Bathroom

By Alick,

At Bellaugello we love being naked and especially under the outdoor showers

You wake us as the sun peaks through the window, it’s going to be another glorious day.  Stumble out of bed, I hope you have slept naked.  Grab a thick fluffy towel from the large bathroom of your suite.  Open the main door and wander onto your private terrace.  A long languorous stretch, a flex of arms and maybe a yawn and repositioning of your jewels.  Walking a few paces, you admire the large view, the tranquillity punctuated by the sound of wild birds and buzzing of bees feeding greedily on nectar.  There is a splash… is that guys swimming already in the infinity pool, maybe you go and check.

A walk over the lawns, underfoot deliciously damp with morning dew to the pool, the water crystal clear and sparkling, and seemingly falling over the infinity edge, into the mist lingering languidly low in the valley below.  Wow! this pool is stunning, the views huge and the sunbathing space generous.  No, it is not guys swimming but one of the Bellaugello team taking Hagbard the pool robot out of the water.  Overnight Hagbard has worked  to clean the pool.  Yes, this magical place even has a name for the pool robot cleaner.

A slow saunter back to your suite, and flick the lever on the outdoor shower.  Immerse yourself in delicious hot water, heated ecologically by the solar panels that Bellaugello use.

Yours could be the shower on the private terrace of the spacious Giardino Suite, the duplex room with huge commanding views south over the valley towards Monte Subasio and Assisi.  The room is just a few paces down the lawn from the swimming pool, the terrace enjoys sun almost all of the day.  As well of the shower you will find there sun loungers and a table with chairs so you can eat ‘al fresco’  or, if you must work or surf the internet there is, like over all the property a good wifi connection.

For 2023 the Giardino Suite outdoor shower has been modernised, there is a larger showerhead and a second hand shower, so, even more fun..
Simply be naked, let the water spray and splash all over your body
Of course you are also free to wear speedos when you shower outdoors at Bellaugello Gay Guest House

Maybe you have reserved the Azzurro Suite, the room with not only a terrace but also a small private garden with sun loungers.  The Azzurro Suite is in the oldest part of the house, traditional in feel, and many windows so making it light and airy. The suite overlooks the swimming pool with views to the Apennines.   The shower is decked with wisteria, the long pendulous violet flowers fragrant and blowsy every May.

Like the outdoor shower of the Giardino Suite, this shower is not totally public, nor totally private, but has oodles of delicious hot water.

Soaping up under the outdoor shower of the Azzurro Suite at Bellaugello Gay Guest House
and of course if your room does not have its own outdoor shower there is always the shower poolside and you will find another down on the Jacuzzi and sauna terrace

A glorious afternoon

By Alec,

A distinctly autumnal feel to the air here today in Umbria central Italy
The sun is weaker and the light like the leaves turning ever more golden

Across the valley to Colpalombo as seen from Bellaugello Gay Guest House, Umbria, Italy #bellaugello #gayhotel
Out walking the dogs the view across the valley from Bellaugello Gay Guesthouse to the village of Colpalombo is a delight. I love the crisp clean air the dogs scrunching through fallen leaves and overhead clear blue skies. I’ve friends coming for the night, the fire lit dinner prepared, we are having kedgeree – I was just in the mood for fish, champagne is chilling and the table at home laid. I guess there is even time for me to sneak a shower at one of the outdoor showers on the terraces at Bellaugello , so nice to feel the hot water dancing off my body in the golden outdoors. Yes the outdoor showers have proved a great hit with guests here at Bellaugello Gay b&b They are well used and much appreciated, and now times are quoted it is my turn to enjoy!

Glass blocks

By Alec,

During a splendid dinner served on a delightful terrace, overlooking the valley of the river Chiascio, as ever to the horror and tedium of partners the conversation turned to building works.  It seems many of us here in Valdichiascio and I guess Italy in general have or are going through the tribulations of building work.

Here at Bellaugello our gay bed and breakfast we have commenced on the lower part of what will be a south facing duplex apartment, currently being called the Garden suite.  The upper level which has an entrance with private terrace leading from the dining terrace will be the bedroom with romantic four-poster bed and seating area.  A spiral staircase will take you down to the kitchen area and bathroom.  We will re-use the lovely floor tiles removed from the Mirror suite, and make the dividing wall between the kitchen area and bathroom in glass blocks.  The suite will have a contemporary -retro feel.

Both kitchen area and bathroom have doors to the outside where there will be a large south facing private terrace and shady seating area.  We plan to put a shower on the terrace outside the bathroom, so guests can enjoy an indoor outdoor experience.

Oh yes and to get back to the point of this blog, Paul, my host at dinner just happens to have a large quantity of unwanted, glass blocks, and has offered to deliver them…  Do I have to rename the duplex suite the Paul’s wall suite?

Dinner was excellent too, thanks particularly to Isabel who must have slaved all day.