B&B La Perla nelle Dolomiti

My Wife and I visited Castelmezzano in July of 2023. We visited to take a flight on the Volo dell'Angelo which was absolutely AWESOME!! However.... This is NOT the B&B for you if you have little children, are moderately overweight, or have mobility issues. The owners have made an effort to create a B&B facility within a limited space, however although the initial appearance is good, the living design is poor. This B&B is perfect for fit, thin young people holidaying as a couple. Car Parking IS a major issue in this pretty little town that clings tenaciously, seemingly defying gravity, to the wall of Dolomite rock overlooking the valley below. There is a system for subsidised parking but you have to find somewhere to park first. Parking spaces identified with white lines are FREE, those with blue lines require a parking fee. If you can, find a place in the large municipal car park (white lines) grab it and stay there! On arrival at the B&B one will be given a parking concession slip to fill out and place on the dashboard of the car. One can then access the concession rate of 3.50 Euros per day. Put 3.5 Euros in the parking machine and print a ticket, rather than 7 Euros as advertised. My advice, just find a space with white lines get on it and stay there. Now to the accommodation. The spiral staircase used to access the 1st floor is, in my view 'lethal'. A very tight helical twist, steep high rising steps and very narrow indeed, with a protruding concrete beam that 'bites' one every time an ascent is made. These stairs are definitely not suitable for little children or those with any mobility issues. There is no air conditioning with the exception of a free standing water mist fan unit in the 1st floor bedroom area. The bathroom layout is very cramped indeed. I am 1.8m tall, weigh 69Kg and sitting on the loo took a bit of 'edging' however, the good news is that one can brace oneself against the shower cubical if incumbent to do so. The shower is not of the best design either. Be watchful for shelf edges protruding into work space areas in the kitchen especially the one to the left of the sink, it 'bit' me a number of times before I afforded it a healthy respect. The bedroom area is acceptable for a budget priced B&B but one has to walk through the adjacent living space/ second sleeping area to get to the staircase. So whoever occupies this 'second bedroom' convertible settee equipped room has to be fairly well known to the occupants of the main bedroom. So older children only would be best. The owner/s did try hard and were quite friendly but not up to the standard that I would expect. Most of our communications took place via WhatsApp text message, the lady who met us spoke absolutely no English at all, and who merely smiled and rattled on while we struggled to understand her with our limited Italian. Also a word of caution, don't be inveigled as we were into cancelling your Booking dot com payment in order to pay the owners later, if you do fal