Casa Sotto le Mura IT

Collevecchio is considered to be the prettiest and the most authentic town of the Sabina area. Centuries ago it was the ‘capital’ of Sabina with a Court and a summer palace for the pope. It even had through the Orsini family connections with the Medici in Florence. For this reason you will find many palazzi, however with a little less glamour of the past. 

Casa Sotto le Mura, situated next to the recently renovated church named Chiesa della Madonna del Rifugio with a parking place next to it. The house is a former farm with cows where now you will find the main room. When you go outside via the front door you are in the town, whilst the back door leads you to a large terrace in the ‘campagna’, covered by the shade of a bamboo pergola. It is situated at the top of a hill with olive trees. The view is quite spectacular, as you see below in the valley a large part of West Sabina with the pre Apennines at the end. Amidst of the olive trees you will find a fine swimming pool (10 x 4 x 1.60) surrounded by cypresses and olive trees. The view here is as spectacular as from the main terrace. The large terrace in front of the house is connected with a long terrace with grapes (asof July they are edible). Below this terrace there is a small ‘orto’ with tomatoes. In the garden on the slope of the hill are several fruit trees. 

The piazza with the bar is the centre of the town. Here you can have outside or inside a cafeor cappuccino with a cornetto as  breakfast in the morning. In the evening you can order an aperitivo. The supermarket is only a 5 minutes’ walk from the palazzo. With a 15 to 20 minutes’ drive you will find a number of good restaurants. At the station of Collevecchio (with a parking place) , being only a 10 minutes’ drive, the train will take you almost every hour within only an hour to Rome and to the airport of Fiumicino. A rental car is recommended. 

Finally thehouse has a living and dining room adjacent to it a brand new kitchen with everything you need. There is one large bedroom and two small bedrooms with each2 beds and 2 bathrooms, an extra toilet, etc. and air conditioning in eachbedroom. There is a separate studio opposite the house, with 2 beds, a small bathroom and a small kitchen, which can be rented for 200 euro a week extra. Ideal, if you wish to have some extra privacy.

So an ideal place to be away from everything and with Rome nearby!

PS Upon booking you will receive an extensive Manual with all the information you need of the house, the restaurants and trips to be made in the surroundings, including the towns of Umbria.