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Villa |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 10

Montecchio in Umbria

From £1083 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

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Key info  Swimming pool, balcony/terrace, car advised, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

This villa, situated on a large property with undisturbed view and a large swimming pool, is ideal for family vacations. The most breathtaking of it all is the tranquility and the 'sound of silence'. In this region Saint Francis talked with animals and after a stay you, you'll fully understand how that was possible.

On top of all of that the food and wine are delicious, people are friendly and helpful and if you get tired of the tranquility and silence, there are plenty of excursions to take in the vicinity (Orvieto, Rome, Firenze, Todi, Perugia, Assisi, ...)

Facilities

Further details indoors:
You enter this beautifully restored house through the wintersalon with large fireplace and comfortable sleeping accommodations. Further on on the ground floor there is a fully fitted kitchen and a summer salon, again with sleeping accommodations and en-suite bathroom. The summer salon gives acces to the large ground floor terrace.

The first floor has 3 bedrooms (two double, one bunkbed), a second bathroom and a terrace over the complete length of the house with an outside stair that leads to the garden and swimming pool area.

Additional sleeping facility can be found in the chalet in the garden, where youngsters (or those who are young at heart) can sleep 'camping style'

Further details outdoors:
The villa is situated on a large property with beautiful landscaping and a 6 by 12m swimming pool and shower amenities.

In the garden a large chalet can be found which serves as a 'camping style' bedroom or just as a play room for the kids.

On the ground floor there is a covered terrace which has been extended to the open air where a large round table and benches make relaxing over dinner even more pleasant. Next to the terrace an authentic wooden pizza/bread oven and bbq can be found.

All this is set on a land of 15000 m2 in a quiet street, where only locals pass through.

Further details

Change over day: saturday (june until september)
Other months: flexible

Departure: 08.00h-10.00h
Arrival: 17.00h - 20.00h

Always check the availability for the pool.

Conditions

- Strictly no smoking except on the balcony.
- Refundable breakages deposit of 500 € required on arrival, to be refunded after departure (subject to satisfactory property inspection).
- 30% of rental fee due at time of booking.
- Total rental fee due 42 days before arrival.

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Montecchio in hazy winter mist

 

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Outside view

 

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Covered Terrace

The Umbria region

From the house you have the breathtaking view of the green mountains, where oak trees and olive gardens grow in the fertile ground.

Summer temperatures can reach the higher 20s/lower 30s° C, but being situated on a height of 389 m a.s., the nights are nice and cool (not cold)
Winter can be cold, but mostly sunny. However that a nightly storm can wipe the air clean every once in a while.
Every season in the green Umbria, which is by the way called 'il cuore verde d'Italia' (= the green heart of Italy) has it's own beautiful colours.

For those who like to go on long day trips, there is a lot to see in the area.
Rome is just 1 hour by train and can also be easily reached by car and Firenze can be reached in a little less than 2 hours (trains leave from the nearby Attigliano/Bormarzo for Rome and from Orvieto for Firenze).
Orvieto is a must see if you are in the area, with it's Duomo and the Capella di San Brizio.
Viterbo, where for a while the Popes resided, Cività di Bagnoreggio ('Il paese che muore' = the village that is dying), Amelia, Caprarola with the Palazzo Farnese, Bomarzo with the 'Parco dei Mostri', ...

We could go on and on.

The Montecchio area

Montecchio is situated on the flank of the Monte Croce di Sera aside the Tiber valley.
For those who do not like making daytrips, Montecchio itselve has some nice things to offer. First of all there is the 'centro storico' the mideaval centre of town, where not even a car can enter, but which is still very much alive and where people still live like some 100 years ago.
Montecchio has a archeological site, the 'Necropoli Pre-romano di Vallone San Lorenzo', where pre-roman graves can be visited and where you can get either by car or by taking the nicely indicated walkway through the forrest.

Montecchio is widely known for it's olive-oil, some say even the best in the world. The ART of growing, keeping, harvesting and making olives and their oil can be investigated in the town's own olive oil museum. If you make an appointment they will be more than glad to give you a taste of what they have to offer.

During the month of August there is a 'sagra' almost every day in the village itselve or in one of the villages in the vincinity : Montecchio has it's 'sagra del cinghiale' (wild boar), 'sagra del bignè', .... On these occasions the whole town meets in the streets, eating, drinking, talking, or just watching.

At Christmas time the location of Tenaglie offers a 'Presepe vivente' : every single person in town has his/her own task : there is a mother Mary and a Joseph, a baby Jesus, pastors, animals, the children are making cheese or bread (which is offered to the visitors by the way), and all this in the 'cantina's' of the houses in the street with every participant in an original costume.
There is also the 'festa del olio nuovo', 'festa delle castagne', the procession of the holy madonna, and so on.

How to get there

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The nearest airports in Rome are a little over an hours' drive away. Simply fly into Rome (Easyjet, Ryanair, ... all have regular flights) where you can rent a car (All major car rentals can be found at the airports) and make your way to the villa.

Activities near Montecchio

Rental prices

Prices for group size 10
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
	3 Apr 11	3 Jul 11	1800€ 1800	0-	0-	1 Week
	3 Jul 11	4 Sep 11	2200€ 2200	0-	0-	1 Week
	4 Sep 11	2 Oct 11	1800€ 1800	0-	0-	1 Week
	2 Oct 11	24 Dec 11	1300€ 1300	0-	0-	1 Week
	24 Dec 11	8 Jan 12	1800€ 1800	0-	0-	1 Week
	8 Jan 12	8 Apr 12	1580€ 1580	0-	0-	1 Week
	8 Apr 12	27 May 12	1800€ 1800	0-	0-	1 Week
	27 May 12	16 Jun 12	2160€ 2160	0-	0-	1 Week
	16 Jun 12	7 Jul 12	2180€ 2180	0-	0-	1 Week
	7 Jul 12	25 Aug 12	2900€ 2900	0-	0-	1 Week
	25 Aug 12	8 Sep 12	2160€ 2160	0-	0-	1 Week
	8 Sep 12	22 Sep 12	1800€ 1800	0-	0-	1 Week
	22 Sep 12	5 Jan 13	1580€ 1580	0-	0-	1 Week

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

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For the end cleaning and towels and linnen 10 €/p.p. are charged (with a minimum of 75 euro)

Always check with us if the swimmingpool is available in the requested period.

Availability

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4 years listed You are contacting Gaby Henseler Landline n/a Mobile +32 498 683983 Languages spoken The owner is based in Belgium and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This villa has so far received 0 reviews.

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