Car advised Wheelchair access Nearest amenities: 1 km
Notes:
May take pets - please enquire Suitable for children Smokers welcome Self-catering
Home description
APARTMENT BRUFA (x6): ground floor with a large living/dining room, fully equipped kitchen with also dish-washer, microwave, and washing machine, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds, 1 bathroom with shower; first floor has a large living room with TV and fireplace, 1 double bedroom with baby cot, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds, 1 bathroom with bathtube and shower settings. APARTMENT MELA (6/8): an entrance with a large living room, fully equipped kitchen with also dish-washer,microwave and washing machine, 1 double bedroom and a bathroom with shower. First floor: a large and light living room with fireplace, TV and a double sofa bed; 1 double bedroom, 1 bedroom with 2 single beds + a baby cot, 1 bathroom with bathtube & shower settings. COTTAGE NIDO (x2): a large and sunny living/dining room with TV, a fully equipped kitchen with also microwave, 1 large double bedroom, 1 spacious bathroom with shower and washing machine. SUITABLE FOR DISABLED.
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The Umbria region
In the spring wildflowers transform the rolling Umbrian countryside into a rainbow of colour, but still one’s eye is drawn upward, to the tops of the surrounding hills, to the walled towns perched above. Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of the region, these fortified medieval hill towns are rich in art, history and architecture, and many are relatively untouched by tourism. Gubbio, Spello, Todi, Spoleto, Deruta, Orvieto — all are unique and worthy of a visit. Perugia, the capital, is one of Italy’s best preserved towns, with a strong artistic and cultural tradition. The fresco painters Perugino and Pinturicchio lived here, and their works are part of a comprehensive collection of Umbrian art displayed in the 13th century Palazzo dei Priori, or town hall, considered one of the finest secular buildings in Italy. The frescoes of Pietro Vannucci, Perugia’s most important Renaissance painter, can be seen on the walls of the Collegio del Cambio, built in 1450. Perugia was founded by the Etruscans, who built the city walls and the imposing arched main gate of the city. It is also the site of the annual Umbria Jazz Festival, and home to the famous Perugina chocolates and Buitoni pasta.
The Umbrian landscape is often cloaked in a silver blue haze, giving it a soft, soothing, and almost mystical quality. Western monasticism began in the Umbrian hills, and abbeys, monasteries and convents are found throughout the region. Several Christian saints were born here, the most famous being St Francis, who preached in the cobblestone streets of Assisi and prayed in the surrounding hills and fields, which today remain much as they were seven hundred years ago. Dominating the town and a magnet for thousands of tourists is the impressive Basilica of St Francis, with treasured frescoes by Giotto, Cimabue, Lorenzetti and Martini. But even at its most crowded, Assisi’s narrow, winding lanes and medieval houses of pink stone and flowering window boxes retain a feeling of peace.
Umbria is primarily mountains and hills, streams and valleys, with terraced vineyards, orchards and miles of olive groves. Umbrian olive oil is considered by many to be Italy’s best, and the wines of Orvieto are legendary. Outside of Piemonte, Umbria is the only region where truffles are found in abundance: five varieties grow wild in the woods. Lake Trasimeno, the largest in central Italy, provides a moderating influence on much of the climate.
Olive oil flavors most of the dishes of this hilly region, and ventresca and guanciale, cured meats, also lend their distinctive taste. Black truffles from Norcia and Spoleto feature in specialties like spaghetti alla nursina and trota al tartufo, trout with truffles. Meat is usually grilled, roasted, or baked; try the roasted lamb, agnello arrosto, traditional at Easter. Porchetta, a roast suckling pig flavored with garlic, rosemary and other herbs, is a signature dish, and game is prepared many ways: squab with olives, pheasant with grapes, and pigeons with tomatoes, olives, vinegar, juniper berries, and prosciutto. Norcia is renowned for its cured meats (norcino means pork butcher in Italian, the master of salami and cured meats), and the entire region offers stupendous cheeses, including caciotta, fresh and salted ricotta, and Pecorino. Desserts include cicerchiata, a wreath-shaped cake made of deep fried dough, candied fruit, nuts and honey, and served at Carnevale and Christmas; pinocatta, a pine nut-studded cookie; and tisichelle, anise-flavored macaroons. Among the outstanding wines of Umbria are Orvieto, Torgiano, Monetefalco Sagrantino, Montefalco Rosso, Colli Altotibertini, Colli Perugini, and Colli del Trasimeno.
Torgiano area
The town of Torgiano still preserves its typical medieval appearance and the remains of its ancient walls.
The Museum of Wine is of great interest, containing a precious collection of storical documents regarding various sectors: the art of wine-growing and wine-making, and artistic, folkloristic and bibliografic documentation on the subject. You may also admire a very precious collection of maiolica dating back to th 17th and 18th centuries. The fortified part of the town is siuated between the middle of the Tiber valley and that of the Umbrian valley. Here, the cultivation of the vine is an ancient art as is evidenced by the testimonial of archeologicals finds, and by a sketch dating back to the 14th century. The zone is characterized by agriculture, consisting in the coltivation of various food-stuffs, and by craftsmanship, above all, the pottery trade. The Museum of Wine is the most qualified in all of Italy, with its collections of tecnical instruments, prints dating back to various times, specialized craftsmanship and folkloristic documents.
How to get there
Coming from South: follow the Sole Highway (A1) until ariived to the exit of ORTE. Take this exit and follow the Motorway direction Terni. Before Reaching Terni, you will find on your right the exit "PERUGIA-CESENA" (E45), that you take. Follow it until you will find the exit "TORGIANO-PONTENUOVO", arrived to the village ask for the FATTORIA SPINOLA. Coming from North: exit from the A1 Highway at VALDICHIANA and follow the direction to PERUGIA. Follow the Motorway E45 until you will find the exits to TORGIANO.
Nearest Travel Links
Airport:
Fiumicino (Rome): 150 km
Railway:
Perugia-P.S.Giovanni: 4 km
Activities near Torgiano
Sports: Tennis in town Horse Riding Golf within 30 mins drive Fishing
Great for: Walking holidays Rural / countryside retreats Good nightlife Cycling holidays
Sofabeds (1), Single beds (6), Double beds (4), Cots (2), Dining seating for 21, Lounge seating for 6, Sleeps maximum of 16
Other:
Linen and towels provided.
Outdoors:
Private outdoor pool (unheated), Shared outdoor pool (unheated), Shared garden, Private garden, BBQ, Bicycles available
Access:
Wheelchair access, Secure parking
Further details indoors: The Country House is placed in the Centre of a D.O.C. Wine producing Farm and hunting forbidden Estate situated in the quite and panoramic Tiber Valley, which operative hearth is the FATTORIA SPINOLA, the owner's home. The Estate is about 130 hectares wide, but only 100 are cultivated (wheat, sugar beet, tobacco and 12 hectars of vineyards). The grapes produced are brought to a Wine Producer Association where a very nice typical white wine (Grechetto) and a red Doc wine (Sangiovese), are made and sold in the Farmhouse. The Country house and its dependence which forms the Agriturismo "I Mori Gelsi" are placed in the heart of cultivated fields, close to an hill of vineyards. It is surrounded by a fully fenced private garden with swimmng pool (5x10), fruit trees, aromatic herbs and flowers. The country house has been vertically divided into two big Apartments, while the dependence is formed by one little independent unit.
Further details outdoors: Each apartment has a private wooden lighted gazebo in the garden to enjoy outdoor lunches and dinners. At their arrival the guests will find on the kitchen table a "welcome basket" with the necessary for their breakfast (tea, coffee, milk, biscuits, sugar, marmalade, honey), two bottles of the Farm wine, an home made salami and fresh eggs. There is an huge organic vegetable garden in summer for free.
Further details
On arrival date: check-in time is between 16:00 and 19:00: please plan your trip in order to be sure you will arrive in time (should you arrive earlier, please be patient while the apartment is being prepared and cleaned up for you). In case of late arrival, please advise in time at phone no. (+39)-075-982815 or the other owners telephone numbers given to you on confirmation e-mail.
On departure date: check-out time is within 10:00; please leave the apartment clean and in good order. Identification: as required by the Italian law, a valid passport or other ID must be shown on arrival.
Conditions
Payment terms: 50% deposit must be paid on booking (excluding eventual extras), the balance + eventual extras at arrival date; failure to comply with these terms may result in cancellation of booking and loss of deposit. Payment method: we accept personal cheques, bank drafts and money orders, but we are unable to handle credit cards; complete payment instructions are provided upon booking confirmation. Cancellation policy: in case a booking is cancelled less than 20 days prior to arrival date, no refund will be possible; if notice is 20 days or more and rental reservation deposit has been regularly paid for, 20% of deposit will be refunded. Security deposits: a cash deposit of Euro 300 for loss & damages will be charged on arrival and refunded on departure after deduction of breakages, losses and other incidential charges.
Rental rates
Rental prices originally quoted in: Euros €
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Prices for group size 16
Period
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To
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Nightly rate
Minimum stay
Weekday
Weekend
Christmas and New year
21 Dec 08
6 Jan 09
2480£ 1,968
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1 Week
Low season
6 Jan 09
1 Jun 09
1520£ 1,206
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Medium Season
1 Jun 09
1 Jul 09
2100£ 1,667
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High Season
1 Jul 09
1 Sep 09
2480£ 1,968
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1 Week
Medium Season
1 Sep 09
1 Oct 09
2100£ 1,667
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Low Season
1 Oct 09
22 Nov 09
1520£ 1,206
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1 Week
53
Prices for group size 6
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Weekday
Weekend
Brufa or Mela L.S. x6
1 Jan 08
1 Jun 08
580£ 460
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1 Week
Brufa or Mela x6 June/Sep
1 Jun 08
1 Jul 08
830£ 659
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1 Week
Brufa or Mela H.S. x6
1 Jul 08
1 Sep 08
980£ 778
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0-
1 Week
Brufa or Mela M.S.x6
1 Sep 08
1 Oct 08
830£ 659
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1 Week
Brufa or Mela L.S. x6
1 Oct 08
31 Dec 08
580£ 460
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0-
1 Week
43
Prices for group size 2
Period
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Nightly rate
Minimum stay
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Low Season
20 Nov 07
1 Jun 08
260£ 206
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Medium Season
1 Jun 08
1 Jul 08
340£ 270
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High Season
1 Jul 08
1 Sep 08
420£ 333
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Medium Season
1 Sep 08
1 Oct 08
340£ 270
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Low Season
1 Oct 08
31 Dec 08
260£ 206
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43
NB: Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion. UTILITIES not included on the above rates: Euro 12,00/guest/week Linen & towels Euro 30,00/week Electricity/cooking gas/water Euro 60,00 Final cleaning Euro 80,00/week Heating when necessary DAMAGES DEPOSIT Euro 300,00/apartment
Guestbook
Dear Fiorbellina, Looking back at our holidaytrips this year to Umbria, Toscane and the Turkish Rivièra my wife Charlotte and I would like to let you know that we have very pleasant memories of our stay at your Brufa apartment last May. Your suggestions for restaurants and wines were of great help to us. The apartment was very well equipped and perfect for a stay to explore beautiful Umbria with Perugia very nearby. We still enjoy your Sangiovese ! A pity we can’t buy your wine in Holland. We sure come back one of the coming years ! In the attachment you will find 2 pictures, which you can maybe use for your website. With kind regards, Aad and Charlotte Stolk
Dear Fiorbellina, thank you so much for all your hospitality when we stayed in your apartment, and all the good wine, egs, salad and other delightful vegetables. When we left saturday morning at 6.30 I must admit, that we took the good weather with us. We had a beautiful trip crossing Italy to Pisa/Livorno, and since we arrived here two weeks ago, we have had Indian summer with sun and up till 24 degrees. And you have had a lot of rain. Enclosed (will be sent by post) you will find the two pictures I made of you and my wife Alvhild. On your homepage with your apartment in Rome I think it is your daughter, we have seen on one picture, a nice little girl. Maybe we will meet again, in Torgiano or Rome, until then we are sending you all our best greetings. Also to your father with whom we talked too little. Kind regards Alvhild and Torben Traberg. *Denmark*
MORE on our website with photos/comments of my guests.
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