Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa Roccatani is an elegant detached 241 sq.mt. villa with a garden, very near the city centre of Sora, on a quiet residential side street off the Via Marsicana. Sora is the main administrative town in this area and is attractively located on the banks of the river Liri.

Arranged on two levels, the ground floor consists of an entrance hall, a small study with an charming curved shape and a very spacious open plan eating and dining area curving round to an attractive small 'daily use' kitchen (with a granite breakfast bar). There is also a full bathroom on this level. The floor are all in marble decorated with Greek motifs and archways lead from one area of the home to the next in a visually pleasing way. Recessed ceiling lighting and chandeliers are added benefits as is the large open log fireplace.

Accessed either from the kitchen or from the lovely porticoed front porch, a particularly fine feature of Casa Roccatani is the very large dining covered terrace running the entire length of the villa, with huge windows and doors onto the garden, and a large rustic-style kitchen at one end, perfect for entertaining family and friends

An exceptionally elegant marble staircase with wrought iron railings leads up to the first floor where there are three bedrooms (one opening onto a spacious private balcony), a beautifully tiled modern bathroom, and a 20 square metre terrace.

The house is completely fenced with a wall and railings and with hedges to ensure maximum privacy.

The systems are self-contained LPG; there is also a pellet stove, as well as hot / cold reverse cycle air conditioning units in different rooms of the house; the windows are double glazed with mosquito nets.

The house is equipped with an automatic gate and secure parking, and has a private garden of about 350 square meters including an olive grove. The house is fitted with an alarm system.

Casa Roccatani is a few minutes from the centre of the river-side town of Sora, where can be found a wide range of restaurants, bars, cafes, shops of all types including designer labels, hairdressers and other facilities including small spas, gyms, etc., etc.

Energy classification: F

SORA AND THE CIOCIARIA

Sora is one of the major towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.

The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Arpino itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicized regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the regional centre of Sora, or in the hilltop towns of Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.


VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate