Castelliri, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Three room residential dwelling on two levels over basement with cellar. The arrangement of this small property has living spaces on two levels connected with an external staircase. Entering through the gate and going up the external staircase that leads to the first ground level, we immediately meet a door that opens into a kitchen with fireplace and which is connected to a separate dining room living area.

The external staircase continues to the second level and leads to an entrance hallway with balcony as well as a double bedroom and a bathroom with bath. In the basement there is the cellar, useful as a store for the wood for the fireplace and which is also a convenient general storage room.

The plumbing and electrical systems are functioning and connections are in place. For heating, there is a fireplace on the ground floor, while on the 1st floor there are no heating systems. This allows for the possible installation of a modern heating and cooling air conditioning unit. The external and internal fixtures are in aluminium. The three-room apartment is in a very good state of conservation and is fully habitable. This apartment would suit those who may want to use the pied à terre as an income solution (purchase intended for a rental) as well perhaps as a convenient solution for singles or couples who wish to buy a small property in the country for private use at a low price. Country area, easily accessible and very convenient to the Superstrada, not isolated yet tranquil.

Castelliri is one of the 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 Castelliri 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 publicised 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 towns of Castelliri, Veroli, Arpino, Alatri or Alvito 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.