Arpino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casale Frasca is set in the very pretty, peaceful countryside area of Santa Palomba, but is only 5 to 10 minutes drive into the medieval hilltop town of Arpino where can be found all necessary shops, cafés, restaurants and service facilities.

This 250 sq.mt. 5 bedroom property is on two levels and is set in extensive and beautiful fenced grounds of just under two hectares planted with grape vines, olive groves, a fruit orchard and a small area of woodland. Lovely sweeping rural views can be enjoyed from both the house and the grounds.

The house has its main entrance on the upper floor into a wide hallway and a side entrance directly into the kitchen. There is a large stone-flagged dining terrace at the back of the house shaded by a trellis and adjacent to the grape arbour.

The family live on the spacious upper floor of this lovely countryside home, which is configured with a large light sitting/dining room, a kitchen with a family dining table opening on to a small balcony (which runs along the side of the house to join the large terrace next to the grape arbour).

In the 'night' zone area of the upper floor are four large bedrooms, all with views of the countryside, and two bathrooms. One bedroom is 'L-shaped', which would allow for the easy addition of an ensuite bathroom. Three of the bedrooms open onto a balcony with attractive iron railings.There are fine solid wood doors throughout the interior, which is in an excellent state of maintenance.

The lower floor, originally the cellars, has a garage and a variety of other rooms, currently arranged as two rather rudimentary apartments and much storage space. There is excellent road access.

Energy classification: G


ARPINO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Arpino is one of the major medieval hilltop 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 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