Alvito, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Villa Angelo, a spacious and elegant modern 4 bedroom/4 bathroom villa of 328 sq.mt. is located just outside the charming medieval hilltop town of Alvito, 90 minutes drive from Rome. Set in gated grounds of 3,500 sq.mt., the property enjoys panoramic views across the valley to the mountains of the National Park. The buildings of Alvito's historic town and its ruined castle are silhouetted on the nearby hilltops.

The home is laid out over several levels: the sweeping driveway accessed though electric gates leads to a large covered porch opening into the entrance hall and one of the property's two kitchens with dining area and a log fireplace. On this level there is a separate guest suite with a bedroom, bathroom and sitting room. There is also a workroom.

The main level features an elegant double lounge with dining area, also with a log fireplace, opening onto a splendid 60 sq.mt. dining terrace overlooking the gardens and with a vista across the Comino valley. There is another kitchen on this level and a laundry/guest toilet. A back door opens onto a patio and leads into the 600 sq.mt. garden.

The upper level is configured with a further three spacious bedrooms, two of which have ensuite bathrooms. Additionally there is a third master bathroom available for all bedrooms.

The lowest level of the villa consists of an area for covered car parking, the cellars, the technical room containing the gas boiler, 20,000 litre water tank, etc, and the double garage.

Villa Angelo is ideal for al fresco dining, living and entertaining. The very large terrace overlooks the garden area and further steps lead down into the property's private olive grove, where there was previously a tennis court. There is ample space for a swimming pool (subject to obtaining the usual building consents).

Alvito is a delightful small town with many historic buildings. Its shops, restaurants, bars, cafés and services are all within a few minutes drive from Villa Angelo. Villa Angelo has excellent road access and both Rome and Rome's airports are only around 90 minutes drive away.

Energy classification: G


ALVITO AND THE CIOCIARIA

Alvito 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 Alvito 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 Alvito, 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.