giovedì 17 gennaio 2013

The apartment - Holiday rental near Rome

We are delighted to present a luxury, completely restored and furnished open-space apartment, in the wonderful Medieval city of Viterbo, Central Italy (70 km far from Rome).

The geographical area is known as Tuscia, located between the regions Tuscany, and Umbria, and the city of Rome. It is characterised by its beauty of artistic and natural masterpieces. Every corner is a vibrant evidence of the Etruscan civilization which once thrived here and where the vestiges of these epochs are harmoniously juxtaposed with charming Medieval quarters and splendid Renaissance and Baroque palazzi. This area has a wealth of natural and cultural sights, many of which are little-known and are off the usual tourist-track  and are, as such, particularly suggestive.

Viterbo, the main town in the province, has a perfectly preserved Medieval old-town. Particularly in San Pellegrino, the central borough  of the old city, there is still tangible evidence of the immensity of the Papal wealth of that period. The ancient houses in the San Pellegrino quarter are often home to many art and antique shops where you can find original or hand made objects to purchase (https://www.facebook.com/LOrloDiMunch).


Palazzo dei Papi - Pope Palace
 
The apartment, which can host a maximum of three persons (or two adults and two kids), is located at the first floor of a restored historical building and it is arranged over two floors.










The first floor is composed of a small entrance, a generous living room equipped with a comfortable double-bed sofa, a thin TV and a bookcase, a large cooking area, with dishwasher, gas cooker, oven, one bathroom and a storage room.









 







An open stair gives access to the second floor, open to the first. The second floor is composed of a sleeping area, with a double bed, a dresser, and a walk-in closet, a study space, equipped with a desk and a bookcase, and one bathroom, with a large shower stall and a washing machine.



 
 






 











  
The prices for the whole apartment are:



Stay
Number of persons
Price
Price per additional guest or night
Life expense (gas, electicity, water)
Final cleaning
Nights
#
Euro
Euro
Included/Excluded
Euro






7
1
245
25
Excluded
25

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The minimum stay is 2 nights.

For stays longer than 2 nights, life expenses are not included in the price and should be paid separately according to the consumptions during the stay.

Pets (max 15 kg) are accepted. The price is 5 euro per  pet per day.

For longer stays, to request for availabilities, for any further information, please contact us at: 


+39 328 1524341





Services:

We are available as tourist guides and for outdoor activities. Please contact us for more information.

Would you like to try some local recipes and learn how to cook them being comfortably seated in your sofa? We can be your cook! You can choose the menu (one starter, one main course, one second course, one dessert, bread, wine) that better fit your tastes. The price is 30 euro per person, all included. Contact us for more information. 

The apartment is located at 10 minutes walk from the Medieval borough “San Pellegrino”, the Pope palace “Palazzo dei Papi” and the train station “Viterbo Porta Fiorentina”, at 2 minutes walk from “Piazza San Faustino”, the square where local farmers sell their delicious products, and at 5 minutes walk from “Piazza della Rocca”, the square where the National Etruscan Museum is located.
The apartment is also 1 minute walk from the bus station, which links Viterbo with the thermal hot spring of "terme dei Papi".



Hot springs - (5 km far from the apartment)




San Pellegrino - The Medieval Borough (10 minutes walk from the apartment)

 

San Pellegrino - The Medieval Borough (10 minutes walk from the apartment)

 
The Cathedral (10 minutes walk from the apartment)

 
Medieval Parade

 
  San Pellegrino - The Medieval Borough (10 minutes walk from the apartment)



Piazza del Gesù - The Medieval Borough  (10 minutes walk from the apartment)



Palazzo dei Papi - Pope Palace (10 minutes walk from the apartment)

The Tuscia is the perfect place to spend peaceful hours in the safest of environments. Shady lanes and roads with breath-taking views will lead you through the woods which cover the Cimini Hills , where the air is oxygen-rich thanks to the concentration of centuries-old trees and where you can enjoy long walks on foot or treks on horse-back, surrounded by an uncontaminated nature which forms the back-drop for the lake which was formed in the crater of a volcano - Lago di Vico.



Lake Vico (20 km far from the apartment)

 
Villa Lante - Bagnaia (6 km far from the apartment)

 
Parco dei mostri - Bomarzo (20 km far from the apartment)

Lake Vico (20 km far from the apartment)


 
The largest lake in Europe is also present in this area - Lake Bolsena - which, like Lake Vico, was originally a volcano, and offers enchanting boat-trips to the solitary shores of the islands of Martana and Bisentina, fishing using the traditional nets of local custom and even the thrilling possibility of skimming the surface of the water on a windsurf.


Lake Bolsena (21 km far from the apartment)





Lake Bolsena (21 km far from the apartment) 


By plane:


From Rome international airport Leonardo da Vinci, catch the train to Roma Ostiense (NOT that going at Termini Station) and get off in Roma Trastevere. From there, catch the train to Viterbo Porta Romana or Porta Fiorentina. It takes about 2.5 hrs in total. Tickets for the entire trip can be purchased at the Fiumicino airport station.

Contact us for more information.

From Rome Ciampino airport, the nearest railway station to “Giovan Battista Pastine” airport is Ciampino Città, connected to the airport by the buses COTRAL/SCHIAFFINI every 30 minutes. The travelling time is about 5 minutes. Tickets, sold in the bus and on the ground, cost 1 euro. A light metro connects Ciampino railway station to Termini railway station with an average time of 15 minutes.
 
Alternatively, you can take different bus lines from Ciampino Airport:
 
The daily connection by public transports between the airport and the Railway station Roma Termini is carried out by the COTRAL/SCHIAFFINI buses. The ticket costs 5 euro and it could be bought directly in the bus. For information go to the web site www.schiaffini.com. The connection is, furthermore, carried out by the SITBUSSHUTTLE bus line, which daily connects the airport to Termini rail station with an average time of 30 minutes. The cost is 6 euros only one way. For information go to the web site www.sitbusshuttle.it

It is also available a connection with Termini rail station granted by the TERRAVISION company, whose transport service is carried out in coincidence to the flights carried out by Ryanair, Easyjet, Hapag Lloyd Express, Wizz Air, My Air, Blue Air, Central Wings and Flyme. The ticket costs only one way is 6 euro(adult) and 4 euro (child). The return tickets: 12 euro (adult), 7 euro (child). Tickets are sold, besides on the aircrafts and on the web sites of the low cost carriers, also in the boxes in front of the arrival area of the airport and directly on the web site www.terravision.eu.

From Roma Termini railway station, use the following instructions.


By train: 

From Rome:

From Roma Termini station you can take the subway, line A direction Battistini, and stop at Valle Aurelia. Here there are railway connections reaching Viterbo Porta Romana or Viterbo Porta Fiorentina station in about 2 hours.

By car:

In general, you can take the Rome-Florence highway (A1) and exit at Orte. Here take the Orte-Viterbo speedway (E45) and exit at Viterbo Nord.

From Siena you can alternatively take the National Road Cassia (S.S.2.) and reach Viterbo in about 2 hours


For more information, please contact us!!

+39 328 1524341

infosanfaustino@gmail.com