Traditional Umbrian Farmhouse in Stunning Countryside, Near Amenities.

• Stunning views and a perfect base to enjoy Umbria and Tuscany

  Stunning views and a perfect base to enjoy Umbria and Tuscany

  • Guest Daisy
  • Date of stay 03/23/13
  • Review Submitted 04/09/13
  If you are looking to get away from it all and yet have an excellent base from which to explore Umbria and Tuscany - then this is the place for you! My family, 4 adults and 4 children aged 2-13, stayed here for a 10 day vacation in Umbria and Tuscany and were very happy. Rob and Jane made us very welcome and everything we needed from the accommodation we had. the kitchen and dinning areas are spacious and very well equipped. The lounge is comfortable with enough seating and area for the kids to play. There is a TV but we rarely needed to turn it on because there was so much to see and do. The bedrooms were also comfortable and well set out. The hot water was plentiful and didn't let us down even with 8 people showering. We arrived in cars we hired from Rome FCO airport. I think it would be essential to have a car if you want to enjoy this region fully. During our stay we visited many towns - each with its own particular highlights and history: Assisi, Sansepulcro, Monterchi, Arezzo, Sienna, Perugia, Citta di Castello, Florence... so beautiful and such great food. Some of our party took advantage of the many walks that can be made from the farmhouse villa into the surrounding countryside. Stunning views all around and fresh air! Even the teenager in our party managed to have a good time. The local village has a supermarket and excellent greengrocers for essential food supplies. There is a very nice restaurant in Monterchi (5 mins drive) "La Vecchia Osteria". There are better bigger supermarkets and shopping areas in Citta di Castello (15 mins drive) or Sansepulcro (20 mins drive). Rob and Jane are very knowledgeable about the area and were very helpful with giving advice and providing information when needed. Enjoy!

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, adventure seekers.

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• feeling "at home" in Umbria!

  feeling "at home" in Umbria!

  • Guest schottie
  • Date of stay 08/15/12
  • Review Submitted 09/03/12
  We loved our stay at Casa Tersalle. The daily drives up and down the mountain surrounded by the beautifull landscape. The house was very welcoming,all our needs were provided for. There were so many extras, that made it feel like home! Lots of fun and games in the pool! A helpfull host, always willing to advice/inform and guide us when needed. We really felt part of the local area. Visited many of the nearby villages, they each had their own identity. Day trips to places like Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi, Citta di Castello etc. were easy to manage. Feeling very sad on the morning of our departure and really hope to come back one day soon.

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, sightseeing, families with young children, adventure seekers.

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• Dolce fa niente (It is sweet to do nothing) Italian Saying.

  Dolce fa niente (It is sweet to do nothing) Italian Saying.

  • Guest Lloyd
  • Date of stay 09/18/11
  • Review Submitted 08/21/12
  Doing nothing is a possibility at Casa Tersalle, sitting on the terrace with Rob and Jane, drinking local wine, eating tasty local foods, admiring the wonderful Umbrian countryside, retiring to the comfortable well appointed farmhouse accomodation, with your life enhanced and richer for the experience. Or you can get into your car and visit a wide variety of non touristy nearby towns and villages, restaurants, festivals, markets, churches, great art and architecture, or a little further afield, Florence, Sienna, Arezzo, Assisi , Perugia etc. Rob and Jane are wonderful, generous and knowledgeable hosts who have fully adopted daily Italian life and who are willing to help travellers enjoy and gain maximum benefit from their stay. If you want to experience local country Italian life for a while Casa Tersalle is a great place to do so. Highly recommended by three 60+ friends from NZ who stayed at Casa Tersalle Sept 2011.

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, adventure seekers.

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• Lovely house, a bit remote

  Lovely house, a bit remote

  • Guest Rebecca D.
  • Date of stay 04/18/12
  • Review Submitted 07/05/12
  The owners were very helpful and friendly, while unobtrusive. The house was large and rustically attractive with beautiful views. We did have trouble finding it -- be sure you get 2 different maps from the owners and be prepared for some challenging terrain. Our GPS (once we got there) called it "Localita La Tersalle." Also, if you really want to be warm during cold weather, be sure to tell Rob & Jane or they will assume you'd rather not be charged for the cost of the gas heaters. There are surprisingly good restaurants in the area, and many tourist-free little hilltop towns to explore. The unit contains extensive files with all the info you'll need.

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, adventure seekers.

  Owner response: 'A bit remote' - this of course depends on expectation. There are two villages within a 5 minute drive, with bars, restaurants and a well-stocked supermarket, with larger towns just a 20 minute drive away. Regarding finding the property: in general guests don't experience problems finding Casa Tersalle. We always send out written instructions by email, together with both a large and small scale map, and we do ask for confirmation of receipt. Concerning heating: guests pay for heating according to usage so that they can decide according to their requirements the means (central heating or wood), level and cost, and certainly not because we 'will assume you'd rather not be charged for the cost of the gas heaters'. It would have been useful in this case to have been advised before arrival of her need for a higher than usual level of heating. Once she made us aware there was a problem, we made a goodwill gesture by waiving part of the heating costs incurred.

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• Splendid days in Casa Tersalle

  Splendid days in Casa Tersalle

  • Guest Selmin
  • Date of stay 09/09/11
  • Review Submitted 01/20/12
  We were a group of 8 ladies travelling around toscana and umbria regions. We have stayed one week at casa tersalle where we had a lovely time. It is a very nice house on countryside. All peacefull, quite, green and lovely. It has been a great experience for all of us to wake up in the morning and you have a beatifull toscana hills view from your bedroom window then you can have your breakfast at the terrace with a full view then you can start to drive arround, where you have many many different places to visit and all of them pretty close. We as a group have visited many little villages and towns around. To talk specific 2 days we have been to the very famous cerramic town of the region and of Italy, which is Deruta, where we had chance to attend a 1 day course to make cerramics. Another day we have been near Perugia where we have attended to a cooking course. It was all fun and very interesting. It was very very nice to meet Jane and Rob, the owners of the house, they have been very helpfull and nice to us. After getting to know Jane and Rob now I have the feeling that I have two friends living in Umbria. And I look forward to go back to stay there again..

  Recommended for: Families with teenagers, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, adventure seekers.

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• A Relaxing Escape in the Umbrian/Tuscan Countryside

  A Relaxing Escape in the Umbrian/Tuscan Countryside

  • Guest CB
  • Date of stay 06/04/11
  • Review Submitted 10/02/11
  I kicked off my first trip to Europe with a week at Casa Tersalle after the first few days in Rome. This was a great way to unwind and get into the swing of the Italian lifestyle with as much or as little assistance as we needed. I was travelling with my mum, so we just caught a train from Rome to Arezzo and hired a car for the 40min drive to Monterchi and Casa Tersalle. Rob and Jane were very helpful and most times we had the place to ourselves, so felt instantly at home. The farmhouse was very comfortable with a nice welcome basket of some treats to get us started. My early morning walks along the hillside roads were a treat before our days meandering by car across the country visiting the array of villages and towns. Our Tuscan cooking class with Justin and Rob at Sansepolcro was definately the highlight. Excellent value and great hospitaity!!

  Recommended for: Age 55+, girls getaway, sightseeing, romantic getaway.

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• Under the Umbrian Sun

  Under the Umbrian Sun

  • Guest JohFriedman
  • Date of stay 08/27/11
  • Review Submitted 09/12/11
  For those who wish to live the experience, Casa Tersalle is the perfect 'Dolce Vita' vacation property. Located on, and in the Umbrian hills, with the delightful view including Lippiano and rolling fields of working farms, the Casa offers all amenities (modern bath, kitchen appliances) in an authentic environment. This is further enhanced by the informative, friendly, helpful and knowledgeable owners/hosts who are living the Italian Dream in the apartment below Casa Tersalle. We spent hours simply enjoying the setting, as well as exploring the area. The children delighted in the house, property and the pool, which was perfect to cool off after a hot day hiking the hills (and hill towns). Proximity to Arezzo, Citta di Castello and Montrichi provided wonderful day trips and opportunities to purchase necessities (wine, cheese and the local salami). We had a delightful time and recommend the property.

  Recommended for: Girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway.

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• Just a touch of paradise

  Just a touch of paradise

  • Guest Heath
  • Date of stay 06/24/11
  • Review Submitted 07/21/11
  We arrived after a busy 18 days driving around Eastern Europe and felt as if we had come home. Sitting on the terrace sipping a glass ot two of the delicious red wines recommended by our hosts Rob and Jane (who were also wonderfully helpful organising the tasting of these wines at the vineyards), watching the sun set over the glorious scenery of rural Umbria and, as night drew in, the flickering of fire flies began.......it was magical. The recently added swimming pool was great on the very hot days that we experienced during our stay. Our appartment was spotlessly clean and spacious. It was well equipped, low key but very comfortable - even better than we expected from the website photos and description. This part of Italy is really central for exploring both Umbria and Tuscany by car or train. Our hosts have a great local knowldge and were tremendously helpful as we planned day excursions from there. We walked across the fields to Lippiano, a tiny historic town, for coffee. We had great pizza and gelato in Citta di Castello -and watched a parade celebrating the Corpus Christi. We went to Bevagna to join in the Medieval fair, to Spello where artists had 'painted' religious artwork in flower petals.......Assisi and Florence are easy day trips. After which you head 'home' to sit on the terrace and regale our hosts with our adventures over more Italian red. We loved our stay and will always recommend it to our friends, family and anyone else who is interested. We will be back there next year for certain.

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, sightseeing, romantic getaway, adventure seekers.

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• Simply the best!

  Simply the best!

  • Guest Trevor and Carol
  • Date of stay 05/12/11
  • Review Submitted 06/12/11
  We had 8 days with Rob and Jane. We are a 50 something couple from New Zealand and were having our first Italian experience accompanied by our daughter resident in the UK but celebrating her 30th birthday with us. Tersalle ticked all our boxes. It was quiet and the immediate environs were full of real people and real Italian rural life. From the kids from the neighbouring farm driving off to school in their 3 wheeler scooter trucks to the bar 20 minutes walk away in Lippiano and that charmer Marchello and his family in their 'supermarket' a short 10 minutes drive away. With a dozen hilltop villages within 30 minutes by car Tersalle is a great launching pad as well as being a restorative oasis. Tersalle is not a resort. Herein lies it's charm. It is an Italian farmhouse very comfortably furnished and with a good level of appointment and room to spread out in the most picturesque environment imaginable. Rob and Jane are great hosts. They shared a meal with us early in our stay while Rob was a mine of information on the area and on Italy generally. Birthday balloons for our daughter were a nice touch! At the same time, there is all the privacy you need. On our Italian adventure we visited Florence, Naples, Rome and Tersalle. We will return to Tersalle!

  Recommended for: Age 55+, girls getaway, sightseeing, romantic getaway.

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• Wonderful Holiday

  Wonderful Holiday

  • Guest JennyK
  • Date of stay 05/12/11
  • Review Submitted 05/26/11
  Having just spent three hot, hectic days in Florence, Casa Tersalle was the perfect location to relax and reflect on the first part of our trip. All the basics are covered (often this is not the case, so it's worth mentioning!): the booking process is easy, accurate and friendly (conversing with a real person is great!), the price is very reasonable, the house is spotless, the hosts are welcoming and the accomodation is just like it seems on the website - actually, it exceeded our expectations. The house is spacious, rustic, very comfortable and full of interesting books and information on the local area. There is so much to do; everyday could be a adventure filled with walking in the hills (gorgeous scenery), exploring the tiny and beautiful hill top villiages only minutes away, travelling to and from the larger cities (so many are only a day-trip away) and sampling the local cuisine at one of the many excellent restaurants.... however, we enjoyed the villa so much we had an equally good time cooking up local produce from the local store (the hilarious store-owner becoming a mate for a week!), drinking too much wine on the terrace and traipsing up a track to the nearest village to sample gelato overlooking the stunning farmland. Jane and Rob deserve a special mention - I came to Italy to celebrate my 30th Birthday, and remembering this they left a lovely bottle of bubbles in the fridge (on top of the posh biscuits and wine in the gift basket left in the kitchen), and decorated the porch with balloons on my birthday. They are full tips and hints about the local area, helped us make restaurant bookings, advised us on the next part of our Italian adventure, introduced us to amazing Italian BBQ sausages and Rob even took us on a great tour of Citta di Castello. We really enjoyed sharing a small part of our holiday with Jane and Rob - but if you're looking to be left entirely to your own devices, Casa Tersalle is also the perfect private holiday retreat, with hosts available to help when you need them. I really hope to be back at Casa Tersalle soon!

  Recommended for: Age 55+, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sightseeing, families with young children, romantic getaway, adventure seekers.

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2013             5-8 PEOPLE    2-4 PEOPLE     2013/14       5-8 PEOPLE  2-4 PEOPLE
                                              Dec 21-Jan 04   €700       €550
Mar 23 - June 01   €700         €550          Jan 04-Apr 05   €450       €350
June 01 - Sept 28  €900         €750          Apr 05-May 31   €700       €550
Sept 28 - Nov 02   €700         €550          May 31-Sept 27  €900       €750
Nov 02 - Dec 21    €450         €350          Sept 27-Nov 01  €700       €550
Weekday arrival/departure: supplement of €70
One extra bedroom (2-4 people): €70 supplement per week

Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.