Location: Montefalco, Umbria, Italy, Europe (2hrs Rome/Ancona Airprts, 45mns Perugia Airprt. Foligno rail) View Map
Accommodations: Apartment, 1 Bedroom + Attached Unit, 1 Bath (Sleeps 2-4)
Situated just a few steps from the main piazza at the top of the town with views across the valley to other hilltowns nestling on the Apennine range in the distance.This very special place is right in the centre of the delightful hilltown of Montefalco.
Restored by owner and artist Neil Moore with extraordinary authenticity.Once part of a cardinal’s residence this exquisitely decorated place preserves the colours and forms of its Medieval and Renaissance past.
The three rooms are of generous proportions and contain original oak beam ceilings, floors in terra cotta, and simple but exotic furnishings including an Etruscan cinerary urn as the bathroom hand basin.
Expertly modernised in a way that harmonizes with its historic detail it will provide a comfortable and beautiful experience in the the heart of one of the gems of Umbria's hilltowns. The house itself is in a quiet side street - the most photographed in town - with cafes and restaurants just paces away in the main piazza.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Washer
- Linens Provided
- Beds
- Double Bed
- Child Bed (2) : Sofas in the living room convert to beds
- Convertible Bed
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- Video Library
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Music Library
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Catering Available
- View/Location
- Mountain View: Glimpses of the characteristic Umbrian patchwork landscape and the Appennine mountain range from the living area.
- Communications
- Computer: Available during office hours
- Computer w/ Dial-up Internet: Available during office hours
- Broadband Internet
- WiFi (Wireless Internet)
- Other Amenities
- Stereo CD Player, Fully equipped Kitchen, Cooking Utensils, all Linens provided, Washing machine
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Hiking
- Museums
- Other Activities
- Exquisite walks through nearby forests or numerous surrounding country lanes, closest large shopping town is Foligno but also nearby to Spoleto Assisi and Perugia shopping experiences, There are numerous excellent restaurants in the town, with the very best l'Alchimista just outside in the piazza, Montefalco won the award for Italy's best red wine in 1998, with the Sagrantino red, Museums containing a range of late medieval and early renaissance frescoes, Close to several major Umbrian towns of historic and artistic interest
Rate Details (In Euro)
Euro €100/nt .. Euro €650/wk .. Euro €1800/mo .. Euro €4500/3mo
Includes all heating, gas, water, electricity.
Longer term Sabbatical rental rates can be negotiated
Optional Cleaning, Catering and/or Breakfast Services available
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Credit Cards Accepted:
Map & Owner's Profile
Casa Cardinale Montefalco
Year Purchased: 2001
Why the Owner Chose Montefalco
We live in the countryside just near Montefalco. We needed an office and considered the gorgeous nearby hilltown so that we could have an urban base, enjoy the cafes, restaurants and lifestyle - and in particular the award winning wines. Our office takes up the street level space and the rental aprtment is upstairs, so we are often on hand if needed.
The Unique Benefits at this Apartment
The apartment is very close to Montefalco's central piazza, and just a few paces from Umbria's best cook in the restaurant Alchimista. The town has recently established itself onthe wine lover's circut with its Sagrantino red wine, recently winning awards as Italy's best red. Sitting in the piazza at sunset with a glass of this liquid treasure, adn some local pecorino cheeses, and wild boar salami helps keep me focussed on life's essentials
Patrizia has to be the best traditional Umbrian chef of the moment
You can park in the piazza to load, unload, or leave overnight. Otherwise pay (very little) per hour from 9am til 8pm
Owner's Map of Montefalco
We moved to Umbria 20 years ago from Australia. We have had two children born here, go to school here and we run a series of tour itineraries based on the study of the late medieval, early renaissance fresco cycles in surrounding hilltowns.
Property Photos
- The entrance from via Porta Camiano only paces from the piazza - Montefalco, Umbria, Italy Vacation Apartment Half an Hour from Spoleto!
- Streets of Montefalco - Montefalco, Umbria, Italy Vacation Apartment Half an Hour from Spoleto!
- The building fromthe back - the apartment on the first floor, our office below - Montefalco, Umbria, Italy Vacation Apartment Half an Hour from Spoleto!
- Cobbled streets below. Lots of windows - lots of Views.
- The view of the street from the piazza. Door just to the left.
- Sunny views
- Montefalco's main piazza is outside the door with fabulous restaurants & cafes
- Cafes - this one just as you arrive in the piazza.
- Porta Agostino. Montefalco's entrance gate
- Comfortable lounges convert to 2 single beds
- The Main bedroom with ensuite
- Kitchen
- The bedroom maintains the cardinale's designs and colours
- Beautiful walks in the surrounding countryside
- Porta Camiano - your closest entrance gate from the outside by foot
- The countryside just outside the walls of the town
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Dear Carol, Thank you VERY much for making available to us such a perfect vacation. I have traveled a lot over the years, but cannot remember enjoying before anything quite so fairy-tale like. The pictures truly do not represent the beauty, quality and care evident in the apt. Anyone could have happily just moved in. Your advice to use the book for a restaurant destination was also right on. You are wrong about Vassani, and I would without exception recommend it to your clients if they could possibly afford it. They have a fixed price menu, so at least there would be no surprise. You and everyone else there were so friendly and generous. This would have been such an exception in most places, One day we found ourselves in a town, headed into to avoid the truck fumes on the way back to the tunnel from Norcia, and thought we’d get a cold drink. The little town on a hill, Valle something, had literally not one commercial place as we stolled though its winding walkways. The grandmas sitting out front, if here, would have had shotguns or at least made it very clear: what the hell were we doing there? But no, we got smiles and hellos. You furnished the apt. with such nice things. I hope we left it in the same condition in which we found it, at least we did try. We will return, and this time you will find us on a big motorcycle. As for me, I’d pick up and move to the area on the fly tomorrow. Again, thank you for “setting the table” for us. We are sincerely appreciative. Yours, Gail Simon and Matt Gannon