Villa Isabella was built in 1800 and has the typical structure of
the important villas of that century, with wonderful ancient frescoes and
decorations on ceilings and walls of the rooms. It has been recently
restored with all comforts of very high standard, but leaving untouched the
very special original structure: inside its walls you can breathe in and
feel the scent and atmosphere of the 19th century. The furniture are very
important of ancient Umbrian production originating from the owner’s
ancestors. The Villa is 500 sq.m. wide, divided in two floors with a large
and easy staircase. The material are all ancient and hand-made: “cotto” of
local furnaces in all rooms, Carrara marble in entrance and stairs,
hand-painted tiles from Vietri (Naples) with wonderful decorations of
flowers or 1800 typical geometric designs in the bathrooms. A wide and
luxurios fenced garden with century trees and ancient roses surrounds the
Villa, giving to the guests the possibility of enjoying an exclusive and
relaxed stay: it is equipped with tables, chairs, armchairs.
Ground-floor:
- Entrance
- Important 1800 Living room with direct access to the garden.
-Living-room studio with Sat/Tv, CD player, Hi-Fi stereo, ancient piano,
library.
- Dining room
- Small toilet with ancient tiles. - Large well equipped kitchen with
ancient marble for 10 people, fireplace to grill food, refrigerator,
freezer, dishwasher, electric oven, large gas cooking machine, electric long
or espresso coffee machine, an internal room for storages, door to the
garden.
- Laundry with washing-machine and iron-board. - Service room with
bathroom
First floor:
- Important 1800 living room with frescoes on the ceiling, small balcony
overlooking the medieval town of Orvieto;
- 2 queen size bedrooms;
- 2 Twin ( Can be changed in double );
- 4 Bathrooms : 2 with tube, 2 with shower.
Services:
Weekly bath-bedroom linen change, linen for the pool, cleaning service 2
hours per day ( 1 maid ) 5 days a week
Maid extra service and extra linen change payable separately,
Power, gas, warm water included. Use of mobile cell, rechargeable with
cards to buy. Garden cleaning service.
The lovely pool is for the exclusive use of
the Villa and the nearby 5 holiday apartments of
Farmhouse La
Badia18.
Activities on site or nearby: Museums - Churches - Historic palaces - Orvieto
underground travel - St. Patrick's well - Etruscan Necropolis - Lake
Bolsena - Underground Wine cellars - Olive harvest - Wine harvest -
Italian wine tasting - Horseback riding - Tennis - Pool - Fitness -
Sightseeing in hilltowns and medieval cities - Open air weekly markets -
Shopping - Typical Orvieto's restaurants - Orvieto Theatre - Concerts -
Orvieto Slow Food feast - Umbria Jazz Winter festival - Traditional and
religious events in Umbria -
Villa Isabella is perfect for a get away. You
are an easy 5 minute drive to the A1 Motorway and Rome is 60
minutes by car, the city of Florence is linked by a very fast train.
Siena, Montepulciano, Todi, Perugia, Assisi , Città della Pieve, Viterbo
and Lake Bolsena, are accessible within a reasonable driving
time. Siena 100 Km, Florence 160 Km, , Rome 130
Km. , Todi 40 kms , Assisi 80 km, Perugia 70 km. , Lake Bolsena 20 km.
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