1 bedroom apartment, 85 m²

Tocco da Casauria, Pescara (province)

For sale apartment (former prison) on the ground floor in an ancient palace in the historic centre of the medieval hamlet of Tocco da Casauria. The property is in fair condition and immediately habitable, the bathroom has to be renovated, the roof was renovated in 2019. The apartment is composed of a habitable kitchen, living room, one bedroom and one bathroom. Completes the property with a small external storage. The inside of the apartment is characterised by barrel ceilings, part of the floors are in stone, in some doors there still is an eyehole to check on the detainee, windows with shutters and grates, graffiti on the old doors to signal the passage of the days. A true jump in the past at a great price. Ideal to be used as a vacation home and B&B. With possibility of purchasing also the apartment on the first floor. The favorable position allows to reach on foot various services such as grocery and general stores, bakery, butcher, fruit and vegetable store, bar, ice cream store, restaurants, post and bank offices, and territorial hospital. The village is located on the border of the Majella Geopark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is possible to reach Pescara and the sea of the Abruzzo coast by car in 30 minutes, and with the same timing, the historic village of Sulmona. Rome can be reached in two hours thanks to numerous daily connections by both bus and train. Tocco da Casauria is world-famous for the production of: excellent extra virgin olive oil; excellent Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine; and Centerbe liqueur composed of "one hundred" wild herbs gathered for centuries from the surrounding Morrone mountains.