4 bedrooms farmhouse, 394 m²

Alvito, Frosinone (province)

This independent farmhouse in Alvito is beautifully located in an enchanting setting and ideal for those who love to live away from everyday stress, uplifted by spectacular views of mountain and valley and surrounded by nature and history. The house is arranged over 4 levels, part of which is a residential building with the remainder storage, workshop, garage and cellar. The property includes land of about 2500 m², rights over an ancient common farmyard not far away and a courtyard in front of 160 m². The courtyard has an adjoining space with tiled roof that could be used for an additional parking space, shed, workshop or laundry. Predisposition for connection to methane system installation.

The property is located in a commanding elevated position, on top of a hill overlooking the beautiful Piana di Alvito and immersed in the green hills with a panoramic view that quite simply leaves one breathless. This gorgeous location is not only possessed of this spectacular view,  the stunning valley and the imposing mountains but it also looks out over the ancient and evocative hilltop Castle of Alvito , an important fortress of the Comino Valley.

The layout of the farmhouse consists of the floor below the road, a charming stone environment (former stables) consisting of 2 very large rooms, utility room, cistern and cave. On the ground floor we find a hallway with access to the kitchen with fireplace and wood-burning oven, an internal storage room, a room currently used as a bedroom, a bathroom with tub and further storage room that can be used as a laundry or service room.. 

On the first floor there is a  second kitchen with fireplace, a master bedroom, a utility room with a window, another bedroom with the possibility of a walk-in closet and finally a second bathroom with tub. The second floor (attic) requires some interior finishing and has an entrance with a hallway that leads to 4 important rooms. There is ample opportunity here for a stylish imaginative and interesting refurbishment and this area opens onto a balcony 15 metres long by 2 metres wide, sunny and with a panoramic view that really must be seen to be fully appreciated.

This property not only offers exciting redecoration and renovation potential and a beautiful location nestled in nature and close to the Abruzzo National Park but a unique position affording it a panoramic view which is difficult to adequately describe in words. The beautiful eden like Val di Comino unfurls below, scattered with olive groves, vineyards and clusters of trees, the valley is dotted with impossibly pretty medieval villages which at night seem to levitate above the valley floor and appear as twinkling jewels adorning the sweeping mountainsides - and those mountains! Exquisitely snow capped in winter, cool in the summer heat, precipitous peaks and  forested flanks populated by bears and eagles, deepest green close by, hazy blue in the distance as they surround and embrace the valley all the while lending it a climate buffered from the extremes of the plains closer to the coast. Really, this place must be seen to be believed, to sit on the terrace and look out at all of this, to be surrounded by such beauty, to be uplifted by such a spectacle - an opportunity not to be missed. 

Alvito is one of the major medieval hilltop towns in the area of Italy called the Ciociaria, the name given to the fertile land that lies south of Rome but north of Naples, situated inland in the hills in the heart of Italy.  The Ciociaria region is within easy reach of both Rome and Naples and their respective airports. A day's shopping in Rome is a common pastime, while an even shorter drive brings you to the charming beaches south of Rome. Alternatively, drive east, and the mountains of the Abruzzo National Park await with horse trekking in the magnificent beech forests, and sparkling mountain lakes and rivers where you can swim in the heat of the summer. And at the other extreme of temperature, although Alvito itself is temperate, less than an hour's drive brings you to the winter ski slopes.  

Often overlooked, both by tourists and by those foreigners in search of an Italian home, in favour of the more publicised regions of Tuscany and Umbria, the Ciociaria remains largely an unspoilt gem with beautiful scenery and medieval hilltop towns. A home or second home in the Ciociaria, in the hilltop towns of Alvito, Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside that surrounds them, will afford you a setting where over two thousand years of history combine with an idyllic rural Italian lifestyle, where you can still discover the 'real' Italy and take time out from the busy crowds of the larger tourist cities, while being less than ninety minutes journey from central Rome or either of Rome's two airports.