Holiday apartment for max. 3 persons
Proceno, Lazio, (Monti Volsini), Italy

Nice and large apartment for 2/3 Persons, 60 sqm, ground floor with private sitting area. Kitchen corner - living/dining room with single sofa bed - 1 double bedroom - 1 bathroom .

Access to this apartment is further along the same street that provides access to the other three apartments of the castle’s courtyard. Private entrance is up a vaulted internal staircase that opens onto a living room with single sofa bed and fireplace. The wall that hosts the fireplace separates the living room from the spacious dining room with kitchen corner, complete with gas range and fridge. This dining room is beautiful and airy. One side of it was obtained by glassing-in a row of arches that overlook the internal courtyard. Glass doors in the kitchen area open onto this courtyard which is equipped with garden furniture for this apartment's use. Back in the living room, to one side at the top of the entrance stairs is a landing with doors to the double bedroom and to the complete bathroom with shower.

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These magnificent holiday accommodations are located in a castle in the first town of Lazio just over the border with Tuscany.

Dating back to the 12th century, this castle has a pentagonal base which incorporates a main tower and two secondary towers interconnected by walkways and a drawbridge, one of 19 still working in Italy.

The castle looms over the Via Cassia and dominates the valley of the Paglia River, with Mount Amiata in the background. Surrounded by woods and green valleys, this rare example of medieval fortification survives in its original state and offers charming accommodations and a wonderful hospitality, where one can breathe history and culture without renouncing modern comforts.

The castle consists of 7 holiday apartments. Three flats are in the 14th century fort attached to one side of the castle by the town’s defensive walls. Although they share a common access, as well as the path leading through the gardens to the swimming pool (12x6 mt, open from middle May to middle October), each is completely independent and has its own private furnished outdoor area.

Clustered around a medieval courtyard are the other four flats, also with private outdoor areas and connected to the swimming pool by an ancient tunnel passing under the castle. All the apartments have a fireplace well stocked with wood for romantic, cosy evenings.

These holiday apartments are a little paradise where to escape from modern life. Situated just outside the ramparts is the swimming pool surrounded by spacious grounds with wide panoramic terraces connected to the tower gardens with its lemon trees and box hedges, old wisteria covering the stone walls, Banksianae roses lying against ancient trees, streams of iris painting the landscape and towering cypresses. Overlooking the swimming pool, a restored ancient barn hosts the restaurant where one can savour long forgotten recipes and typical regional food immersed in the peace and beauty of the surrounding gardens.

Half way between Florence and Rome (both at 150 km), the castle is in an ideal position for visiting most art centres of central Italy. The surroundings offer Orvieto, Pitigliano, Lake Bolsena, Tuscania, Viterbo, Pienza and Montepulciano. This extraordinary residence is also a perfect location for a magnificent wedding and other events. Please contact us for more information.