Modern Villa Set Amidst Olives And Fruit Trees

Villa Fontanino (ref: 501) is an elegant modern villa, carefully designed to offer both comfort and energy efficiency. It is set in a very large garden, which includes a grove of 110 olive trees, as well as fruit trees such as apples, cherries, pomegranate, pears, plums, freioje and figs.

The living area offers a large living room with fireplace and direct access to the panoramic terraces. There is a large open plan kitchen and dining area, also with a fireplace, which opens onto the porch. The latter overlooks a barbecue area set among the olives trees.

Stairs with elegant wrought iron balustrades lead to the upper floor, where there are five large bedrooms, three of them with private panoramic balconies.

There is also a large ’taverna’ - a traditional entertaining area with its own kitchen and large entertaining area, also opening onto the garden.

The walls of the villa are reinforced concrete with advanced insulation, double wall perforations and provision for 2 cm Stirodur panels for thermal insulation. Eolo internet connection, video surveillance system with 7 cameras and 6 external motion sensors, siren alarm connected to a mobile app.

ISOLA DEL LIRI AND THE CIOCIARIA

Isola del Liri is one of the major medieval 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 historic centre of Isola del Liri is actually on an island formed by the convergence of two rivers with a spectacular waterfall forming the focal point of the old town.

The historic centre of Isola del Liri is actually on an island formed by the convergence of two rivers with a spectacular waterfall forming the focal point of the old town. The town has many festival throughout the year, including long standing blues festival (this is why it is twinned with New Orleans). The historic centre is particularly known for its many bars and restaurants.

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 Isola del Liri 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 publicized 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 Arpino, Veroli, Alatri or in the rolling countryside including Isola del Liri 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.

VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007, his agency is one of the largest and most highly-regarded real estate agents in the area and he has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.