ROME COUNTRY, VIEWS, VINEYARDS, EASY CITY ACCESS BY TRAIN

2022 is Filling Up! Book your favorite vacation slot. The Casale is A Great Value for a full service villa - our 34 amazing reviews tell it all! Perfect for Families, Couples and Friends & Small Group Travel. Included: breakfast & housekeeping, trip advice. Heat is Extra based upon consumption. Catered Dinners, Tour guide/Tours, Cooking & Painting Classes, Winery visits with local sommelier and other extras upon request. All COVID19 required rules and practices are expected of our guests and Casale owner staff and visitors. If you have to isolate, there is no better place to hang out than the CASALE! Over the past 30 years, travelers have enjoyed an authentic Italian experience staying at our lovingly maintained 18th Century villa and ancestral home, "Casale Sonnino". The Villa is set amidst thirty acres of working vineyards and olive groves and is built upon 2000 year-old roman foundations which can be viewed in the basement. The property is located in Monte Porzio Catone, which is just 3 kilometers from Frascati and 30 minutes from the heart of Rome by car or very convenient train at Frascati or Colle Mattia. The Casale Sonnino sleeps up to ten in five plus bedrooms (5 double occupancy upstairs, 1 ground floor single) and three full baths (2 upstairs, 1 ground floor). However two couples have enjoyed sharing this homey, yet elegant historic home as well. The upstairs bedrooms have queen beds or they can be split apart for singles sharing a room. Also upstairs is a very large terrace with chairs, a tent pergola for meals and a ping pong table. The panoramic view stretching from Rome to the Apennine mountains is spectacular - especially when sharing a bottle of Frascati wine and appetizers at sunset. On the ground level, there is a 20' x 40' living/dining room for gathering and dining. It features a grand fireplace and chandelier. A TV and breakfast room, with southern light looks out to the garden. The vintage-style cooks kitchen has marble top table in the center and updated appliances including a stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave and toaster oven. There is an extensive collection of pots and pans, kitchen tools and spices for your use. Outside the front door: In nice weather, the best place for a delightful meal is under the grape pergola in the garden by the vineyard. A continental breakfast is included in your rental price as is daily housekeeping (excluding Sundays and holidays) . For other meals, you can shop in local markets and prepare your own feasts in the fully equipped kitchen. Have a gourmet dinner or several catered by us or a local personal chef. Or you may dine out at one of the many favorite local restaurants (we'll share ours!) or discover a trattoria on a trip to the countryside villages in Lazio. In Italy, there are so just so many places to eat and wines to love! How long does one stay at the Casale and see Rome? If you only have a week, we recommend: 2 or 3 days in Rome, 2 days of day-tripping to Umbria, Tuscany or Lazio and the rest exploring the nearby Castelli Romani towns of Castel Gandolfo, Ariccia, Nemi, Frascati and Grottaferrata. During the summer, nearby Lago Albano has beach facilities where you can rent chairs and umbrella, paddle boats and go swimming in a clean lake. There is also a jogging trail that runs all around the lake and restaurants with splendid views.