CERRO VILLA-EXC/POOL-EXC/SPOLETO 7 KMS/ROME 1 HR

ADDRESS of Cerro Cottage is : Localita Cerro 15, Frazione Eggi, Spoleto 06049 (PG) Co-ordinates: 42.755387 12.793472 FAIRY TALE, DETACHED VILLA - SPACIOUS AND COMFORTABLE. THIS IS A HOME ! STANDS IN OWN PRIVATE GROUNDS… EXCLUSIVELY YOURS ! PRIVATE EXCLUSIVE POOL ON SITE ! A FEW METRES FROM VILLA. GATED. SENSATIONAL VIEWS ALL AROUND ! PLEASE NOTE THE REFUNDABLE DAMAGE DEPOSIT OF 300 EUROS ONLY ONLY ONLY APPLIES TO DAMAGE TO THE POOL UMBRELLA.. 8 kms to Spoleto Central. SUMMARY..... Comfortably furnished with 4 double bedrooms and 2 shower rooms (1 with tub). An open plan ground floor consists of 1 very large sitting room with fire-place, 1 dining area and 1 fully fitted kitchen with dish-washer. A BBQ is situated under a covered terrace that opens onto a large terrace with magnificent mountain and valley views. A beautiful pool with the same sensational mountain and valley views all around completed this idyllic holiday villa. Cerro Cottage is a holiday home, owned by a Danish couple, Thomas and Tina, who are close friends of ours. They are away for much of the year, and, therefore, this beautiful home is available on the holiday rental market when they are not there. Part of a fortification for the Duke of Spoleto in the 1600s, it is 9 kms from central Spoleto. EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOUR USE - PRIVATE POOL..... Please note that one side of the pool, where you see the rail, there is a steep drop. This means that children must be supervised around the pool at all times. 6 X 3 metres large 1.2 metres deep Wide sunbathing/lounging space around 2 sides of the pool LOCATION.... From central Spoleto, it takes about 15 minutes to reach this extremely pretty, detached cottage. About 4 miles along a quiet country road, sensationally beautiful countryside tumbling below, as you gently meander skywards, you reach a plateau on the hill-side. Turn left and follow a country lane for a further 1 km or so (it is easily drivable if you don’t drive like Michael Schumacher - it’s slightly bumpy towards the end), along a mountain ridge that joins the tiny hamlet to the “mainland” and skirts a deep valley of vineyards, poppy fields and olive groves between the 2 points. In a fairy tale hamlet, consisting of just a few other abodes, Cerro Cottage stands alone, its windows and its large terrace looking out onto yellow seas of sunflowers, illuminating the hill sides with their candescent shimmer, and blood red oceans of poppies that daub the land in vibrancy and drama. On the other side of the vast chasm, the road from whence you came continues to wend its way to the top of purple tipped mountains that soar above the valleys, stretching towards the blinding, deep blue heavens, while casting sun drenched reflections amidst the rippling grasses and searing the landscape with heat and beauty. Enveloped by sun, colour and mesmeric views, embedded in a golden tapestry, as far as the eye can see, this is all “yours” for the duration of your stay. Assisi, Gubbio, Todi, Orvieto, Trevi, Montefalco, Bevagna, Spello, Perugia are all just a hop, skip and a jump away. Rome is 1 hr 15 mins by car or 1hr 20 mins by train from Spoleto train station. INTERIOR OF CERRO COTTAGE.... Stepping from the blinding splendour of this quintessentially Umbrian world, into this magnificent stone cottage, you enter a state of tranquillity and elegance. A magnificent sitting room with a separate dining area, beckons your senses to take a break and to be calm in the cool interior. The furnishings are up-market, comfortable and practical, all designed to enable easy living! Up 5 shallow steps is the fully fitted kitchen with work surfaces, a dish washer and all the usual gizmos. On the ground floor, directly off the sitting/dining room is a double bedroom. Directly off the kitchen is the dining area and a shower room. From the kitchen, up a sturdy spiral staircase, is a corridor, which opens onto 3 more double bedrooms. On this floor is a 2nd shower room with a tub. The 2nd double bedroom on this floor is down 5 steps. Most windows have spell-blinding views. The cottage is fully equipped as a home rather than as a holiday rental. So, staying in this house, you will want for nothing. Indeed, this is the closest to Paradise that anyone could want for. A BEAUTIFUL FRUIT GARDEN ! In the garden are some tempting fruit trees : cherry, plum, apple, fig and pomegranate - all yours for the taking! GUIDED TOURS ON OFFER : A WALK IN TO THE PALE'S FALLS: a fascinating easy walking discovering the secret beauty of the Falls of Menotre River, completely immersed in a flourishing vegetation and green magical wood (25' driving from Spoleto) A WALK IN THE MAJESTIC MARMORE WATERFALLS: an exciting 2-hours excursion admiring the highest falls in Europe with a walk into the Parco Fluviale del Nera for an unbelievable experience of the powerful falling of the Velino river into Nera River. The several pathways will bring visitors to admire many fascinating panorama of the waterfalls HIKING THE SACRED FOREST OF MONTELUCO: an half-day hiking the sacred mountain of Spoleto, Monteluco. Following the ancient hermits pathway, visitors will discover the long-living holiness of the mountain since the pre-Roman Age. After an hour walk we will reach the top and we will rest for a cappuccino and restroom then we will proceed visiting the Sacred wood and its natural caves of early Christian hermits, together with the St. Francis Convent of 1218. (3-hours tour) WINE AND OLIVE OIL EXPERIENCE: a full-day tour dedicated to the tasting of the best Umbrian wine and olive-oil production, with a walk in Montefalco, considered the Wine Capital of Umbria and visiting a local winery, cellar visit and beautiful pairing lunch in the cellar, tasting Grechetto, Rosso di Montefalco, Sagrantino di Montefalco and local traditional food - on the way back stop in a local olive mill discovering the secrets of the Gold of Umbria with a nice bruschetta tasting. ANYTHING NOT ON THIS LIST - JUST ASK. All activities subject to availability.