Luxury Vacation Rentals

6 Bedrooms and 5 Bathrooms (Sleeps 11)

This elegant, gracious yet surprisingly cozy villa is located high up in a pine forest overlooking the historic walled town of Orvieto, about 40 miles north of Rome. A much loved private home, it has been in the same family for generations and it shows. The lavish gardens are filled with plants and flowers from all over the world, mementos from the owners’ distinguished diplomatic career. Plush chintz sofas, a welcoming marble fire place and lovely French doors leading out to the magnificent gardens all add to the comfort of this very pretty villa.

After entering through a wisteria-covered loggia filled with comfortable furniture for dining out on summer evenings, you come to the impressive stone hallway leading to the three connected reception rooms. Choose between the comfy study, the formal living room and the stately dining room adjoining the main kitchen. A separate smaller kitchen, eating area and bedroom with bath and shower are also on the ground floor. Climb the impressive stairway to another sitting room and the additional bedrooms and bathrooms upstairs.

Perhaps best of all is the large, beautiful 12m x 5.5m swimming pool surrounded by morning glory covered pergolas and lovely exotic flowers from all over the world. Because of its altitude cool breezes relieve even the hottest summer days. An ideal spot from which to visit the treasures of both Tuscany and Umbria, Casa Raffaella is a prefect retreat for the most discerning traveler.

Ground Floor:

Loggia leading to gardens for outdoor dining
Dining room with fireplace
Living room with fireplace
Study
2 kitchens (one has a fireplace)
Double bedroom with a bathroom (shower) and private entrance

First Floor:
Large sitting room
Double bedroom with bathroom en suite
Double bedroom with bathroom en suite
Twin bedroom with bathroom en suite (shower)
Double bedroom with a bathroom
Single bedroom (quite small)

Amenities: Telephone, TV, washing machine, dishwasher

Staff: Maid service 4 hours per day 6 days per week

Services available at additional cost: Cook

Notes:
Children under 7 by special arrangement:
There is a cottage, which may be rented with 2 additional bedrooms and bathrooms

Distances: Orvieto station 12 km: Orvieto 22 km: Todi 45 km: Spoleto 80 km; Rome Airport: 100 km  Assisi 100 km: Siena 100 km: Florence 130 km

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4 Bedrooms and 5 Bathrooms (Sleeps 8 plus 3 children)

Nestled in one of the most beautiful valleys in Umbria, Villa Helena was originally a small farming village. Now after years of meticulous restoration it has become an exquisitely beautiful villa, so lovely in fact that it was featured in Architectural Digest.

The villa is made up of two adjacent houses connected by a loggia and a stone courtyard. The living and entertaining area is in one of the houses and the sleeping area in the other. Every room has a wood-burning fireplace and each bedroom has an bathroom en suite Outside is a charming, small chapel and a gorgeous swimming pool overlook the vast countryside.

There are spectacular views from all the windows looking out over medieval hill towns, sunflower fields, olive groves and ancient ruins. Just half a mile away are tennis courts where professional instructors are available and a mile away is an Olympic sized swimming pool and outdoor running track where the Rome team practices. Spoleto, home of the world famous music and arts festival, is also nearby.

Entertaining Wing

• Large country kitchen with dining table in front of the fireplace, sofa and chairs. It opens onto an outside porch covered by a pergola and has a stone mill table and chairs.
• Spacious dining room with cathedral ceilings and skylight. The refectory table seats 12 and faces a large fireplace with sofa and leather club chairs.
• Large living room with fireplace and views facing north, east and south.
• Open loft study over the living room overlooks the dining room and has its own private terrace
• Bathroom
• Outside porch with tables and chairs connects the two houses and overlooks the courtyard and wheat fields

Sleeping Wing

• Bedroom with queen-size bed, fireplace, bathroom en suite and staircase to study with twin beds and small terrace
• Bedroom with queen-size bed, fireplace, bathroom en suite and staircase to a study with a sofa
• Bedroom with queen-size bed, fireplace and bathroom en suite, which opens into its own living room with a sleeping sofa for a child
• Bedroom with twin beds and bathroom en suite

Amenities: Washing machine, dryer, fax, central heat, ceiling fans, CD player, telephone and video

Services Available at an Additional Cost: Two Italian women live near by and can clean and cook as needed

Distances: Olympic sized pool ½ mile, tennis courts 1 mile, Todi 15 minutes, Spoleto 40 minutes, Assisi 40 minutes, Perugia 50 minutes, Rome 2 hours

Pamela H. Murdock – More Info