2 bedrooms self-contained apartment, 83 m²

Arpino, Frosinone (province)

This spacious two bedroom apartment of 75 m² in the historic heart of Arpino is located in a wonderful old neighbourhood and only a few steps from Corso Tulliano where we find the splendid panorama of the Belvedere. The house consists of a ground floor where we have a large cellar of 30 m² with provision for a possible kitchen and which has an existing service bathroom. On the first floor we find a nicely proportioned living room with a small balcony overlooking Via Lucio Fadio, a bedroom, still overlooking the alley and continuing we have a kitchen, a bathroom with bathtub and a second bedroom.

The floor coverings upstairs are completely in very attractive terrazzo tiles, the basement is fully tiled in ceramic. The apartment has internal wooden doors and timber framed single-glazed windows, the heating and hot water systems are on the city methane connection, services are connected. 

Overall, with modest restyling, redecoration and nice furnishings, the apartment could become an excellent home or second home very convenient to all types of services, such as grocery stores, pharmacies, post offices, banks, entertainment venues and much more.

Arpino is one of the major medieval hilltop 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 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 Arpino 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 publicised 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 Alvito or in the rolling countryside 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.