4 bedrooms villa, 720 m²

Arpino, Frosinone (province)

Large, 720 m² villa under construction for sale in Arpino. Located in the very pleasant residential neighbourhood of Collecarino, in a unique, dominant and panoramic position. It is easily reachable with direct access from Via Collecarino. This enviable site has a garden as well as  adjoining olive grove, total land of approximately 16,000 m². The property is entirely fenced and the house has an elegant and substantial boundary wall with entrance from Via Collecarino for both vehicles and pedestrians.

This very impressive villa is unique in terms of size, location and architectural structure. It is arranged over three levels plus basement. The upper two floors for residential accommodation,  with a tavern area below. The lower basement could be configured to your own specifications and used for storage, as cellars, garage or workshop. 

The gate leads directly through the main entryway to the ground floor (225 m²) with generously proportioned rooms including the kitchen area, possible dining room, living room and study. This floor also has a bathroom and a hallway and is very nicely laid out. The FIRST FLOOR of 155 m²  has three bedrooms, a bathroom, corridor, loggia and terrace. The BASEMENT/TAVERNA FLOOR 1 (190 m²) has a large area well suited to a taverna or hobby room as well as a bathroom, cellars, laundry room, storage areas and triple garage. The BASEMENT 2 completes the house and has rooms intended for use as a bathroom as well as ample space for storage, workshop or project room. 

The house sits on a particularly good site in a good location with garden and olive grove of approximately 16,000 m² in total, (a little under 4 Acres). The panoramic view from the property is quite simply breathtaking. Beautiful Italian countryside rolling away into the distance, terraced olive groves, pretty houses and a quintessential Italian mix of farm and forest, scattered hilltop towns and untamed nature, all blanket the earth as far as the horizon line of distant and jagged blue mountain ranges. 

Currently the villa is equipped with external infill panels, internal partitions, roof covering and an important and elegant enclosure wall on Via Collecarino. It has a driveway in place and the pedestrian gate and wall are adorned with skillfully designed wrought iron work. The main gate in particular is a very bold and attractive statement, a statement of intent, this wonderful house ready for completion will make a grand and very attractive home.

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.