4 bedrooms villa, 350 m²

Atina, Frosinone (province)

Luxurious and elegant villa with wonderful views of the Val di Comino, self contained ground floor apartment, ample entertaining areas, excellent location and richly decorated interiors. This marvellous property includes various covered and open terrace and patio areas, a beautifully landscaped garden, parking garage and 350 m² accommodation. With a very desirable, commanding site within walking distance of the historic heart of the ancient hilltop town of Atina and so close to shops and services in a wonderful old place, the house is nevertheless within easy reach of the regional arterial routes and only twenty minutes to the A1 motorway exit at Cassino.

Accommodation is arranged across three floors. A ground floor with a self contained apartment, the first floor with the main living area and principal entrance and the second floor with a wonderful bedroom suite. On the first floor we are welcomed to the residence via a beautifully designed covered porch or veranda with excellent views and splendid marble pavement and enter the house into an open spacious reception and living area with access to the terrace and, via a wide and elegant stairway connection to the bedroom floor. This room is decorated in a very fine manner and structured in a modern architectural way so as to give a complex yet pleasing volume, flooded with light, with mezzanine and high ceiling sections and natural flow toward the other areas of the house. A second and slightly more intimate and relaxing dining and living area adjoins the room on one side and with carefully considered design the kitchen study, a bathroom and utility room are easily accessed. The study is noteworthy for its interior fitted furniture, beautifully restored original 19th Century shop fittings from the old pharmacy in Alvito, another wonderful old hilltop town and valley neighbour to Atina. Very tastefully integrated into this most contemporary of homes the gorgeous old woodwork is a demonstration of what can be achieved when harmonising the beautiful old with the stylish new. The kitchen is, as we might expect, very well appointed and equipped and built of the very best materials, rich timbers and lucious marble and is open to the rear patio which is nicely shaded and has a tranquil private feel.

On the second floor there are three bedrooms and a reading study area on the internal mezzanine balcony overlooking the main entry reception room. The first bedroom has a bathroom en-suite and a doorway out to the upper terrace. The second bedroom has a wonderfully fun and unusual stairway up to an attic playroom. The third very spacious bedroom is currently used as a twin room and has excellent space for storage. The main bathroom is very nicely finished and has a whirlpool tub.

On the lower, ground floor the house has a lovely 35 m² self contained apartment with an open plan kitchen living area, cleverly designed with a peninsula kitchen, travertine fireplace and access to a separate 10 m² terrace as well as a larger 18 m² porch at the apartment entrance. The apartment also has a splendid bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom. The apartment is finished with its own pantry and laundry room and on this floor too we find the boiler room which services the building.

This very desirable, stylish and comfortable residence boasts stunning views of a beautiful and special valley, a generous site in a very enviable location and materials and finishes which are fitting and appropriate for a luxury villa. Each floor has balcony and terrace areas with slightly different views or more enclosed and private zones. These areas are paved with the highest quality stone and marble pavements. The rooms have Iroko parquet flooring, marble stone and travertine are used throughout to great effect resulting in rich comfortable interiors. The systems are thoroughly modern, LED lighting, condensing boiler, alarm systems, security protection crafted beautifully in wrought iron and engineered steel and high quality timber framed windows and solidly built doors are all complemented with a state of the art 6 KW photovoltaic solar system and biomass boiler system. The thoughtfully designed outdoor spaces with ample parking, a fine garage and an automated main entry gate complete this excellent property.

Atina is one of the 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 Atina 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 Atina, 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.