Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casa Simeone (ref: 403) is an attractive independent house on the edge of a charming small historic hilltop town, a few moments from a nice cafe and a short stroll from the main piazza. The town itself is only a short drive from the major local town of Sora, and from other attractive areas, such as the lake of Posta Fibreno, and several other hilltop towns. And Rome and Rome's airports are only a 90 minute drive.

The house itself is bright, with good exposure. Solidly built, it could be moved into immediately, although it would now benefit from some redecoration and modernisation.

The main floor has a spacious entrance hall, which continues through a wide arch directly into a large living room, flooded with sunlight from the large three-panel window. This area is in total an impressive 45 square metres. The kitchen is also spacious and bright, with both a fireplace and access to the balcony, which overlooks the back garden.

Also on the main floor, there are three large bedrooms, all with herringbone parquet floors, as well as a guest wc, and a recently refitted bathroom.

A spiral staircase in walnut wood leads to the attic rooms.

The lowest level has a very large garage, taking up the entire footprint, and with two entrances and storage space.

There is a very generous garden of approximately 2,000 square metres.

THE CIOCIARIA

Fontechiari is 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 the towns of the Ciocaria are 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 publicized 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 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.


VIA ROMANA Srls and CASE & CASALI REAL ESTATE AGENCY

Via Romana Srls is an Italian-incorporated company owned by a British/Australian Chartered Accountant and her photographer daughter, and offers a package of services to facilitate all aspects of the purchase and restoration of Italian property by overseas clients. The Via Romana team works in collaboration with various fully-licensed Italian real estate agencies including Case & Casali Real Estate Agency represented by Sig. Ciro Tomei. Sig. Tomei has been enrolled in the register of real estate agents at the Chamber of Commerce in Frosinone, Lazio since 2007, his agency is one of the largest and most highly-regarded real estate agents in the area and he has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.