Sora, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy

Casale Valfrancesca (ref: 177) is an old stone farmhouse, set in a quiet but convenient residential area just outside Sora. The house, which benefits from a courtyard and olive grove, is partially renovated.

Laid out on a single level, there is currently an entrance hall, an already renovated bathroom, a large bedroom, and a kitchen with a fireplace and wood stove. There are three further unrestored rooms, of approximately 25 square metres, 16 square metres and 13 square metres, as well a an outdoor bathroom, a porch and a bread oven. There is a further separate storage room of about 17 square metres.

The olive grove is about 700 m2. There is a well, for irrigating the land, and the systems are autonomous with provision for the installation of a LPG tank. The windows in the living area are double glazed, the exteriors have wooden shutters.

The area is quiet but not isolated, and is within a few minutes drive of the shops and restaurants of Sora. The house itself has good exposure, being set by itself on raised land.

THE CIOCIARIA REGION

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 Sora 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 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 and Alvito, in the riverside towns of Sora and Isola del Liri, 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 and has much experience in the international marketing of Italian real estate.