Etruscan Silence
BAGNOREGIO, VITERBO, ITALY
4 BR | 4 BA | SLEEPS 8
With its privileged location in the Etruscan hills, nestled at the base of the surreal village of Civita de Bagnoregio where Italian kings once bathed, this active organic olive farm offers spare, contemporary boutique hotel vibes. It presents a natural, earthy décor palette, an inspiring contemporary art collection, and a secret saltwater pool of blonde travertine stone. Solitary and sprawling, the property has produced organic olive oil for more than 20 years, and now welcomes guests seeking peace and quiet to its ethereal location.
Comprised of two units—a larger villa with three bedrooms and their en-suite baths, plus a separate, one bedroom home—there is ample room to spread out and enjoy life’s simplest pleasures: eating, reading, lazing and generally unwinding. The home was named for the Goddess of Olives and for the sense of calm its location offers, and its name is spot on. Each bedroom has an en-suite bath, natural fiber linens, and a soothing, earth-toned color palette.
Common areas are generous and open concept, with well-equipped food prep and dining spots both indoors and out. The three-bedroom unit is a two-story structure connected by a pathway to the smaller villa. Outdoor lounge areas are also aplenty, the pool is isolated and lovely, set away from the homes for added privacy. The entire property is green and soothing, laid out in the shadow of a dizzyingly topsy-turvy village of nine inhabitants, a veritable inland island connected to its surrounding landscape only by a precarious pedestrian bridge.
Location
Airport
Perugia (PEG) 62 km; Rome’s 2 airports, less than 100 km
Civita di Bagnoregio soars over this villa for rent in Italy, and there are views of this fantastic hilltop village from nearly every room. Italian kings famously bathed in the spectacular village, today a no-cars-allowed inland island with a handful of inhabitants. Visiting the village as it’s waking up or slowing down, without day trippers in the streets, is one privilege of villa guests.
Lake Bolsena and other smaller lakes are easily accessible from the home, and car trips through the quaint hillside villages reveal markets, truffle hunts, horseback riders and vintners, all ready to share their products and experiences.