La Solda

Rooms description

The three double bedrooms are on the first floor, which, because the house is built into a slope, is the ground floor when you come in through the front door. Each with a view across the valley, all three bedrooms are air-conditioned and en-suite. Similarly designed but in individual colours of red, blue and green, the rooms have colourful old Sicilian tiles on occasional tables, cotto floor tiles, original artwork, and large, comfy beds with memory-foam mattresses and gorgeously soft linen sheets.

The well-appointed en-suite shower rooms have modern fixtures and fittings and Sicilian floor tiles laid in Sixties-inspired patterns in the corresponding colour to the bedroom.

Like the rest of the house’s interior, old and new combine in the tactile materials of this locally made, stand-out kitchen. The gloriously rich Farrow & Ball green of the chevron-patterned wooden units are complemented by the smooth white marble countertops on the large island and the two tall dark-wood, glass-fronted cupboards with their ornate jungle-inspired back panels. The island houses a wine fridge and a five-burner gas hob, while the half-hidden pantry houses a double fridge, a second sink, the dishwasher and a washing machine and tumble dryer. This is a joyful space in which to cook and socialise, or you can sit back and relax while a local chef does the 'hard' work for you.

At one end of the open-plan living space, with its traditional dark cotto floor and whitewashed beamed ceiling, is a large sitting area. A comfortable corner sofa in mustard yellow and a couple of designer armchairs make for a cosy living space, with a modern design wood-burning stove for cooler days. At the other end of the room is an old wooden farmhouse dining table with six Italian design chairs lit by two beautiful gold-coloured pendant lights. In the warmer months guests can dine outside on the adjacent terrace looking out over the rolling countryside.

There is a guest toilet on the ground floor.

Leisure & Activities

SpecialUmbria is happy to tailor-make itineraries for our guests, including guided tours of national parks, city culture tours or other activities. We are able to organise a private chef for your entire stay or someone who can prepare traditional, local food when required, including pizzas or a BBQ. Please contact us directly for rates and availability.

The world-famous annual Umbria Jazz Festival takes place in the first two weeks of July while its winter counterpart runs over five days either side of New Year. Recent artists include Diana Krall, John Legend, and Lady Gaga. Every August Città della Pieve puts on a 'Palio' (medieval festival) with lots of fun activities. Please ask for more information.

Surroundings

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Part of the lure of La Solda is that Città della Pieve, one of Umbria's prettiest hilltop towns, is only five minutes away by car. A small, ancient jewel with a proud artistic heritage, here you can wander the pretty streets and soak up the buzz, beauty and charm, feasting on the art and architecture and, of course, the food. The town is brought to life throughout the year by its various markets and festivals that are steeped in tradition and full of colour and vibrancy. Other attractive towns and villages nearby include Monteleone d'Orvieto, Chiusi and Montepulciano, which is famed for its wine.

La Solda is close to several towns and cities in both Umbria and Tuscany, including Castiglione del Lago (23 km); Montepulciano (35 km) which is famed for its wine; Perugia (43km); Cortona (45 km); Deruta (45km); Orvieto (45 km); Todi (63 km); Assisi (65 km); Montefalco/Bevagna (67 km); Gubbio (94 km); Siena (95 km); Spoleto (104 km); Florence (135 km); and Rome (162 km).

Your villa and Covid-19

To prevent any possible spread of Covid-19 and to enable you to enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday, all our villas are cleaned to the highest standard possible, and according to the latest Italian health and safety regulations.

Perfect hygiene: to ensure an exceptional level of hygiene in all our villas, we’ve worked with our owners to create a Covid-19 villa management protocol. Based on recommendations from the World Health Organisation, and in compliance with current Italian national law, this protocol goes above and beyond our usual rigorous cleaning standards.

Prior to arrival, your villa will have been fully sanitised, including all surfaces, objects, kitchen items, curtains, sofas, throws, pillows, toys, and in and around the pool. You are welcome to ask for a detailed list of the entire cleaning procedure we do after each departure and before welcoming new guests to the property.

The owner of this house has complied with the following standards:

• To ensure the necessary information concerning social distancing and the use of masks is available to all guests
• To guarantee availability of and accessibility to hand hygiene systems with hydro-alcoholic solutions and soaps in all inside areas of, and pertaining to, the villa
• To guarantee cleaning and disinfection of all areas according to national authority guidelines. Further information is available on request
• For the swimming pool: to guarantee the efficacy of the water treatments, while respecting legal limits (the parameter for free active chlorine in the pool is between 1.0 – 1.5 mg/l; combined chlorine ≤ 0.40 mg/l; pH 6.5 – 7.5 or equivalent oxygen)
• For air conditioning systems: to guarantee the air re-circulation function is switched off and, according to the manufacturer’s instructions, with the plant in off-mode, to clean the air filters of the heating/cooling plants that use heat pumps, fan coils and convectors, at the end of each stay

For more general information about Covid-19 in Italy, please click here.