Le Crete

Le Crete is an extremely comfortable stately looking house with extensive lawned gardens, modern furnishings and magnificent Umbrian views.

CV clients have already fallen in love with the classic rural beauty of the landscape around the town of Orvieto, and many of them have returned time after time to the lovely La Cassetta. We are very happy that the owners of this well-established favourite have now offered us Le Crete built in the same local style of La Cassetta, but there the resemblance ends!

Within the traditional farmhouse walls, the owners have created a house that is completely in tune with today. The customary architecture of thick stone walls, wooden ceilings, and brick arches remains reassuringly intact, but there is a more modern, lighter touch with colour and decoration.

With pale wood floors and 42" plasma TV, the sitting room extends for the full length of the villa and some prints of Rome ibn in the entrance hall add a classical touch.

The kitchen is spectacular - an air-conditioned ultra modern glased-in room of breathtaking Italian design, a dream work space for any keen cook!

All bedrooms have excellent en suite facilities. On the first floor there is a ery spacious double bedroom and twin bedroom with three further self-contained bedrooms in the guest annexe.

The layout of the garden contributes greatly to the suitability of this property as a family holiday villa – the lawns are flat and descend gently to the beautiful long pool – equipped with a jet current and electric cover to retain the heat of the day.

Set into a gently sloping hillside, the villa commands pleasing views over the gentle countryside – the perfect backdrop to outdoor meals and relaxation on the vine covered terrace.

With bedrooms in the main house and a further three in the separately accessed annexe, this house is ideal for parties wishing for 'separate but together' accommodation, families with older children or a luxurious base for a family.

The house exudes just the right amount of quiet charm to make it very hard to leave when the villa holiday is over.

Room Description

Ground Floor: Entrance Hall • Kitchen with dining area • Cloakroom • Sitting room

First Floor: Twin bedroom (large single beds) with shower room en suite and walk-in wardrobe • Master double bedroom with bathroom en suite, separate walk-in shower and walk-in wardrobe.

Annexe Ground Floor: Utility room • Bedroom with double sofa bed (suitable for one adult or 2 older children) with shower room en suite.

Annexe First Floor: Twin bedroom with shower room en suite (external access only) • Double bedroom with bathroom en suite (external access only)

Facilities

Washing Machine, Dishwasher, TV, DVD Player, CD Player, Telephone, Fax, Air Conditioning (kitchen only, included in rental), Ceiling Fans (all bedrooms), Insect Screens (all bedrooms), Portable Barbecue, Safe (in Master bedroom), Heating (payable locally).

Children's Facilities

A travel cot with cot sheets, and/or a high chair is available on request

Private Swimming Pool

18m x 4m, 1.1m - 2.4m deep with built-in steps, ladder steps, electric cover, exercise jet, changing room, WC. Pool Towels. The pool is open from mid May to mid September. Outside these dates, the pool can be opened on request for an extra charge. Please note that the diving board has been removed.

Welcome Provisions included

A welcome gesture to offer you a drink after your journey; tea or coffee and biscuits, wine or juice and a snack. They are not sufficient for an entire meal. Owners will also generally leave a few other items such as some salt, sugar, oil, bin bags and toilet paper.

Food Hamper

Can be arranged for an additional cost, payable locally including 30 Euro service charge. For guests who are arriving late or who recognize they may be delayed and arrive with no time to do shopping. Shops are shut on Sundays, so the aim of the Food Hampers is to provide two light meals and two breakfasts, to allow guests to go out for one meal, then do more shopping on Monday. We can adapt these hampers to take into account allergies, dislikes and dietary requirements, or according to whether there are children in the party.
Cook Service

The housekeeper is willing to cook simple meals for your party. She usually cooks in the evenings, and she can leave a light luncheon for Sunday.  However, under particular circumstances, she may cook lunch instead of an evening meal, or by local arrangement, she may cook lunches and/or prepare breakfasts for you as well. The cook also helps clearing up the table but she does not stay later than 21h00-21h30. She will shop for the meals she cooks, and her fees include time taken shopping and time taken travelling.

Arrival Weekend, Saturday evening meal, plus a light luncheon left for the Sunday – Cost 100 Euro plus the cost of food, to be paid locally to the cook

Three meals per week Cost 210 Euro per week plus the cost of food, to be paid locally to the cook. 

The cook service is available on request. A booking fee for this service is payable in advance to CV Travel. If you are happy with these arrangements, we need to know very soon if you would like the cook’s services, to book her well ahead of time. We would therefore be grateful if you ask for and complete the cook questionnaire and return it to us as soon as possible so that she is informed well in time that you would like her to cook for your party.

CV Representative

An English speaking CV representative in Italy will visit you and will be available by phone during your stay. Contact details will be sent with your travel documents.

Linen and Towels

Provided once per week on Saturday. Extra changes are available on request for an additional charge.

Maid Service

2 hours 6 days per week.

Tenancy Times

Tenancies commence at 16:00hours on the day of arrival and villas are to be vacated at 10:00hours on the day of departure.

Activities

Tennis Court (Shared with La Casetta), 5 minutes away by car or a 10 minute walk. Please bring racquets and balls.

Your Location

Airport

Perugia 81km, Rome 125km, Florence 168km, Pisa 268km, Bologna 273km

Amenities

A restaurant and village shops in Porano 2km, Large shops and tennis, train at Orvieto 10km.

Mainline Station

Orvieto Scalo 10km

Places of Interest

Viterbo 40km, Todi 45km, Spoleto 80km, Perugia 90km, Assisi 95km, Arezzo/Gubbio 110 km, Siena 140 km.

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