Antico Maniero

Purchased in the early 2000s by the current owner, driven by a desire to get away from the hectic Roman days to indulge in weekends of tranquility and relaxation with the hope of a return to the past, the Manor has undergone expert and radical renovations with maniacal attention to the materials used, all of which are original and date back to the time of first construction.

Exclusively for guests of the farmhouse, a specially chosen chef organizes cooking and pizza-making classes.

The cooking class is 4 hours long with the chef where you will be taught how to make sprizz, fresh pasta, its sauce and a main course, all to be enjoyed at the end of the course.

The external structure is in castle stone while the interiors have been furnished with period furniture, mostly of family descent, which makes the rooms luxurious but at the same time functional. The bathrooms and thekitchen are decorated with handmade ceramics from the famous Vietri school.

The first floor of about 300 square meters is entirely used as a representation area distributed on a large entrance hall with fireplace, also decorated with Vietri ceramics as well as the stairs leading to the first floor. as well as the stairs leading to the upper floor, a triple living room with large stone fireplace and grand piano, a large dining room, a living room with another large stone fireplace, a huge and very special open kitchen in masonry with central island with double crescent that offers the possibility of use for more people both inside and outside the circle, a master bathroom, a pantry cellar and a laundry room. All rooms have direct access to the garden with French doors. The entire floor stands out for the refinement of the furnishings that transport the soul in an era now lost and allow you to live in reality the many stories read or told by their ancestors.

The second floor has a surface area of more than300 squaremetres
, distributed over a large independent entrance that can be reached either by the internal staircase that connects it to the ground floor or by a French window that opens directly onto the park, finely furnished with sofa bed, fireplace and direct access to the garden; a master apartment comprising a large bedroom with adjoining private bathroom with tub and shower, a living room with double bed and independent kitchenette; two master bedrooms each served by its own bathroom with tub and shower the other, another suite apartment comprising a double bedroom with a living room equipped with a double bed and a balcony, all served by a bathroom; small room with two single beds and independent bathroom.
The third floor includes two bedrooms, each with their own bathroom.

The structure can therefore accommodate up to 22 people but is rented for 20 to make it more comfortable stay, already fascinating in itself for the beauty and tranquility of the place, the park and the areas used as a representation where you can spend, in an atmosphere of luxury and rich past, moments of relaxation
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The mansion is surrounded by 30,000 sq. m. of land that is fully illuminated with lampposts and lighthouses of various sizes, specially designed and positioned to make the areas adjacent to the property livable and the rest of the park evocative. The cypress-lined driveway for private access to the property, about 200 m. from the S.P., is lit with roadside street lamps. From the private driveway, access to the manor house is by pedestrian way via a horseshoe-shaped brick staircase, or by driveway with road surrounding the manor house.

The cooking class is 4 hours with the chef where you will be taught how to make sprizz, fresh pasta, its seasoning and a main course, all to be enjoyed at the end of the course. Ingredients for food and sprizz including glasses are included.

The pizza making course, on the other hand, involves preparing the dough, rising, preparing buns, rolling out, and baking in the facility's wood-fired oven pizzas, focaccias and calzones will be prepared to be eaten at the end of the course. Brut sparkling wine and ingredients are included.

With the same chef it is also planned to prepare lunches/dinners for guests who request it.

The grounds of the property consist of a part designated as parkland embracing the structure with oak trees of over 30 meters, border pines, centuries-old olive trees, tall trees such as cedars, mimosas, cypresses and more as well as flower beds and ornamental shrubs such as roses, hydrangeas, hipericus, budleias etc. - which adorn the farmhouse with variations of colors and scents according to the seasons-and a part dedicated to the activity of agritourism where about 200 young but already producing olive trees, two orchards, a small vineyard, a vegetable garden, etc. are positioned. The whole domain is passable in pleasant and relaxing walks.

The property is completed by an underground and illuminated swimming pool of about 100 square meters, easily accessible from the house through a characteristic stone path, four ancient tuff caves that develop a surface of about 400 square meters, two Roman wells and more. Each floor has its own shaded porch made of wooden beams and roof tiles, the one adjacent to the kitchen also enjoys a wood-burning oven and a large stone and brick barbecue more than 3 m. in length.

TheAntico Maniero is easily reached by driving along the S.P. Fastello, which connects it with the town of Montefiascone (VT), about 3 km, the municipality to which it belongs. The entrance to the property is directly located on the aforementioned provincial road, which is about 200 meters from the property via an internal gravel driveway.
The municipality of Montefiascone is located on Lake Bolsena and is known for its east-eastern wine. The lake is also overlooked by the characteristic villages of Marta, Capo di Monte, and Bolsena, which are rich in history. It is Europe's largest lake of volcanic origin with two islands (Bisentina and Martana) and an emissary river in its interior. It has a total area of 113.5 sq km (fifth in Italy) and is 305 m above sea level, has a maximum depth of 151 m and an average depth of 81 . It has been referred to by a major French weekly as the lake with the cleanest waters in Italy; in fact, it is entirely swimmable and passable by small boats. The cleanliness of its waters (it is locally referred to as "the lake that you drink!") has ensured an extraordinary development of animal and plant species that have almost completely disappeared in other basins.