2 Bed Villa / Detached for sale
Capestrano, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy
Full Description
The property is a few metres from the old town of the medieval hamlet with a view over the castle.
The property is on three levels; on the raised floor there is a veranda, a hallway, a kitchen with fireplace, a dining room and a bedroom with balcony, everything with very antique floors and fixtures, barrel ceilings and built-in closets; on the ground floor (not connected to the raised floor) there are two cellars and another bedroom; on the basement floor there are two cellars and a cave for a total of approximately 70 sq.m. With the renovation there could be the possibility of creating two separate residential units, each with a bathroom (at the moment not present in the house) and bring back on sight the stone and the bricks of the ceilings.
Capestrano is a medieval hamlet with a beautiful 1200 castle belonging to the Medici family of Florence. It has the charm of the ancient fortified village, with at the base the Tirino, cleanest river in Europe, where to do beautiful canoe excursions. In the hamlet there are grocery shops, butcher-barbecue shop where to taste great local meat accompanied by excellent Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine produced right at the feet of the village, in the fertile valleys; bars, places where to taste local products; restaurants and agritourisme; banks and post office, pharmacy and not too far from the centre a swimming pool. For the lovers of the mountain in Gran Sasso and the Majella, both not too far offer unique sceneries to discover Abruzzo, greenest region of Italy. The position of Capestrano is great because it allows to reach both L'Aquila and Pescara (and its international airport) in about 50 minutes, Rome in a bit less than 2 hours.
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