"Casa Greppo" is a beautiful stone country house on a hill, 450 mt high, by San Venanzo, in the most traditional and least known Umbria, halfway between Todi and Orvieto. Greppo is situated in 20 hectares (= 50 acres) of land, among olive trees, woods and fields of wheat and sunflower, in a dominating position from which you enjoy a wonderful landscape. In the foreground "Rotecastello", medieval treasure with its sighting tower. Right round hills, valleys, multicolour fields and a lot of other small medieval villages, absolutely out of traditional tours.
Let's talk, e.g., about Civitella dei Conti, a little village on the top of a hill that has got traces of a fortification, or about other small villages such as: Collelungo, Poggio Aquilone which gives the opportunity to make an excursion along the stream Fersinone, Montecastello di Vibio, little treasure seat of international summer stages of art and seat of the smallest and most active theatre in the world, Teatro della Concordia. You can also see Todi or the nature and fluvial park of Tevere river, or other parks like Trasimeno lake or the Piano di Colfiorito.
But if you want go off you can reach and visit Tuscany over a single day: Arezzo, e.g., is just 100 km far, or Rom, just 150 km fard. All this makes Greppo be an ideal starting point to visit the most fascinating places of centre Italy.
This kind of life, observed from above, from these valleys and little villages, seems to go by slowly and quietly, but if you want to reach those places, you suddenly realize that there is a lot of vitality everywhere. A lot of activities take place all through the year in the field of culture, of tradition and of tourism; international meetings, such as: the Spoleto Festival, the Todi Arte Festival, Festival delle Nazioni in Cittt di Castello, Umbria Jazz, common festivals animated by concerts, fairs and dances, where you can find the variety of the local cookery, with tasting of wild boar or truffle dishes, salami and all kind of barbeque, plays with historical local representations, costume dramas, local fairs which you can periodically visit in the old town centres of Perugia, Arezzo, Todi, Spoleto, etc. Link to Umbria Tourist office
Available short path (400 meters) and long path (1500 meters) that goes across the fields all around the house, for walks, trainings, MTB.
...for your children: the Parco del Sole, 20 km far from Greppo, a nature oasis where you find quite a number of kinds of animals in their own habitat. You can also go to La Città della Domenica: a wonderful park near Perugia, where you will find for a very famous reptile house. ..but if your children like to stay at home, these are some toys to play...
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Main Distances In Kms:
Rome, 150
Perugia, 33
Orvieto, 35
Spoleto, 60
Assisi, 47
Todi, 25
Deruta 23
Arezzo, 100
Siena, 130
Florence, 170
Highway A1, 35
Airports:
Rome
Perugia
Florence
Railway stations:
Orvieto
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Route to Greppo: (> = is direction)
From the South of Italy:
Highway A1 Roma-Milano, Exit Orte > E45 Terni-Perugia, Exit Marsciano-Collepepe > Marsciano > San Venanzo > Rotecastello.
Or,
Highway A1 Roma-Milano, Exit Orvieto > San Venanzo, San Venanzo > Rotecastello.
From the North-West of Italy:
Highway A1 Milano-Roma, Exit Val di Chiana > E45 Perugia > Exit Marsciano-Collepepe > Marsciano > San Venanzo > Rotecastello.
From the North-East of Italy:
Venice > Padova > Ravenna > Cesena > San Sepolcro > Cittt di Castello > Perugia > Exit Marsciano Collepepe > Marsciano > San Venanzo >Rotecastello.
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