NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS FOR THE 2025 SEASON - MAY TO SEPTEMBER
Your Summer Rental in the Green Heart of Italy
RENTING
The house sleeps 12, with 6 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms. Rentals are on a weekly basis, from Saturday to Saturday, with a minimum stay of one week. We do not rent rooms and we do not rent the house by the day. The weekly rate is £4200.
To reserve, we require a deposit of 50% of the total rent and the balance is payable by bank transfer 60 days before arrival. We also require a £400 breakages deposit, refundable within a week after your stay. Please be aware the property has a swimming pool and steep interior stairways that may not be suitable for elderly people, people with physical restrictions or young children. And, sorry, we do not accept pets.
GETTING HERE
Casa La Dogana is situated in Umbria, in what is known as The Green Heart of Italy, just across the border from Tuscany. Within easy access of Florence, Siena, Perugia, the Chianti region, Arezzo, Spoleto, Lake Trasimene, Orvieto, Assisi, San Gimignano, Urbino, Cortona, Montepulciano, Montefalco, Ravenna...
Accessible via direct flights from London to Perugia (45 minutes by car to the house), Florence (1h50), Bologna (2h40) and Rome (2h45).
The main motorway from Bologna to Rome is a quick 10 minute drive away.
Perugia’s Airport, 45 minutes by car from the house, is the main international gateway to Umbria. Airports at Bologna & Florence under 2 hours, Rome and Pisa under 3 hours.
The drive from Calais, all motorway, is an easy and pleasant journey across France’s excellent motorway network with one (preferably two) overnight stops.
There are half a dozen trains daily each way to Perugia on the Rome-Florence line.
Florence to Arezzo by train is also easy (1 hour).
LOCAL AGENTS
Jim and Caroline Stewardson, a charming English couple, and their son Patrick live nearby and have looked after Casa La Dogana for 25 years. There has never been a problem they couldn't solve or a question they couldn't answer. They keep the house clean and the pool crystal clear.
ABOUT CASA LA DOGANA
Our luxurious centuries-old farmhouse villa, one-time Customs post and our home for part of the year,
sits secluded in its own gently-sloping grounds astride the old border between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and
the then-independent state of Monte Santa Maria Tiberina in the heart of Renaissance Italy.
The garden merges seamlessly into the surrounding countryside. While the house is by no means isolated, it is completely private
and many guests have commented on its special aura of peace and tranquility - the perfect place to wind down.
Or celebrate. Or to feast on culture or nature.
Roses, lavender, honeysuckle and rosemary scent the air. Wild flowers abound - with many varieties of orchid in early summer.
Birds galore - goldfinches, harriers, redstarts, buzzards, doves, long-tailed tits and many more.
Lizards, hares, black squirrels, hedgehogs, porcupines, deer and wild boar share the property.
Also a multitude of butterflies, fireflies, bees, hummingbird moths and other insects.
Steps lead past rose-clad pergolas, shade-giving trees and flower beds to the 10x5m “no goggles needed” swimming pool.
There are exceptional views over the painting studio in the barn and up across a patchwork of fields
and woods to the historic hilltop village of Monte Santa Maria Tiberina.
