Umbria Villa near Perugia Umbria Villa Rental "San Gregorio"

Accommodates up to 6 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms Available end May - September Pool (36 ft x 16 ft)	Upper floor: 1 double bedroom with en suite bathroom with bath tub, 1 bedroom with 2 beds with en suite bathroom with shower, sitting room, farmhouse kitchen with dishwasher. Lower floor: 1 double bedroom, bathroom with bath tub, huge sitting room with Italian billiard table, kitchen with dishwashers, laundry room with washing machine and clothes dryer.	Domestic help Monday - Saturday, cook available on request, broadband, phone, stereo, TV, pool towels, covered parking

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The front of San Gregorio in the setting sun	The upper sitting room

Another view of the upper sitting room	The traditional farmhouse kitchen on the upper floor

The master bedroom	The bedroom with two single beds

The lower floor sitting room with ... that billiard table (covered)	The lower floor kitchen

The ground floor bedroom	The pool seen from the house

San Gregorio's superb garden	The fabulous view from the pool

It is said that Umbria is the centre of the world, Foligno is the centre of Umbria, and, in a certain bar in Foligno, there’s a billiard table which is the very epicentre of it all. Of course this is romantic nonsense, so why mention it? To introduce San Gregorio, which is nowhere near Foligno, but it does have a pristine, full sized Italian billiard table for your enjoyment!

A tarmac lane, lined with ancient umbrella pines, takes you to this quiet country house 15 km north of Perugia and only a few kilometres from the main road. The original roof beams overhead and the authentic doors and windows, with ingenious old catches, discreetly make the point that this house is the genuine article. There are cool terracotta tiles underfoot as you step out of bed or wander into the big farmhouse kitchen for a reviving espresso.

You enter the ground floor of the house by either the huge sitting room, with lots of inviting sofas and that billiard table, or via a well-equipped kitchen. This opens conveniently onto a splendid shady dining terrace: one of a plethora of pleasant outdoor sitting areas. There’s also a handsome double bedroom, with views across to hilltop Civitella, and a bathroom on this floor too. Outside, brick steps lead to an airy loggia on the first floor with chairs and coffee table. From here, you enter the original farmhouse kitchen with its old dining table, open fireplace and authentic atmosphere of times past (plus all the modern cook could wish for of course!). The pretty first floor sitting room has glorious views from its deep windows. Both handsomely decorated bedrooms on this floor have stylish en suite bathrooms.

A vineyard and olive trees cover much of the 2½ acre grounds, while around the house there’s a well-established garden. There’s a lovely arched barn for shady parking and even a fridge by the pool to ensure well chilled bubbly is always to hand.

We had a wonderful holiday at San Gregorio. It was a wonderful house - very spacious, well furnished and equipped and in a beautiful setting. It was the best villa we have stayed in with Summer's Leases (and as you know, we have stayed in a few over the years!)

John, the local agent, and the housekeeper were very good. Nothing was too much trouble and we were able to have a very relaxing time.


The villa in its setting	The view from our bedroom window

Fran and Adrian Beale, Houston.

We had a fantastic week at San Gregorio. Sunny & hot weather, very nice pool area with a fantastic view and superb garden.

Really a relaxing holiday for our family (Anne, Henning, Jonathan (6 years) & Mikkel (8 Years) and my parents in law.


View over garden and pool	Jonathan & Mikkel in the pool

Toft Schwarz, Copenhagen.

We had the most perfect holiday at San Gregorio. We had no problem finding our way around the area and in fact travelled about more than we had planned as it rained 6 of the 10 days we were there. The rain in no way affected our enjoyment of the house. To sit on either of the covered patios in the evening with a glass of local wine, gazing across the fields, while thunder and lightning surrounded us......well it was pure heaven!! John gave us wonderful advice and was patient with our many questions and what a gem you have in Rita! She cooked for us four times and every meal was memorable. Fresh, simple ingredients and the best olive oil we have ever tasted. We had no problem communicating with her and in fact we added at least 10 new Italian words to our limited vocabulary. We must learn more of the language before we return next year.

How wonderful it would be to come during the harvesting of the grapes or the olives. Diana is an avid gardener and spent hours just walking around the grounds, marvelling over the beauty. At one point she counted 153 rose bushes. What hard working gardeners you have, we barely even noticed their comings and goings. I have no doubt there are many nice homes for lease in the area, but none could possibly come close to the beauty of the grounds of San Gregorio. To sum up, Alison, we had fun, we relaxed, we loved every minute of our holiday and look forward to our return *. Thanks so much to yourself and Bob for all your help and advice, Summer’s Leases will be highly recommended to our friends who travel to Italy.

Don & Diana Risling, Vancouver.

Marvelous, marvelous location: pool & view (& garden furniture) perfect! House great, no complaints at all about it. Cleanliness standards excellent, abundance of towels & sheets, lots of good kitchen equipment etc.

An ‘added extra’ was the plucking of produce (by invitation I hasten to add!) from the glorious garden ...

Judith Unwin, North London.

San Gregorio is a delightful property, very secluded and with fantastic views. Both kitchens were well stocked and the property was kept very clean and well looked after by Rita who came in every day except at weekends. She also cooked us two lovely meals. We found John extremely courteous and helpful and very willing and able to assist with any problems we had. Both John and Rita managed to be available and around without being intrusive.

The photos do not do the property justice: it has wonderful charm and is very comfortable and nicely furnished. The pool was glorious and there are plenty of loungers and swimming towels available. The pool table was also a great success!

Loretta Prentice, Surrey.

The property was absolutely perfect for us. We took my parents and they stayed in the downstairs section. This gave us the option of space apart if we wanted it!

Lucy Clark, South East London.

The arrangements worked beautifully. John kindly collected our daughter and her husband from the train, Saturday pm and had left food in the house for us, as they were without transport at that stage. The rest of us arrived on Sunday morning.

The house was clean and neat and we thoroughly enjoyed every day at San Gregorio, an idyllic setting. We thought that the house was well priced, given that three couples each had a good-sized bedroom with its own en suite bathroom.

We had Rita to cook for us twice and we greatly appreciated not having to locate a restaurant and drive home on unfamiliar rural roads after enjoying local wines. Rita was friendly and efficient and a wonderful cook yet we were left to enjoy our meal in the privacy of the family.

The ‘house book’ is a great institution. We were impressed by the efficiency of the Summer’s Leases team and will certainly recommend the agency to our friends and relations in New Zealand.

Sally Hoare, Takapuna, NZ.

Delightful house - even nicer than the photos suggested. The owner’s personality infused it without intruding and Maria and Elio were real delights.

Wonderful garden and pool.

Tom Burns, Oxford.

Price per Week (Saturday to Saturday)			Equivalent guide prices
Rental period		UK pounds	US dollars
May 22 - June 12	2010	£ 1,650
June 12 - July 10	2010	£ 2,090
July 10 - August 28	2010	£ 2,190
August 28 - October 2	2010	£ 1,650
Prices held since 2008 ! Dates in blue mean the pool will be open Our prices include everything except phone calls Summer's Leases charges in UK pounds See our booking conditions