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“Behind, but at a great distance, is the Apennine range. In the calmest days we get cool breezes from that quarter, not sharp and cutting at all, being spent and broken by the long distance they have travelled. The greater part of the house has a southern aspect, and seems to invite the afternoon sun in summer (but rather earlier in the winter) into a broad and proportionately long portico...[The dining room] is extremely warm in winter, lying much exposed to the sun, and on a cloudy day the heat of an adjoining stove very well supplies his absence... from [the] upper and lower windows the eye falls upon a variety of different greens.”    Pliny the Younger

Location map: Casa Nova could hardly be more centrally positioned in Italy, North to South and coast to coast. This makes it ideal for those who want a single base from which to explore as much as possible of Italy. The artistic treasures of Southern Tuscany and the Upper Tiber valley are on the doorstep: no accident, since that’s where Tom does most of his art-historical researches.  To see at a glance where we are in relation to Perugia, Siena, Florence, Rome and other places of interest, and for driving times, click here.  We are 500 m up the south-facing slope of the hill marked as 652 m high on the map below.  Our nearest village, just at the bottom of the hill, is Spedalicchio (one bar and one shop).  To see where Spedalicchio is on this map (you can then zoom in and out to see where else is nearby), or to get directions from the Michelin website (in English), click here. 

Getting to Casa Nova: click here.

Ground plan:

Clicking on the names of a room will take you to the text about that room in the Full tour.  Clicking on the camera symbols will take you to the chapter in the Photo album which contains photos of that area.

ground floor

first floor [not to scale]