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Casa Fontanelle is well served by a variety of airports with direct flights from the UK, all within driving range:
Rome Ciampino airport, just under 2 hours away offers value for money flights via Ryanair and EasyJet.
Forli/Bologna - L Rudolphi airport, just over 2 hours away
Ancona - 2 hour 30 minutes (Ryanair)
Direct flights from London Stansted Airport to Perugia are scheduled to commence operations in September 2006.
We welcome the start of these flights as the travelling time from Periugia Airport to Casa Fontanelle will then only be 30 minutes.
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11 kms away is the town of Marsciano. It has 2 supermarkets and a full range of shops, banks, cafes and a post office, plus a lively weekly market and a wide selection of restaurants.
The nearest village is Spina (2.5kms) which has a mini-market for essential items, a bank with bancomat, chemist, butcher, post office and a café.
Perugia is 20km to the north and Todi 20km to the south. As the house is so well positioned and has quick access to the E45 Superstrada many famous towns can be visited for just a morning or afternoon visit. Leaving you with the rest of the day to relax leisurely by the pool or enjoy a cool glass of wine from the local cantina.
Assisi, Orvieto, Spoleto, Spello (restaurant il Molino), Lake Trasimeno (boat trips, wind surfing, child-friendly beach), are all within a 45 minute drive from the house. Cortona (the location for the film; Under the Tuscan Sun) Gubbio. Arezzo (the location for the town shots in the oscar-winning film La Vita e Bella) Citta di Castello, Terni and Norcia are all about 1 hour drive away. Also local are a variety of small hilltop towns which include; Torgiano (15km) - Wine museum of the Lungarotti Cantina, Montefalco (40km) – Famous for its textiles and wine (sagrantino), Bevagna (45km) – (restaurant Osteria del Podesta) and Trevi (50km).
Siena (115km) in Southern Tuscany is 90minutes away. Florence (140km), and Rome (175km) are about 2 hours drive.
Tennis is available on the outskirts of the town of Marsciano, and for the golfer a choice of 18 holes at Perugia Golf Club in a lovely setting less than 30 minutes drive away.