Gelsi Canonica is a magical home nestled in the rolling Umbrian hills high above the Tiber. Near enough to the medieval hill town of Todi for your morning coffee or an evening stroll but deep in the quiet countryside.
The house has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, as well as a living room with a working fireplace and a large kitchen with a farm table big enough to sit twelve. When you eat outside you have the choice of the courtyard off the kitchen with flowering jasmine all around, or a table under the roses with a view of the olive field and the hillsides around.
The outside of the house is hundreds of years old and built with the traditional Umbrian stone. The inside was rebuilt in the old style in 1990. The floors are still traditional tile and the ceilings are beamed but there is central heating, a dishwasher, a washing machine and a TV with video and satellite stations - the amenities of modern life in a traditional design.
There is a swimming pool and acres of our own fields around for you to wander through. You are about two hours from Rome and two and a half hours from Florence. Some of the loveliest cities of central Italy are a day trip from the house – Siena, Arezzo, Cortona, Perugia, Orvieto, Spoleto and Assisi. Many smaller and equally charming locations are even nearer.

Gelsi is an Italian stone three story house, originally a farmhouse, but now a spacious and luxurious country villa, available as a rental on a weekly basis. Gelsi sleeps 8 adults comfortably in two double beds and two sets of twin beds. Though the house is centuries old, all the plumbing and amenities are modern. The kitchen is newly refurnished and comes fully equipped. Gelsi comes with a large pool surrounded by beautiful views. The house is located in the Umbria province of Italy, close to the town of Todi and 45 minutes drive from Assisi . Within a half-day's drive of Gelsi lie all the Southern Tuscan hill towns, and such centers as Siena and Arezzo. Gelsi is within a few hours drive or train trip from Florence and Rome. Knowledgeable tourists know that Umbria is more beautiful than Tuscany, has fewer tourists, and is centrally located between Rome and Florence.
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