Monte Compatri | $1 million (885,000 euros)
A circa-1600 single-family farmhouse with mature gardens
Translated as “Roman castles,” the Castelli Romani area comprises 17 discrete municipalities within the Metropolitan City of Rome, about 40 minutes southwest of the city’s center. The area, known for its white wine production, is home to the Parco Regionale dei Castelli Romani, which extends over 37,000 acres, and the scenic Lake Albano, a deep volcanic crater lake that was site of the canoe and rowing events in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Velletri, the most populated and most southern of the municipalities in the Castelli Romani, is 40 minutes east of Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, and is served by the Trenitalia regional train, about an hour’s ride from Rome’s Termini Station. The region is also served by the Rome Ciampino Airport, which mostly hosts low-cost carriers such as Ryan Air.
This five-bedroom, five-bathroom home is in Monte Compatri, about 11 miles northeast of Lake Albano and four miles from Frascati, a popular tourist destination known for its wine production. The property, which dates back to 17th century, includes a small consecrated chapel, said to be the oldest in the area.
Size: 7,212 square feet
Price per square foot: $140
Indoors: The ground floor of this two-story farmhouse includes a double living room with arched doorways, an ornate fireplace, a dining room, a tiled eat-in kitchen with wood beams, and two guest bathrooms. There is an additional large hearth fireplace with a sunken floor and curved seating. The second floor has a large living room with a fireplace, five bedrooms, two bathrooms and another four fireplaces. The second floor can also be reached by an external staircase original to the house. Throughout the house are terra-cotta floors, stone lintels and arched doorways, wooden beams and wood-coffered ceilings.
Outdoor space: A long driveway lined with pine and cypress trees leads to the house. The 1.2-acre property includes over an acre of gardens, tiered with stone walls.
Costs: The annual Italian municipal property tax for Castelli Romani is $2,825 (€2,500).
Contact: Claudia Ceribelli | +39-348-154-3798 | Italy Sotheby’s International Realty
Castel Gandolfo | $1.1 million (990,000 euros)
An apartment in a circa-1600 villa on a private golf club
Castel Gandolfo is perhaps the most renowned of the Castelli Romani towns for its 16th-century Papal Palace, a 135-acre garden complex that served as a summer residence and vacation retreat for the pope for centuries. Part of the Vatican Museums, it has been open to the public since 2016.
This one-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment is on the second floor of a 17th-century villa commissioned by Cardinal Flavio Chigi (1631-93), nephew of Pope Alexander VII. The villa, two miles from the town of Castel Gandolfo, is inside the Castelgandolfo Golf Club, which features an 18-hole course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. that overlooks the crater of an extinct volcano.
Size: 1,260 square feet
Price per square foot: $890
Indoors: Renovated in 2006, the one-bedroom apartment is reached by a helix staircase, an architectural feature common in Renaissance-era buildings. The main room features parquet floors, custom built-in cabinetry and stone lintels on the door openings. Two pairs of pocket doors separate the living room from the bedroom/study, one set made of stained glass. The updated, gallery-style kitchen has a large window. There are two bathrooms; one includes a washing machine and a rain shower glass stall shower, and the other a Turkish bath.
Outdoor space: There is an exterior parking space dedicated to this apartment. The apartment owner may inquire about golf club membership, which includes access to amenities.
Costs: $2,035 (1,800 euros) a year for the condominium fees
Contact: Olivia Bisegna | +39-347-390-9908 | Engel & Völkers Rome
Marino | $735,000 (650,000 euros)
A renovated contemporary villa north of Lake Albano, with views of Rome
This villa in the Marino commune — known as the “City of Wine,” and which hosts an annual grape festival — is about one mile from Castel Gandolfo and 12 miles from the center of Rome. The five-bathroom, four-bathroom home was built over the course of several years from the late 1960s into the early 1970s, and was completely renovated inside and out in 2008. It is near the Castelgandolfo Golf Club and includes an in-home gym and bocce court.
Size: 3,509 square feet
Price per square foot: $211
Indoors: The first level of this three-story villa includes the common areas, with several rooms opening onto a portico. On this level are the living and dining rooms and a study, some featuring fireplaces and arched doorways. The eat-in kitchen has a professional-grade stove.
A wood staircase leads to the second floor, where the bedrooms include the primary suite with a mezzanine wardrobe accessible by a spiral staircase. Three of the bedrooms open out to terraces and share a bathroom with a shower.
The basement level has access to the garden and garage, and includes a large recreation or work room, a utility area with laundry and storage, and a bathroom with a shower.
Outdoor space: A stone wall with an iron gate separates the house from the quiet street it sits on. The property has about 16,000 square feet of gardens, with the terraces facing northwest toward Rome.
Costs: Annual property taxes are $3,891 (3,428 euros).
Contact: Claudia Ceribelli; +39-348-154-3798; Italy Sotheby’s International Realty
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