FREE WI-FI ALL OVER THE PROPERTY
COMPLIMENTARY WELCOME BASKET (Coffee, Tea, Biscuits, Jam)- For our long-term guests (min. 14 nights) an additional gift from local handicrafts
BLUE HOUSE: Open plan, two floor House - on the groundfloor living room/fully equipped kitchen, comfortable sofabed (2 people),
fireplace, courtesy bathroom.
on the first floor - large bedroom with double bed or two single beds, upon request. Bathroom with shower. Additional bed for a child available (cm. 70 X 190) COST OF E.10,00 PER DAY to be paid CASH to the HOST on SITE
Blue House was recently and lovingly restored, tastefully decorated with home comfort, in the centre of village life.
SWIMMING POOL (shared with few other guests) nestled in a beautiful park. Large and clean (12 X 8 mts.) The pool area is well stocked with deckchairs, sunbeds, umbrellas, tables, self-service bar, shower and toilet.. Guests have ACCESS to the swimming pool walking along a short path (100 mts.) across the park.
LAUNDRY ROOM, fully equipped is available, to share with other guests (Free of Charge).
FULLY EQUIPPED BBQ with table and chairs to share with GREEN HOUSE
BICYCLE RENTAL'S (Guided Tours on request)
TREKKING (Guided Tours on request))
HOME RESTAURANT near the swimming pool
COOKING CLASSES available in the village
BLUE HOUSE is located at Castel Cellesi (Bagnoregio, Viterbo) at the meeting point of Lazio, Umbria and Tuscany in the Tuscia area - the ETRUSCAN Italy -
Castel Cellesi is a quiet rural village where the street ends in the great main Square. It is surrounded by extended green fields and large silver grey olive groves, it is made for relaxing. Yet in the vicinity a lot of places of archeological, historic, artistic and panoramic interest. Within an easy reach of Civita di Bagnoregio with its fantastic "calanchi" (eroded volcanic cliffs), Orvieto with its famous gothic Cathedral,, Viterbo with an important medieval suburb and the famous hoy springs (spa), Lake Bolsena (fishing,swimming, sailing ), Tuscania, very important Etruscan and medieval city, Siena, Assisi two of the most important cities of Tuscany and Umbria.
For visitors interested in the Etruscan civilization: Blera, Norchia, Tarquinia etc..etc.. are very handy.
The beach on the Tyrrenian Sea is only at one hour drive (Montalto di Castro)
The nearby Highway whisks you quickly to Rome and Florence.
For more info about Castel Cellesi on TripAdvisor
ATTRACTIONS around Castel Cellesi:
-INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL in Orvieto (every year in August and around Christmas/New Year time)
-FIREWORKS in Castel Cellesi (August 16th) with open air Dinner and Live Music
- LIVE NATIVITY SCENE in Civita di Bagnoregio
- THE HOLY SEPULCHRE in Castel Cellesi
THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IN CASTEL CELLESI
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, housing the tomb of Jesus Christ, was the desired destination of many medieval pilgrims. But to travel so far was beyond the physical abilities or financial means of most people. Political complications, too, discouraged such journeys when the Muslims took over Jerusalem in1157. To respond to this unfulfilled desire, numerous copies of the Holy Sepulchre were built in the Christian world. All of Europe was pervaded by the presence and proliferation of chapels and edifices, sometimes containing relics taken from Jerusalem, modelled
after the Aedicule of Jesus Christ, to offer the illusion of the pilgrimage to those unable to do it.
In the Latium area “Copies or Memorials” of the Holy Sepulchre have been identified in the Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo (5th century) in Rome, in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre (785) in Acquapendente, Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Castel Cellesi (1703) -Bagnoregio”, in the Church of Santa Maria del Sepolcro in Vicovaro and possibly in the Rotunda by San Flaviano (1032)- -Montefiascone.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Castel Cellesi is now a cemetery chapel on top of a little hill overlooking the village. It was founded by will of Count Girolamo Cellesi in 1674 in smaller size than the present. He asked the Guardians of the Holy Land some relics from the Holy Land and when Count Girolamo had the assurance they would be sent, he decided to enlarge the Chapel to include a reconstruction of the Aediculae of the Holy Sepulchre. The Church granted indulgencies through a Papal brief of Clemente XI, an act that made Castel Cellesi and the Teverina area a very attractive place for devotion and pilgrimages.
THE “LIVE NATIVITY SCENE” AT CIVITA DI BAGNOREGIO
The Nativity scene is one of the most popular and favourite Christmas traditions in Italy. But some villages and communities go a step over: they spend weeks and months to create fantastic live Nativity scenes featuring real people and real animals too.
One of the most famous “Live Nativities” is featured every year, between Christmas time and January 6th (Epiphany), at Civita di Bagnoregio.
