Close to the famous Papal Palace and to San Pellegrino district you can find the “Bed and Breakfast dei Papi”, a characteristic palace dating back to the XIVth century, belonged to the noble Tignosi family.
The palace, built of peperino square blocks, consists of three levels and three rooms with private bathrooms. There is one wide suite with halls where the guest can find grand stone fireplaces, surrounding them with a serene and comfortable family living room. The interiors, elegantly furnished and following the model of the epoch, remind the visitor of traditional life. It is a testimony of historical past and the noble and suggestive City of the Popes.
The surrounding area
Traditional occasions in order to visit and to discover in Viterbo and outskirts : History and Traditions.
Event not to lose
§ Saint Pellegrin in Flower (1°May every year)
§ Trasport of the S.Rose’s machine (3 september every year- 9 p.m)
§ S.Rose’s Fair( every year, the first successive sunday from the transport of S.Rosa machine)
§ Ludika 1243-manifestation of medieval revocation
§ Viterbo’s Summer village-Summer days (every year, months of June, July, august)
§ Antiquaria : National Exhibition of antique-dealing market (for information of dates click this link)
§ Baroque Festival (every year, august-september, for more information clik this link)
Performances
Union theatre of Viterbo : theatrical season( October-March)
Recenly restored, the theatre accommodates every year theatrical events with the greatest actors of the Italian panorama.
Ferento’s Amphitheatre (in the summer): in the splendid atmosphere of the Roman Amphitheatre, near Viterbo city, is represented every year a rich theatrical season of events and shows not to lose.
S.Leonardo theatre of Viterbo: a theatre situated in the central Cavour street, next to the beautiful Plebiscite’s square.
A pleasant theatre that mostly offers smallest shows.
(for more information to visit the official web site)
Place to visit
The Historical center
Staying at B&B you can go along the way of development of the medieval Viterbo.
Famouse places not to lose:
The Dome, the Papal Palace,”Saint Pellegrin” area, the Jesus square, the Death square…
The Thermal bath of Popes
(for our customers is available reductions of price for thermal treatment and income)
A place where is possible to take care of the own health, taking advantage of the naturalness and the benefits of thermal sources and its sulphurous waters that, rich of therapeutic property allows to take care numerous diseases, above all of the skin.
The Villa Lante
In Bagnaia (4 km to Viterbo).
It is famous like one of the most beautiful villa of the sixteenth century.
Established by the two famous twin mansions Gambara and Montalto, it is surrounded from the Italian charming garden with its numerous fountains and the water games which create an harmonious and evocative atmosphere..
A very large park where you can spend moments of relax, dipped in the nature.
The Bolsena’s Lake
It is the greatest lake of Vulcan origin in Italy. Noumerous small villages rise in its shores : Capodimonte, Montefiascone are very beautiful, the tourists of all Europe aim visiting their beaches.
Inside of the lake there is the Bisentina island, place of rarely beauty and charm, because of the natural environment characterized by fauna and beautiful internal garden.
The “Farnese Palace “ in Caprarola (vt)
It is one of the most precious jewels of Renaissance and one of most famous monument of Tuscia in the national and international architecture level.
A very large park garden with terraces and fountains, where is situated the delicious “ vignolesca mansion”, a Jacopo del Duca’s creation. You can visit also the baroque Saint Teresa, Rainaldi’s creation of 1620
The Vico’s Lake
Formed approximately 700.000 years ago as a result of destruction of the Vico’s Vulcan, the lake extend for 12 kmq at an altitude of 507 m.s.l.m..
It is found to the center of a natural reserve that is possible to cover on foot, riding, going in mountain bike or in land rover.
You can visit the swampy areas and the Venere mount’s paths and the Fogliano mount, covered by trees with high stalk and secular beeches.
The Bomarzo Monsters Park
The architect Pirro Ligorio ( he fished “San Pietro “ after the Michelangelo death and realized the Villa D’Este of Tivoli) created the park, on order of the Prince Pier Francesco Orsini for his wife ‘s death,.
Bagnoregio’s Civita “ the city that die (the dieing city)”
It is only an example of the wonder in its kind
United to the world only by a long and tight bridge, the city that die, by now for a long time therefore called because of the tufa walls slow sliding down, encloses a group of medieval houses and a population of little families.
Supported sweetly on a summit, the city dominates the immense below valley, offering therefore to the tourist a charming and unforgettable scenery.
The Etruscan Cities
The Tuscia’s earth is full of places where the Etruscans have left traces of their civilisation.
computer, DVD-player, fax, internet-access, phone, radio, standard TV, stereo system
Outside:
parking lot, parking-lot
Special characteristics
family friendly, non-smoking, rail station near by, smoking permitted, suitable for allergic persons
Floor plan
Person(s):
2 - 10
Number of rooms:
5
Rooms:
5 bathroom 5 bedroom 1 children´s room 2 dining room 1 kitchen 1 kitchen living 1 living room Suite
The suite is situated on the first floor of “Bed and Breakfast of Popes “by the wide hall.
It is a large double room, simple and essential, with a canopy bed in iron, enriched with light white voile fabrics, which give the environment an elegant atmosphere. Rose predominates in this room: a fresh and soft colour symbolizing love and kindness and conveying tenderness and a positive energy.
The inner bathroom is furnished with a golden large mirror on a third bed.
The suite is provided with lcd TV, mini-bar, safe and amenities; it can accommodate four guests.
Purple
This bedroom takes the name from the colour of the room’s tapestry: the red colour represents strength, health, vitality and symbolizes fire, joy and passion.
The inner chromatic sequence is not accidental: it passes from the yellow tones of the ancient houses to the shady green tones of the wood’s houses.
The bedroom is equipped with a first ‘900 Chippendale” furniture: a wood head bed, a toilet table with a golden large mirror and little chairs in style. Amenities and air conditioner.
Jade
The Jade bedroom of the “Bed and Breakfast of the Popes” combines the yellow colour of the tapestry and the green colour of the wall.
This bedroom faces the typical Ginnasio Square and it is furnished with a textile head bed refined with an overhanging tulle drapery, a writing-desk with a fine brass lamp and a golden looking-glass.
It is equipped of air conditioner.
Miniapartment
The “Bed and Breakfast of the Popes” is also equipped with a Miniapartment connected to the Palace but with an independent entrance. It is provided with a double room, a cooking corner, a small XIV century washstand in lava stone, a fireplace, an internal bathroom, independent heating, mini-bar and TV.
The Miniapartment offers a warm and cosy atmosphere, thanks to the lively tapestries coloured with yellow, which symbolizes happiness, and green, which represents harmony and relax.
Because of the independence and the privacy; it represents the ideal place for all those guests who need also an extended stay.
Living space:
300 sqm
Rent
Period
Price
01. Jun. 2008 - 31. Dec. 2009
60-100 EUR/Day
Prices valid for 2 persons
Minimum stay: 1 day(s)
Rates (room prices per night)
- Double room € 90, 00 (breakfast included in the price)
- Suite € 100, 00 (breakfast included in the price)
- Double room to use single € 60, 00 (breakfast included in the price)
- Third bed € 20,00
Separate beds on demand
Overnight stay and breakfast free for children up to six years.
The landlord has not provided any dates when the property is occupied. Please enquire directly about availability using the contact information given below.
