Winter
in Tuscia.
The warm wood of the cottage, the fire lit, and twenty minutes away water that comes out of the ground at fifty-eight degrees. Here in winter the hot water is the earth's doing.
No queues.
No hurry.
Some places close in winter. Tuscia does the opposite: the villages go back to the people who live in them, the roads empty, and the springs — natural and free here — finally become what they were made for, a hot open-air bath when it is cold outside.
Villa Vacanze Valentina stays open all year, in Bassano in Teverina, province of Viterbo: two apartments in the villa and a wooden cottage for two, in three thousand square metres of garden. In winter the garden is not a pool: it is silence, low morning fog and the sound of your own steps.
Rome is an hour away and truly visitable in the cold months — and on the blog you will find our guides to the thermal baths of Viterbo and to Civita di Bagnoregio.
For two
The cottage, heated
One warm wooden room with its own garden and porch. In winter the timber becomes the place you are glad to come back to: low light inside, nothing but dark countryside outside.
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For families and friends
Fireplace evenings
One of the two apartments has a real fireplace, and we provide the firewood. It is the reason January here does not feel like January in the city: you come back from the villages and light the fire.
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Twenty minutes away
Hot water all year
The free thermal pools of Tuscia — Bullicame, Piscine Carletti, Bagnaccio — run hot right through winter and cost nothing. At Terme dei Papi, on Saturdays, you bathe at night in the steam.
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comes from the ground.
Viterbo sits on land that has been boiling forever: the water surfaces at fifty-eight degrees and runs into open-air pools, free of charge, in winter as in summer.
- Free thermal pools — Bullicame and natural pools, free, open all year — 20-25 minutes
- Terme dei Papi — Saturday night bathing in the monumental pool — 25 minutes
- Villages without crowds — Civita di Bagnoregio, Vitorchiano, Celleno: in winter they are yours
- Rome — One hour by car, 45 minutes by train from Orte — the city in the months you can actually see it
- A1 motorway, Orte exit — A quarter of an hour from the villa, fog or no fog
For weeks
or for months.
Not only weekends: in winter we gladly welcome people who stay a long time — those working in the area, those who want a season away from the city, those simply looking for a real place to be.
The apartments have their own entrance, a fully equipped kitchen, heating, wifi and parking inside the property. No hotel corridor, no neighbour through the wall: a home, with its garden around it.
Before
you book.
Is the villa open in winter too?
Yes, all year round. The apartments and the Lovers' Cottage are heated; the cottage, built entirely of wood, is especially snug in the cold months. The pool belongs to summer: in winter the stay revolves around the house, the fireplace and what lies around.
Is there really a fireplace?
Yes, in one of the two apartments, and it is a working fireplace: the firewood is included. Ask us when you book and we will assign you that apartment, if it is free.
What is there to do in Tuscia in winter?
The thermal water first of all: the free pools of Bullicame and Piscine Carletti cost nothing and run hot all year, and at Terme dei Papi in Viterbo you can bathe at night on Saturdays. Then the villages without summer queues — Civita di Bagnoregio, Vitorchiano, Celleno — and Rome one hour away, in the months when it can really be visited.
Do you take long stays in low season?
Yes, gladly: weeks or months, for people working in the area or wanting to spend a season in Tuscia. The apartments have their own entrance, a fully equipped kitchen, heating, wifi and parking inside the property. Send us your dates and we will prepare a tailored quote.
Is breakfast included?
Served breakfast is not included. Inside you will find a coffee corner with capsules and something packaged for the first morning; the village bar is a few minutes away and the apartment kitchens are complete.
Can we book directly, without commission?
Yes, you can book straight from this site, without the portals' commission. For long dates or particular requests just write to us: we reply within a few hours.
Why book
directly with us.
The fire lit,
the silence outside.
Check your dates here, with no commission. For long stays write to us: we reply within a few hours.