An exceptional villa on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples.

Entrance hall, drawing room, dining room, 2 master bedroom suites with private terrace, two further double bedrooms, double covered loggia for outdoor living, kitchen and storage areas. Swimming pool.

Additional guesthouse with two double bedrooms and housekeepers’ apartment. Further staff accommodation and landscaped gardens totalling almost 1 Ha.

Price €7,500,000

Forio 1km, Porto d’Ischia 6km, Naples 60 mins, Naples Capodichino Airport 70 mins

The Property
This private and highly desirable villa is located on the south west of the island. Built and designed by the renowned Roman architect Toni Facella Sensi it provides a feeling of traditional and easy living opulence where the main internal rooms harmonize with both the outdoor living areas and the surrounding gardens and terraces.

Ischia is an island of natural beauty and enchantment with a number of sandy beaches and thermal springs, popular since Roman times, and is one of the most sought after locations in Italy for luxury properties.

The port of Ischia provides a quick hydrofoil service to Naples and the Amalfi coast. The old volcanic island is part of the range that includes Capri and Mount Vesuvius. Above the beaches and villas is a forested interior rising to Monte Epomeo (788m).

The villa is a five minute walk from Forio with its shops, sea-front restaurants and bars overlooking the popular beach of San Francesco

The Main Villa (432 sqm)
Located on a south-facing hillside, the villa is approached through electronic gates and a private drive flanked with herbaceous borders.

The arched front door opens into a six-sided hall and a corridor leading to a sweeping spiral staircase and inner hall. On the right of the corridor are the main reception rooms and to the left the service areas comprising a fitted kitchen, staff dining room and cloakroom, cellar and storage areas with access to the staff apartment and two separate staff bedrooms.

Throughout the central heated villa are white marble floors while the loggias and terraces have a mixture of patterned terracotta and marble floors. The main reception rooms include the Dining Room linked to the Drawing Room and the external covered dining loggia.

The well-proportioned Drawing Room has an antique stone fireplace and access to the large south-facing terrace and an attractive outdoor “sitting room” loggia. Off the inner hall are two guest bedrooms each with en-suite bathroom, one with direct access to the main terrace.

The curving marble staircase leads up to the first floor and down to a lower ground floor with a guest cloakroom, bathroom and access to the gardens. An attractive first floor landing leads to the suites. The first suite contains a large double bedroom, dressing room, marble bathroom and access to an upper terrace with exceptional views of the sea below. The second suite has a double bedroom, marble bathroom, study and access to the same terrace.

Casa Francesca (80 sqm) contains two double guest bedrooms with bathrooms and the one-bedroom staff apartment on the ground floor.

Land and Garden
The landscaped mature garden contains impressive cypress and umbrella pine trees, fruit trees, herbaceous borders, a lawn as well as a carefully maintained water garden and waterfall. There are footpaths and floodlights throughout and the garden. Near the heated swimming pool and pool house is a lemon grove and a footpath along the cliff to a grotto converted into a chapel. Nearby is a covered wood burning pizza oven, bbq and dining area. Greenhouse of 55sqm.

Services
Gas C/H 2 private wells and 2 large cisterns – one services the house and the other services the garden. There are four boilers, for the villa, the guest house, the pool and for the central heating in the villa. The electricity system is located in the kitchen. Telephone, fax, private water supply as well as mains water available. Septic tank system.

Viewing
All viewing is by appointment through La Vecchia Toscana Properties.

Important Notice
1. These particulars are for guidance only. They are prepared and issued in good faith and intended to give a fair description of the property.
2. Any description or information given should not be relied on as a statement or representation of fact or that the property or its services are in good condition.
3. The photographs show only certain parts of the property at the time they were taken. Any areas, measurements or distances given are approximate only.
4. Any reference to alterations to, or use of, any part of the property is not a statement that any necessary planning, building regulations, or other consents have been obtained. These matters must be verified by any intending purchaser.