Panoramic Apartment with Valley Views
Vico Santa Maria 8, Collescipoli (TR) — Umbria, Italy
An authentic retreat in the heart of Collescipoli, a medieval Umbrian hilltop village surrounded by ancient walls. This 72 m² apartment is located on the upper floor of a building originally constructed along the village's perimeter walls, offering breathtaking panoramic views of the surrounding countryside with a vast horizon.
Fully renovated and furnished in 2026, designed with remote workers in mind, the apartment blends the charm of traditional Umbrian village homes with every modern comfort. The dedicated workspace — with desk and ergonomic chair enjoying a beautiful panoramic view — is the perfect spot for deep work sessions.
The brand-new Veneta Cucine kitchen with Samsung induction cooktop, oven, dishwasher, and a large side-by-side refrigerator lets you cook like you're at home. The modern bathroom features a spacious thermostatic shower (80×160 cm) for comfort and safety. Instant hot water 24/7 — no waiting.
With wooden beam ceilings, terracotta floors, and that extraordinary view — this is a place where history meets modern comfort.
Pilot Apartment — Early Access Pricing
This is the first apartment in the Digital Nomad Villages network — a pilot project where we're putting everything we've learned in 25 years of vacation rentals into one place. We're launching here before going to Airbnb and Booking.com, and April prices start as low as €30/night because your feedback is incredibly valuable to us.
In return for a genuinely great deal on a brand-new apartment, we ask one thing: tell us what you loved and what we can improve. Your experience will shape how we welcome hundreds of future guests.
Early access pricing increases daily and reaches the standard rate (€100/night) by end of April. The price you see right now is the lowest it will ever be.
Remote Work Ready
- Dedicated desk with panoramic valley view
- Ergonomic office chair
- Dedicated desk lighting
- WiFi 50 Mbps down / 16 Mbps up (FTTC) — video calls, streaming, no issues
- Backup SIM card available
- USB outlets in work area
- 6 kW electrical system — no blackouts, ever
- Optimal natural light in the morning (SW orientation, 215°)
- Bloom Coworking & Cafe in Terni (10 min drive)
Adults
Age 16+Children
Ages 2–15 (tax exempt)Infants
Under 2Max 3 adults, or 2 adults + 2 children. Infants don't count. Children stay free.
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Add your travel dates for exact pricingMeet your hosts
Luca, Francesco & Carlo
Luca has been in the vacation rental industry since 2001, managing apartments in Venice, Italy. Carlo manages luxurious villas in Ibiza and has 15 years of experience in hospitality. Together with Francesco, they created Digital Nomad Villages — a project to revitalise historic Italian villages by creating spaces designed for remote workers and travellers seeking authenticity. This apartment is their pilot project.
The Apartment
360° Virtual Tour
Bedroom
View from the Apartment
The View Through the Seasons
Kitchen & Living Room
Sofa Bed — Sleeps 2 Children or 1 Adult
Bathroom
Entrance & Stairway
Collescipoli is a walled medieval village of about a thousand residents, perched on a hilltop above the Terni basin in southern Umbria. The settlement is documented since at least 1085 and its two bell towers have marked the skyline for centuries. Olive groves and mixed woodland cover the slopes below the walls. You enter through Porta Sabina and within a few steps the valley floor with its traffic and industry vanishes behind you. Morning espresso at the bar in the piazza, evening passeggiata through stone alleys, and a silence at night that city dwellers have forgotten exists. Yet you are only ten minutes from Terni and one hour from Rome. There is one restaurant in the village, La Genga, and a church whose bells mark the hours. From the apartment window you see the valley stretching out below, birds of prey circling in the thermals, and on the clearest days a faint outline of the Apennine ridgeline in the distance. In the evening the sky turns the colour of terracotta and the swallows return to the rooftops. There is nowhere quite like this.
What This Place Offers
Views That Bring Peace
Work Like Never Before
Cook Like a Local
Sleep in Silence
Refresh & Recharge
Unwind & Enjoy
Arrive With Ease
The morning begins slowly here. You wake to church bells and birdsong, open the shutters, and the valley fills the room with light. The moka pot goes on the stove — the familiar gurgle is the only sound in the house. You take your espresso to the desk by the window, open your laptop, and begin. The WiFi holds steady at fifty megabits. The ergonomic chair keeps you comfortable through long sessions. Outside, the village is waking up: a neighbour's dog barks once, a Vespa hums down the alley. By mid-morning you have done more deep work than a full day in the city. You close the laptop, grab your jacket, and walk two minutes to the bar in the piazza for a second espresso. This is what working remotely was supposed to feel like.
Parking
Free parking around the village walls — we recommend Parking 2 for most guests
How to Get There
Walking directions from the parking area to the apartment entrance
Facade & Aerial View
Every village has its cats. In Collescipoli they have appointed themselves the unofficial welcoming committee. You will find them sunning on the warm stone steps in the morning, inspecting the contents of shopping bags left by the door, or dozing on a windowsill with one eye half open. They belong to no one and to everyone. The neighbours leave scraps and they repay them with the occasional mouse deposited like a gift on the doormat. They know every alley, every shortcut through the gardens, every gap in every wall. In the evening they follow the passeggiata at a dignified distance, tails high, as though escorting the villagers home. They have never once been in a hurry. If you are lucky one will appear on the rooftop outside the kitchen window at sunset and sit there while the sky turns pink.
Location & How to Reach Us
Getting to Collescipoli — Detailed Directions
By Car (easiest option)
From Rome: ~1h 35min
From Fiumicino Airport (FCO): ~1h 34min
From Ciampino Airport (CIA): ~1h 27min
By Public Transport
Your goal is to reach Terni by train first, then get to Collescipoli from there.
From Roma Termini to Terni: 55min – 1h 34min by train
From Fiumicino Airport: 1h 51min – 2h 16min (train to Roma Termini, then train to Terni)
From Ciampino Airport: 1h 56min – 2h 23min (train to Roma Termini, then train to Terni)
There is no direct transport from either airport to Terni — you must connect via Roma Termini.
From Terni to Collescipoli
By car/taxi: ~12 minutes from Terni railway station. Taxis are available right in front of the station and cost around €20–25.
By bus: ~29 minutes, but service is infrequent and not the most practical option.
Parking
There is free parking around the village. We recommend Parking 2 for most guests.
Parking 1 – Very close (2-minute walk). You enter the village through Porta Sabina. You can see your car from the apartment window. However, parking is parallel on an incline, which can be awkward. Best if you have rolling luggage — there are no stairs on the way up.
Parking 2 (recommended) – Very close (2-minute walk). You climb a short, easy iron staircase and enter directly at Porta Sabina, where on the right you'll find Vico Santa Maria. Plenty of angled parking spots, much easier to park. You do need to go up stairs to reach the apartment, so best if you can carry your luggage by hand.
Parking 3 – Farther away, gives you access to the village from a different entry point. Requires a longer walk (~5 minutes) through the village on uneven terrain. Not recommended.
A Note on the Village
Collescipoli has cobblestone streets and some steep sections. Large or heavy luggage can be tricky to roll — just something to keep in mind when choosing your parking spot.
Check-in: Self Check-in with Lockbox
Check-in: from 3:00 PM | Check-out: before 11:00 AM
Guest identity verification will be carried out in accordance with Italian law before check-in.
A combination lockbox is mounted on the wall next to the letterbox, right by the building entrance. We will send you the code a few days before your arrival.
- Open the lockbox with the code we sent you.
- Take the key and scramble the code before closing the lockbox.
- Enter the building — the front door is right there.
- Go up to the second floor (two flights of stairs from the ground floor). The apartment door is on the right.
At Checkout
Put the key back in the lockbox, scramble the code, and close it.
Cancellation Policy
Short-term stays (under 28 nights)
- 5+ days before check-in: full refund
- Less than 5 days before check-in: 50% refund for the nights not stayed
Long-term stays (28 nights or more)
- 30+ days before check-in: full refund
- Less than 30 days before check-in: the first 30 days of the stay are non-refundable
| Destination | Distance | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Terni city centre | 5 km | 10 min by car |
| Cascata delle Marmore | 15 km | 15-20 min |
| Terni train station | 10 km | 13 min by car |
| Todi | 45 km | 40 min |
| Spoleto | 35 km | 30 min |
| Assisi | 70 km | 1 hour |
| Perugia | 85 km | 1 hr 15 min |
| Rome (by car) | 100 km | 1.5 hours |
| Rome (by train) | — | 1 hour direct |
| Florence | 200 km | 2.5 hours |
| Rome Fiumicino Airport | — | 1.5-2 hours |
As the sun drops behind the ridge the sky turns the colour of embers and the stone walls hold the last warmth of the day. One by one the street lamps flicker on along the alley but the real lights are smaller and more ancient. Down in the valley the fireflies arrive with the first stars, drifting up from the grass among the olive groves and farmland below. They blink in no particular rhythm, each one tracing its own slow path through the warm air. From the apartment window you can watch them rise through the trees in the distance, tiny sparks from a fire that never burns. By midnight they fill the valley floor with a silence that glows. There is no performance here and no audience. The fireflies do not know you are watching. They have been doing this since long before the village was built and they will carry on long after. This is what evening looks like when the world slows down enough to notice.
Collescipoli — The Village
Collescipoli is an ancient walled medieval village perched on a hill overlooking the Terni Valley. With just 400 residents and only two gates through its walls, it is an authentic, untouched corner of Umbria — far from mass tourism.
The village is home to noble palaces, historic churches (one housing one of the two most famous organs in Europe), the Monastero di Santa Cecilia with its stunning chiostro, and the ancient Porta Sabina. The village currently has a post office with ATM withdrawal, a pharmacy, a medical office, a traditional restaurant (La Genga), and a simple traditional bar housed in the local social club. There is also a beautifully restored large cloister — "BAC" (Borgo Arti Collescipoli) — where cultural and artistic events take place. Supermarkets and other services are located below the village, about 5 minutes by car.
Bird's Eye View
Inside the Walls
Some evenings you close the laptop early. Not because you have to but because the room asks you to. The older houses in Collescipoli still have the iron hooks in the walls where oil lanterns once hung, and when you light a candle and set it on the desk you understand why they bothered. The beam ceiling throws long shadows that shift when the flame moves. The stone walls glow amber and the window becomes a black mirror reflecting the small fire back at you. Everything beyond the circle of light disappears. There is only the candle and the page and the sound of the village settling into silence. You read more slowly by candlelight. The words seem heavier somehow, more deliberate, as though they too are being careful not to disturb the flame. Nobody asked you to do this. There is no power cut, no emergency. You chose it, and that is what makes it different. In the morning you will open the shutters and laugh at yourself for the romanticism. But you will remember the evening you read by candlelight in a medieval village and how the pages felt different in the half-dark.
Explore the Area
Vico Santa Maria 8, Collescipoli (TR) — in the heart of Umbria, between Rome and Perugia.