Italian Holiday apartment La Porcilaia Orvieto Holiday apartment with views of Lake Bolsena

Welcome to LaPorcilaia a corner of paradise that we have been lucky to find and that we love to share with our guests.

We are in Italy, on the Umbria - Lazio border, between Orvieto Bolsena e Bagnoregio, amongst sweet Umbrian hills and with fantastic views of Lake Bolsena to the front.

We bought LaPorcilaia about twenty years ago when it was in a total state of disrepair. At times it has been a struggle to get it completed and a battle against the Italian red tape, but we have done it and the journey has made us grow and find many new friends on the way. We hope to be able to retire here one day

Spring comes late at LaPorcilaia because we are 500 mts above sea level, but this guarantees that it is beautifully cooler in the hot summer.

The late spring is beautiful and it makes you want to take up painting, when the hills become yellow with the “ginestra” in flower and the fields around the house are turned to purple by the clover and red by the poppies and to all the other vivid colours of the palette by hundreds of wild flower in competition with each other.

"Summertime and the  living is easy": long swims in the deliciously warm lake, a beer or ice cream on the lake shore watching the world go by.   Lazy lunches under the oak trees with the fresh breeze from the lake cooling you down. Live Bolsena after dusk, beautiful music, fantastic restaurants, "festas" and sagas.  Do not miss the mediaeval festival!

The autumn is warm and makes you feel good to be alive and to want to sample the fruits of the land: the porcini, the truffles, the the figs, the grapes, the chestnuts and the traditional and very tasty boar stews.

This is one of the best regions for the Italian traditional cuisine, based on fresh local ingredients and what is in season. However it is still good value and the local wine is excellent. The ultimate Italian experience. See "Photo" page for restaurants