The three apartments of this beautiful convent that are now let for holidays, all have one bedroom and can be rented to a maximum of two people.
Apartment Botte
The biggest of the three (42 m2) is on the ground floor and has a lovely private walled garden. There is one bedroom and a double sofa bed in the living room with very small kitchen in a cupboard. There is satellite TV. The bathroom has a shower.The outside old bread oven has been converted in a kind of outside kitchen.
Apartment Forno
Apartment on the first floor (38 m2), enjoying excellent views over the valley. This apartment with one double bedroom has a small kitchen corner in the living room. The bedroom is open, making the apartment very light and elegant. The hall where the entrance to this apartment is, has a lovely arched covered terrace at its end. There is satellite TV. The bathroom has a shower. There is no private terrace.
Apartment Pozzo
This apartment (22 m2) is really one big room with a separate bathroom. The windows see onto the convent's court yard (chiostro). There is air conditioning installed. The apartment is also situated on the first floor, on the same hall with terrace at the end. Here you also have satellite TV. The bathroom has a shower. There is no private terrace.
The kitchen corners of the apartments are suitable for preparing some simple meals, but not for extensive cooking. They are very small with under the counter fridges, no ovens and two electrical plates to cook on.
From 2010:Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
Sorry about the late reply. We very much enjoyed our stay at Il Convento. Peaceful place with a special atmosphere. the owner (Bruno) arrived at the same moment as we and proved to be a very friendly host. We thought the tour of the abbey to be very worthwhile.
To be repeated!
Kind regards, R.R.
From 2009:Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
Our holiday was superb, couldn't have been better. Good room (unfortanutaly without private terrace, but we knew that), nice pool and tennis court, good information before departure, pleasant comunication, good weather (though nobody can influence the weather) and safe parking.
With kind regards, Kim and Patrick
Dear Willemijn and Saskia,
We had a superholiday in Umbria! Both accomodations were comfortable. Especiallt the Borgo Spoleto was very luxurious. Also the convent was very beautiful with a fantastic pool and tennis court. In both cases the owners were very friendly and helpful.
Thank you for organising it and we'll be back in the future!
Regards, Marcella & Joost
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
We stayed at Il Convento end of May/neginning of June and enjoyed it a lot. Top host, beautiful location and nice surroundings. We prefer the surroundings of Lake Trasimeno, but still we also enjoyed this area.Your information is just fine. Maybe it is good to mention that at the convent guests can use a free wi fi connection in a common room on the ground floor. There were some problems with the water supply, but the owner did his utmost to get it resolved as quick as possible.
We enjoyed it that much, that you shouldn't be surprised if next year we'll contact you again.
Best regards, Saskia
Hello Saskia and Willemijn,
We had a terrific holiday! The convent really is a beautiful place. The apartment with small garden we can warmly recommend to any future guest of the convent. Other years we never stayed more then one week at the same place, this time two weeks were far too short. A tip for any future guest that likes cycling: do take your bike with you! I made some very nice tours myself.
Thank you for advising the convent to us. We had an unforgettable holiday!
With kind regards, Eveline and Martijn
Hi Saskia and Willemijn,
We like to give you some feedback for your website.
We had a wonderful honeymoon in the convent, apartment Botte. It is larger then what it seems on the pictures and in the garden with outside kitchen it is good relaxing. Cleaning lady Luciana was very helpful. When we had car problems she gave us a lift several times and even invited us for a local party in Lugnano. We missed our car a few days and hence were more at the convent, obliged to stay around the pool. Not a curse at all, to laze in the shade of the olive trees and enjoy the special atmosfere of the convent. What else to say. Good apartment, kind hosts, enough villages and towns in the area to do some interesting sight seeing and only an hour by train to Rome. And of course: all around the possibility to taste to excellent Umbrian cuisine :
Regards, Leonie & Bart
From before 2009:
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
Our stay at Il Convento has been a succes: the location is truly special and unique. A place so authentic, the atmosphere of the monastry, the serenity but also the surroundings, the garden, the forest, the nature surrounding it, even with the history intact, a comfort of these times that the appartment offers.
In short: above all expectations. Apart from that we treasured the hospitality of Mercedes and Bruno, discreet but always helpful and attentive.
We have no comments to make, and not enough words for all the positive remarks.
We truly hope to return next year, probably somewhere in fall (maybe October).
Thanks for the correct and well done help with our booking (the information was perfect and very accurate) We would love to make use of your services once more next year!
Along this way we would also like to convey our thanks to Mercedes and Bruno even if we have already done that personally.
Kind regards, Joop and Mila
Dear Willemijn,
We had a great time in the monastry in Umbria. It was a very special place to stay; we have been welcomed very warmly and the facilities were good. In the village we were able to do all our groceries and the people were very friendly.
Only minor point was the bed in the bedroom. The what was original a settee-bed became somewhat uncomfortable in the following days if we are allowed to say so. The matrass was thin and the coils were worn in the middle. It was a reason to leave a day early. Maybe the owner can solve this problem? Besides that the appartment is to be recommended to all!
All praise for your wine tasting! Great location, well executed and fantastic quality wines. We took 4 boxes and are sorry we didn't load up the car some more.
Good luck with your company and who knows till next time.
Kind regards, fam. L.
Comment Villa in Umbria: the owners have replaced the bed and bought a brand new real bed of excellent quality. Below is the picture.
Hereby we'd like to thank you for the speedy service at securing our stay in the appartment in the monastry. The owner was very kind; the appartment suited our needs very well. We had a lovely week in the (surprisingly non touristic) Southern Umbria.
Kind regards, Katja
Hello Willemijn,
Our holidays have ended unfortunately.... But all went well. What a location! What a surroundings! We thoroughly enjoyed it! We did have some thunderstorms with one tree blocking the path... just two cars in front of us... luckily no one was hit. You don't want to think about passing a few minutes earlier.....
But all ended well, and thanks for the speedy communication!
Regards, Annemie
Dear Willemijn,
We have spend our holidays to our full satisfaction in Il Convento - appartment Forno.
The welcome by Bruno and Mercedes was very warm.
The furnishing can not be faulted and everything we needed was there.
Kind regards, Peter and Mirja
Hello Willemijn,
We have arrived back home in Holland. We tremendously enjoyed Umbria and two days in Rome. We like to thank you wholeheartedly for all your help and information. Both appartments were wonderful.
Regards, Yvonne and Jochen
Hi
We had a good stay in the Convento and we wrote our appreciation in the notebook.
Thank you for staying in your Convento.
Sincerely yours, Jos & Olga
Dear Willemijn,
I have just returned from my holiday and I just wanted to thank you for everything that you did to make this the best holiday I have ever experienced. Mr Bruno was very helpful and the monastery was delightful and Mr Antonio's La Torre was just wonderful. We really enjoyed our time there.
Thank you once again.
Best wishes, SUE
Dear mrs. Lindeboom,
It took a while but:
Also on behalf of my wife I would like to thank you for your mediation and the given information on the territory.
The accomodation met our expectations. Francesco's restaurant (nice guy) was very nice.
When we are to visit Italy another time we'll make sure to make use of your site again.
We'll also recommend it to our friends and family.
All the best.
Kind regards, Paul
Dear mrs. Lindeboom,
Through your organisation we booked a week in the old monastry in Lugnano.
The appartment was called "Il Forno"
Meanwhile we have arrived back home.
We like to let you know that our stay there met all our expectations.
Hearty reception, well situated and furnished, quiet, all perfect,........
Also your communication and information was very ad hoc and professional.
Our thanks for your share in our holiday, we will warmly recommend you and your services to all of our friends and acquintances.
Kind regards, Frank
Dear Saskia and Willemijn,
Thanks for your email. After two weeks Umbria [Il Convento/Forno - Lugnano in Teverina] we're back in rainy Holland.
Regarding our appartments: nice reception and ditto owner, lovely pool [necessary with an average 38c degrees]. beautiful surroundings, nice villages,.... We even got a portable airco-unit in the second week [what do you mean: Il Forno..?]
The only drawback was the kitchen, not only the small area but also the equipment: to make a cup of tea water had to be boiled in a large pan [difficult to light gas, burned my fingers once] and regarding teacups there was only something smallish ore something extremely large. An electrical watercooker and a few teacups would be wellcome here. Furthermore on your website it is mentioned that the area is 38 square meters wich seems quit large to me, but that besides.
Regards, Wouter and Norma
PS the restaurant mentioned in the documentation Il Convento has shut down......
We have returned from our stay in Umbria. We don't have any complains, we liked it. Only while looking on your website it occured to me that not all the information is up to date. Pictures as well as the drawing of Forno are no longer correct.
Maybe something to look into.
Reaction Villa in Umbria: Meanwhile we have updated all our info.
