The building was built over 200 years ago and our room was really an apartment with kitchen, bedroom and ensuite. The bonus for us about the accommodation was the presence of a nice pool and we were treated to amazing 4 course meals including unlimited wine for 30 Euros.
The area around Urbanio was so beautiful and classic Italian looking, and it was such a pleasure opening our shutters in the morning to let the morning air and sunshine in. It was conducive to some down time as well as a chance to catch up with mundane chores such as laundry. The staff was really friendly and went out of their way to help. One of them was a Romanian, woman, Daniella who Ely was able to converse with and get the Romanian brain cells going again. The other Daniella, the manager was also very helpful and her husband was the chef. The owner who was down from Rome was helping with the dinners and she told us that her family originally bought the property in 1950 and turned it into a hotel.
We were the only guests who were not part of an Italian language tour (although they spoke German most of the time). It was all very relaxed and we joined in conversation with them.
The only blemish, if you can call it that was that our room had a 12 inch TV from around 1980 and it didn't work, but frankly, you wouldn't miss it here.