Our Story

We fell head over heels in love with the villa since we first saw it in 2017. So much so that we decided to pack our bags and move from Vancouver, Canada to Poli, Italy to make this our NEW home. ​

The villa is built over and around a 5th-century monastery and expiatory church — constructed to lift a ban on the local church — on land believed to have been inhabited for roughly 2,500 years, first by the Etruscans, then by the Franciscans. Woven into the property are ivy-draped ancient ruins, city walls up to 6 meters high, and defensive towers — remnants of a walled village thought to have housed up to 100 people.

The grounds are alive with olive, fig, almond, walnut, cherry, peach, apricot, wild pear and apple trees, alongside acacias, oaks, pines, cedars, and cypress.

The walls, the earth, the crumbling chapel ruins just a few hundred meters away — all of it is layered with history that we are still uncovering ourselves. What we know for certain is this: the air here is pure, the silence is punctuated only by birdsong and rustling leaves, and on clear days the views stretch across Rome, Frascati, San Gregorio, Casape, and the village of Poli.

Something quietly magical awakens when you're here. We can't wait to share it with you.