Cathedral House Orvieto

Cathedral House was beautiful and spotless. The location is perfect on an adorable alley, close to the Duomo and central to everything. The hosts responded quickly to any questions we had. We absolutely loved it and can't wait to return!

The location was perfect, it was cozy and peaceful. Very pretty.

There wasn’t an iron or steamer. Our travel steamer broke during our visit.

Excellent location, clean, spacious and well-equipped.

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This accommodation is light, bright and a pleasure to stay in. The town itself is also great to stay in - I’d recommend the underground tour and going up the clocktower for the view, as well as all the many other places of interest. The location and views from every room are outstanding. It’s at most 5 minute’s walk to the cathedral and you can hear the bells from the apartment. Getting there is actually quite easy via public transport, even with suitcases. The funiculare is right across from the station and goes very frequently. At the top, there is always a shuttle bus waiting and it is included in same ticket as the funiculare. The bus takes you up to the cathedral square – no need to press the buzzer, it terminates there and returns back to the station. If you wanted to walk from the funiculare, it would take about half an hour and is slightly uphill – not too bad if you don’t have heavy bags. Valerie answered my initial questions through booking.com promptly then Roberta showed us around the apartment when we arrived, including the bottle of wine left for us - she was courteous and encouraged to us to contact her is we had any questions or issues. The design and decoration of the apartment is very good. It only has one common wall with another building and that’s the back of the loungeroom so there’s no neighbour noise. It’s not huge but definitely not small, especially the lounge area. It was a heatwave while were there and the AC units in the lounge and the bedroom kept the apartment lovely and cool, and it was not stuffy to sleep at all. Bedroom - Lots of wardrobe space. AC is great when the weather heats up and the shutters allow you to keep the heat out during the day. The bed was comfortable. Bathroom – it’s a little small but has a lovely view and a great shower with a screen, not a curtain. There is good water pressure and temperature.

There was nothing I didn’t like, just some very minor things that might be useful: The washing machine was tricky but we worked it out: make sure dial is in 0 then turn the dial to choose the cycle, press Confirma then Avvio. There was also no iron that I could find. The drying line was very small and hung on the Juliet balcony, and I could see that a previous guest had lost a sock from not pegging them on securely. A larger, stand-alone dryer would be handier. This being early summer and festival time, there was a little noise in the evenings that floated up from people talking in nearby restaurants and walking home on the laneway below. It wasn’t overly loud and would only affect very light sleepers (like me), and it was over by 23:00 anyway. In the cooler times of the day, we had the windows open to let air through, and there is no mechanism on any of them to stop them slamming shut in the breeze so we needed to improvise. There are two largish flights of stairs up to the apartment, but they are not too steep and certainly not as bad as a lot of places we stayed in. Not much bench space in bathroom. A full length mirror somewhere would be handy. But I would highly recommend this place and would definitely stay again if we get back to Orvieto.

Wonderful! There is nothing negative to say about Cathedral House.

Perfect location

The apartment is exceptionally well located, in the centre of the town, but in a quiet lane, with very good views of the remarkable cathedral. The apartment is spacious and we'll equipped.

The staircase is a bit demanding but one soon got used to it.

Excellent location on one of the prettiest alleys in the city. Everything is super clean, very comfortable, lots of space, and of course the view.