La Barca is the fitting name of this historic home which used to be a mill and boathouse to cross the nascent Tevere river. Here you will find a rustic, authentic, and simple house with many historical touches. The quaint, kind and thoughtful couple that runs this place have spared no effort to make it a highly cured, well maintained property that shows love, but not sanitized it thereby keeping the original, regional and historic flavors it oozes quite intact.
We rented this property as a family of 4 with friends of ours who are also a family of 4 and found roomy accomodations that met or exceeded our expectations. The grounds and property was very well kept by the couple who own it, a pair of Germans who look very German yet speak with Roman Italian accents due to being born in Italy from their more northerly parents. They are very knowledgeable, respectful and responsive, looking to keep their property running as well as possible, but are an invaluable resource in helping you enjoy the area as much as possible. If they tell you to go see a place, go there; if they recommend a restaurant, eat there. I myself am Italian and Italian speaking, and I can vouch that their recommendations were all spot on.
Also very convenient is that for the size and type of accomodations, as well as the presence of a swimming pool, this is one of the only properties in all of Italy at this price range that is conveniently located. I will emphasize that this property is only several kilometers from the E-45 highway, and that most of the local locations you will want to go explore are not more than an hour away, even if taking back roads. And what locations they are, Assisi, Cortona, Lago Trasiment, Collepino, I could go on and wax poetic. If you look around, most other properties that are so conveniently located as La Barca, that don't require a carsick inducing hour on back roads after your highway jaunt, and share this level of amenity cost double.
We were extremely satisfied. In Italian, one would say "Ottimo sotto tutti gli aspetti" about La Barca, which means "outstanding in all aspects". You've already decided to come to Italy already, you know you want to, you won't regret having rented this place. With the pricepoint that you may be considering if you've come this far in your research, this place is a slam dunk.