Viaso · Carnia · Friuli Venezia Giulia
A new house of stone and glass on top of a knoll above the Tagliamento valley. Rented whole, to one group only.
Top Hill Cottage stands on the edge of Viaso, a village of meadows and red roofs at 525 metres in Carnia: the mountains of Friuli, where the Tagliamento leaves the valleys and spreads into a bed of white gravel.
Around the house lie twelve thousand square metres of meadow and trees. Inside, stone, wood and large windows facing the mountains. It is let as a whole: whoever arrives has the entire house, and nobody else.
Viaso: meadows, gardens and red roofs above the valley.
The woods climb up to the knoll.
At the top, the house: stone, wood and glass.
Real drone footage, summer 2022.
The house
On the ground floor the kitchen with its island, the table for twelve and the living room share one open space, with the wood stove at one end and the fireplace at the other. A floating staircase leads to the bedrooms under the beams, each with its own bathroom.
Then a second living room facing the glass wall, a gym and a steam bath; outside the porch, the lawn and, in summer, an above-ground pool.
Inside
The entrance, the dining room, the kitchen with its stove, the living room with the fireplace, the staircase by the glass wall, the bedroom under the beams.
The light
Who it is for
The Friulian Dolomites, Lake Sauris and Monte Zoncolan are less than forty minutes' drive away. You come back to a warm house, the fire lit and a table for everyone.
A whole house for one team: the table for twelve to work at, a bedroom each to sleep in, a gym to switch off. A chef in the house and outings with a guide can be arranged on request; two kilometres away, in Socchieve, there is a municipal coworking space with a meeting room.
The garden is fenced, a cot is free on request, the board games are already there. And in the evening there is room for everyone around the same table.
More than the keys
On arrival the person who runs the house welcomes you in person and shows you around, room by room. During your stay they remain within reach, with tips on what to see and where to eat.
And on request they arrange what you need. These are the services the house declares: costs and terms are agreed with the quote.
Services declared by the house in its listings. Availability and prices are confirmed with the quote.
Mountains or city?
Top Hill Cottage and Haus Lixl are both let as a whole, to large families and groups of up to twelve. One sits on a knoll in Carnia, the other above central Trieste, with a pool and the sea ten minutes away: put them side by side.
Viaso · Carnia
Scorcola · Trieste
The two houses are 135 kilometres apart: a little under two hours by car.
Where it is
Viaso is a hamlet of Socchieve, one of the municipalities of Carnia, the mountain land of upper Friuli. From the house Tolmezzo is about twenty minutes away, Udine an hour, Trieste airport less than an hour and a half.
What to do
Lakes, mountain pastures, wooden villages, trails and slopes: choose the season and set aside what catches your eye. The ideas you add travel with your request for a quote.
San Martino in Socchieve, a national monument, with Gianfrancesco da Tolmezzo's frescoes dated 1493; the Pieve di Castoia on its hill; San Biagio in Mediis.
Among the Triassic fossils found here is one of the oldest known flying reptiles. The exhibition is free, and the Stavoli Lunas trail makes a 4 km loop.
The Friulian Dolomites nature park can only be crossed on foot. From Forni di Sopra, the visitor centre and, in summer, the Varmost chairlifts up to the mountain pastures.
Trail CAI 362 climbs to the Flaiban-Pacherini hut in an hour and a half; higher up, at the Suola pass, seeing ibexes is normal.
A lake at 977 metres with SUP, canoeing and a bike loop; above it, the German-speaking hamlets of Sauris, a «Best Tourism Village» 2023 for the UN World Tourism Organization.
In Sauris the beech-smoked PGI ham and the village beer; the ham festival in July, the mountain-cheese festival in August; around Monte Pieltinis, the ring of mountain pastures.
Every summer the Carniarmonie festival brings concerts to the churches and villages of Carnia, including Mediis and the Pieve di Castoia.
The Giro d'Italia climb from Sutrio: 13.7 km on an open road, the last three at 14% with ramps of 25%.
A mountain village that since 2004 has brought more than 1,600 works of art to Carnia: every year, from June to November, a major exhibition in the Casa delle Esposizioni.
Clocks have been made here since the 17th century: twelve monumental clocks to see in the open, at any hour, and the clock-making museum.
Frico, cjarsons, smoked ricotta and mountain cheeses. In Raveo, Indiniò is in the MICHELIN Guide selection.
Dates and quote
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CIN (Italian national identification code): IT030110C2XOSUL9R6Viaso · Socchieve (UD)
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A few kilometres away
The person who keeps Top Hill running also has a house of his own: a wood-and-stone chalet in a meadow among the woods, for those travelling in few.
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