Bed and breakfast accommodation is available at La Preghiera luxury guest house in Umbria. A leisurely copious buffet breakfast is served from 8.30am until 10.30am and can be taken on the loggia or in the elegant dining room…

There are 11 bedrooms, each with an en-suite marble bathroom, and all furnished and decorated to a very high standard. The beds are fitted with luxurious silk and cotton blend sheets and there are matching white waffle towels and guest robes, slippers and a hair dryer.

The furniture has been carefully chosen and each room is different, all with terracotta tiled floors, underfloor central heating, electric cooling fans, luxurious bedcovers, elegant chairs, hand-made painted tables, beautiful curtains, padded window seat cushions and silk braided parchment lampshades. Most bedrooms have televison - we offer DVD by request.

Beata Beatrice (Superior) is on the first floor, with a large double bed, tapestry head board, hand painted fitted wardrobe, antique dressing table and a luxury bathroom with shower. One flight of stone stairs leads from the reception area to this charming room with views over the swimming pool and the fields and woods beyond. (22 square metres)

Santa Chiara (Superior) is on the first floor, with a double bed, antique fronted fitted wardrobe, hand made table, antique marble top dressing table and a luxury bathroom with shower and bath. One flight of stone stairs leads from the reception area to this elegant room. A perfect room for a single traveller. (19 square metres)

Mastro Dante (Superior Plus) is on the first floor, with large double or twin beds, large antique wardrobe, antique marble top night tables, wall mounted antique mirror and a luxury bathroom with shower and bath. One flight of stone stairs leads from the reception area to this spacious room with massive old oak beams and a double old tiled roof. (32 square metres)

Re Emanuele (Superior) is on the first floor, with large double or twin beds, large antique fronted fitted wardrobe, antique hand painted dressing table and a luxury bathroom with shower. One flight of stone stairs leads from the reception area to this spacious room featuring a double old tiled roof. (34 square metres)

San Francesco (Superior) is on the first floor, with large double or twin beds with antique wrought iron head boards, huge antique wardrobe, antique dressing table and a luxury bathroom with shower. A flight of stone stairs leads from reception to this elegant room with views over the swimming pool and the fields and woods beyond. (32 square metres)

Padrone Irace (Master) is on the ground floor, with a large double wrought iron bed, hand painted fitted wardrobe and matching hand painted dressing table and a luxury bathroom with shower. Suitable for guests with mobility difficulties. There are beautiful views over the swimming pool and the fields and woods beyond. (32 square metres)

Pittore Michelangelo (Junior Suite/Mini Apartment/Family Room) is on the lower ground floor, accessed from the outside of the monastery through large arched French doors, which open onto a private, covered, terracotta tiled terrace facing the sunken garden. Junior Suite: Large double or twin beds with antique wrought iron head boards, two armchairs and a pouff, two Liberty style wardrobes and luxury bathroom with shower and bath. Mini Apartment: Exclusive use of a fully fitted adjacent small kitchen available if required. Suitable for guests with mobility difficulties. Family Room: This room is also available as a family room, on request, by adding two single beds and removing the armchairs. (30 square metres + kitchen 2.5 square metres)

Imperatore Nerone (Superior Plus) is on the lower ground floor, with French doors which open onto its private stone tiled terrace in the sunken garden. Large double or twin beds with hand painted head board, hand painted wardrobe and matching chest and table. Luxury bathroom with shower. Suitable for guests with mobility difficulties. (21 square metres)

Vescovo Oddo (Master) is in the adjacent Villa Moscatelli (www.villamoscatelli.com). Accessed by a private terrace and external stairs leading to a small loggia, with double French doors opening into a lobby. This leads into the room, with an antique wrought iron double bed decorated with mother of pearl motif, antique dressing table, and hand painted fitted wardrobes. Luxury bathroom with shower. (23 square metres)

Pittore Perugino (Master) is in the adjacent Villa Moscatelli (www.villamoscatelli.com). On the ground floor, accessed through double French doors, with a small paved and secluded private terrace. Double or twin beds, antique wardrobe and luxury bathroom with shower. The room and the bathroom (wetroom) are suitable for guests who need wheelchair access. (15 square metres)

Fra Angelico (Tower Room) is a smaller room on the second floor of the monastery, once used as the bell tower, with double or twin beds, hand crafted wardrobe, tiled bathroom with shower. Tastefully decorated and suitable for older children, a single person, a group leader or guide and their partner. (16 square metres)