We were asked whether we have air conditioning at Casalba.
Well, no we don’t. Here are the reasons why…
Casalba is an old “casa colonica”, or farmhouse. It was built about three hundred years ago and has very thick stone walls which do a great job of keeping out the heat of the summer sun.
Both guest apartments face north-west and so are out of the direct rays of the midday sun.
They are also on the ground floor and, therefore, protected from the heat coming through the roof which can bake all day long during the fairly reliably sunny days we enjoy during the summer months.
The floors are paved throughout in cool terracotta tiles and the windows are fitted with screens so that guests can sleep with the windows open at night.
So, as you can see, we don’t really need it. I can’t say that it is freezing cold inside, but there is a distinct and refreshing change between the inside and outside temperatures.
Those same thick walls keep us warm in the winter.
They knew how to build houses back then!
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