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This Italian castle stood for 1,000 years before becoming a hotel. 🏰
Now it’s a 3,700-acre working estate with Three Michelin Keys.
🍷 37 acres of olive groves
🧀 Farm-made products
🌿 Botanicals foraged for spa rituals
🐎 Falconry + horseback riding
The Bathhouse sits in medieval wine cellars.
And the entire interior?
Custom-designed by the owner himself.
Every chair. Every light. Every detail.
This is what happens when architecture, farming, and design align.
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This 1,000 year old Italian castle is now an award winning three Michelin Key Farm Hotel, where you can press olive oil, make cheese, and ride horses across 3,700 acres. And the owner designed every piece of furniture himself. This is Castello Di Rescchio in Umbria, Italy. The medieval castle sits on a 3,700 acre working estate. After decades of restoration, its 36 rooms opened to the public in 2021. The estate produces 1,000 liters of olive oil per year from 37 acres of groves. Guests can press their own olive oil during harvest season. You can also truffle hunt, do falconry, ride horses across the property. Their bathhouse sits in the medieval castle's former wine cellars. Roman bad, Ottoman steam room, sauna. Their spa treatments use botanicals from the estate's woodlands. But all of this is not even what makes Rescchio truly different. The architecture, the interiors, and every piece of furniture are custom designed by the owner, Benedikt Bolsa. He worked exclusively with local artisans out of the estate's workshop to bring his singular vision to life. This estate is also entirely self sufficient. They compost everything: kitchen scraps, garden waste. Lakes across the property collect and store rainwater, so nothing is drawn from external sources. Rescchio is also one of only eight Italian hotels to earn three Michelin keys. Made Conde Nast Travelers Hot Best and Gold List. The world's 50 best hotels ranked at number 42. This is what happens when one architect spends two decades building a working estate, where every detail from the furniture to the farm comes from a singular vision. Would you stay at a thousand year old castle that's now a 3,700 acre farm hotel? Let me know in the comments, and follow for more content like this.
