"A 3,750-acre estate near the border of Tuscany, featuring an 11th-century castle that houses a boutique hotel. It offers a unique Celestial Retreat experience with stargazing, yoga, zodiac-inspired spa treatments, and adventures among oak forests and olive groves." - Julia Eskins
"Reschio, an estate in Umbria not far from Perugia, comprises 3,700 quite outrageously beautiful acres of rolling hills, olive groves, vineyards, forest, farm buildings and, looming darkly over it all, a curtain-walled 11th-century castle. The most radical of the many changes Castello di Reschio has undergone in its long history is the most recent: its transformation from a place designed to keep people out to one redesigned to welcome them in. After a thousand or so years as a fortress, the castle opened, in 2021, as a 36-room hotel. The success of its reinvention has to do entirely with its owner-proprietors, Count Benedikt Bolza, an architect and designer, and his wife, Donna Nencia Corsini, an artist and environmentalist. The hotel is a lucid expression in three dimensions—in wood and stone and bronze, in silk and velvet and linen, in wildflowers and works of art and kooky knickknacks—of the couple’s shared enthusiasms, their style, their outlook on life. Castello di Reschio works brilliantly as a hotel and does all the things that a top hotel must do. (Is there a chicer palm-court bar, a more astonishing spa, or a lovelier swimming pool in rural Italy? Or anywhere?) More than that, the castle hotel is just one part of the much larger Reschio story, the point of entry into what has often—predictably, though not without reason—been characterized as a modern-day fairy tale. From $1,010. —Steve King" - CNT Editors
"Castello di Reschio is a meticulously restored hotel in a 1,000-year-old castle in Europe." - The MICHELIN Guide
"Shown in the imagery as a thousand‑year‑old restored castle in Italy, this type of property exemplifies the atmospheric, historic accommodations and intimate castle dinners highlighted on the Tuscany & Umbria multi‑active experiences." - Taryn White Taryn White Taryn White is a D.C.-based travel writer who covers a wide range of topics, including family travel, hotels, food, aviation, beaches, historical and cultural topics, and wellness travel. She can often be spotted around the world with her husband and two travel-loving kids. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines
"A thousand-year-old castle and sprawling country estate in Umbria transformed by Count Benedikt Bolza into a timeless boutique hotel that emphasizes thoughtful craftsmanship and slow living. The 36 guest rooms and suites feature four-poster beds, wood-beam ceilings and bespoke furniture and lighting designed by the count; small practical luxuries (hidden sockets, custom espresso machines) are everywhere. The estate encourages simple countryside pursuits—gathering wildflowers, horseback riding—and aims to make guests slow down and embrace the rural rhythm." - Laura Itzkowitz, Erica Firpo