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Eremito
Parrano, Italy · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Marcello Murzilli built Eremito after pioneering Mexico's tech-free Hotelito Desconocido, turning a 1700s Umbrian ruin into a secular hermitage where fourteen nine-square-meter Celluzze rooms ban Wi-Fi, television, telephone, and minibar. He bought an entire valley inside the UNESCO Monte Peglia Biosphere Reserve, then rebuilt the retreat stone by stone with one hundred thirty thousand original stones before instituting silent vegetarian dinners over Gregorian chant.
- 18 rooms
- Opened 2013
- Neighborhood: Monte Peglia / Parrano
- Rooms from 194 sq ft (18 m²)
- Architect: Marcello Murzilli
- Interiors: Marcello Murzilli
About Eremito
- Each Celluzza is about nine square meters. No Wi-Fi, television, telephone, or minibar in the rooms.
- UNESCO Monte Peglia Biosphere Reserve, near Parrano. Orvieto is a drive. This is not an Assisi hill town inn.
- Entry-level rooms start at 194 sq ft (18 m²).
History
Eremito is a contemporary hermitage-hotel set amid 3,000 hectares of protected Umbrian wilderness near Parrano, in the region that gave rise to Saint Francis of Assisi. Founder Marcello Murzilli discovered the ruins of a medieval hamlet and hermitage - with origins traced to around the 14th century - in 2009 and spent several years rebuilding it by hand in local stone, opening Eremito in 2013.
Conceived as a 'secular monastery of the third millennium' and Italy's first digital-detox hotel, Eremito offers around a dozen monastic cells known as celluzze, silent candlelit dinners, meditation and a rock-hewn heated pool. A member of Design Hotels and a certified B Corp, it caters largely to solo travellers seeking silence and reconnection.
The setting
In a valley near Parrano, Umbria, inside the Monte Peglia reserve. Orvieto is a drive. This is Murzilli's hermitage, not a Perugia business hotel.
Restaurants and bars
- The Refectory — Restaurant · Vegetarian, inspired by the monastic tradition
Experiences
- Silent dinner — Vegetarian candlelit dinner at one shared table in silence, with Gregorian chant at 19:30.
- Digital detox — No Wi-Fi, television or indoor mobile signal; a dedicated outdoor area is provided for phones.
- Morning yoga and guided meditation — Held daily at fixed times and optional, with no course to enrol in.
- Walks in the Monte Peglia reserve — Walks in the woods of the protected reserve.
- Silent retreats — Silence retreats, as described by The Times.
- Gregorian chant workshops — Workshops in Gregorian chant, as described by The Times.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- EV charging
- Adults-only
- All-inclusive
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