A Contemporary Hermitage for Solo Travellers
Eremito stands alone in the woods above Parrano, in the Monte Peglia UNESCO Biosphere Reserve on the border of Umbria and Tuscany. Marcello Murzilli rebuilt it in stone on the foundations of a hermitage believed to date to the fourteenth century, and opened it in 2013 as a place made for one: eighteen monastic cells called celluzze, no Wi-Fi and almost no phone signal, vegetarian meals included, and dinner eaten in silence to Gregorian chant. Nothing is required of guests beyond quiet. It is a Certified B Corporation and a member of Design Hotels.
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Celluzza Garden
A nine-square-metre cell with a 120 cm French bed, stone writing desk and washbasin, a shower and a window onto the rose garden; the most secluded of the celluzze.
Celluzza Garden
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Celluzza Valley
A nine-square-metre cell with a 120 cm French bed, stone writing desk and washbasin, a shower and a window over the Umbrian valley.
Celluzza Valley
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Celluzza Priore
The largest of the celluzze, eighteen square metres, with a 180 cm king bed, white linen, a stone washbasin, a shower and the valley view.
Celluzza Priore
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A vaulted refectory with vegetarian full board, a steam bath and jacuzzi set in the stone, daily yoga and meditation, and a free jeep up from the car park; there is no Wi-Fi.
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PARRANO | OCTOBER 2026
Stone Cells, Candlelight and Dinner in Silence
The last stretch to Eremito is eight kilometres of unpaved road through the woods, then a car park seven hundred metres below the house; from there guests walk up, or ride in the hermitage's jeep. What waits at the top is a cluster of stone buildings with small windows and arched doors, set on terraces above the valley, with a rose garden on one side and nothing but forest on the other. Inside, the walls are bare stone, the vaults white, and the light after dark comes almost entirely from candles: dozens of them in the lounge, in wall niches along the corridors and in the small chapel.
The celluzze are what their name says, little cells. Garden and Valley rooms are nine square metres, with a 120-centimetre bed, a writing desk and washbasin carved from stone, a shower and a window onto either the roses or the hills; the four Priore cells are twice the size, with a king bed and the valley view. There is no television, no telephone and no air conditioning, only silent underfloor heating and cooling. The design follows a rule of subtraction rather than austerity: the linen is good, the stone is warm, and what is missing is noise.
The day has the rhythm of a monastery without its religion. Breakfast is at half past eight, lunch at one, dinner at half past seven, all vegetarian, seasonal and included, with wine and water at the table and herbal teas through the day. Lunch can be taken in the garden under the pergola; dinner is served at one long table in the vaulted refectory and eaten in silence, with Gregorian chant in the background. In the mornings there is yoga and guided meditation in a room with a wide window over the woods, in the afternoons a steam bath and a jacuzzi set in the stone, and none of it is compulsory.
Eremito was conceived for travelling alone: there is no single supplement, and the house is for guests aged sixteen and over. Around it lies the Monte Peglia reserve, with paths through the woods to the village of Cantone, about two and a half kilometres away on foot. Orvieto is about fifty minutes by road, the Fabro exit of the A1 half an hour, and Rome and Florence about two hours by car. Check-in closes at seven in the evening, because the roads in the reserve are very dark after sunset.
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