Over the past 29 years the couple have, slowly and painstakingly, turned the castello into a luxury 36-bedroom hotel and restored 29 of the 50 farm buildings, transforming each one into a private home owned by people from around the world. They moved into the castello when it was still a ruin, bringing up their five children here, and they still live and work on the estate. His son, the dashing London-trained architect Count Benedikt, and his daughter-in-law, the artist Donna Nencia Corsini, now run the place. It was purchased in 1984 by the Hungarian-Italian nobleman Antonio Bolza (the aforementioned horse-riding count), who a decade later sold his publishing house and bought the entire estate. The estate centres around a 10th-century castle. It’s a magical spot in an untrendy part of Italy - around a 45-minute drive north of Perugia - that manages to combine beautiful scenery and solitude with impeccable design and hospitality. But somehow all three were ticked off in a few days’ stay at the chic, eccentric Reschio, a 1,500-hectare estate in the Umbrian hills, overlooking the Tuscan border. Have you ever swum in a turret? Picked up a porcupine quill on a walk? Seen an octogenarian count riding his horse to dinner? Me neither. Saturday July 15 2023, 12.01am, The Times
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