Tenuta di Murlo

Murlo's history reaches back far beyond the present estate. A hilltop fortification here dates to around 1000 BC, while Etruscan and Roman traces survive across the land; the estate's castle itself stands on the foundations of a Roman villa.

For generations, Murlo has remained in the Carabba Tettamanti Radziwill family, who have gradually restored its scattered farmhouses, agricultural buildings and historic structures while keeping the vast estate alive as both a family home and working landscape.

The three rooms sit at the eastern entrance to the estate beside Il Caldaro, turning a stay here into something closer to being a guest on an Umbrian country estate than checking into a hotel.

As well as the three Deluxe Rooms at Il Caldaro, the restored buildings on the land form nine private villas scattered across the estate, each with its own garden and swimming pool.

Murlo's strongest preservation story is continuity rather than reinvention. The family has retained a vast landscape of woodland, olive groves, fields, waterways and historic structures, restoring existing rural buildings rather than concentrating everything into a newly built resort.

Its archaeological layers — including the ancient Cerchiaia fortification and Roman remains — sit alongside a landscape that continues to function agriculturally. Food provides another link, with estate produce and nearby producers feeding directly into Il Caldaro's kitchen.