WHERE DOING NOTHING FEELS LIKE EVERYTHING.
VILLA SANTA CROCE
UMBRIA, ITALY
The HOUSE of HORIZONS
The villa that floats above the Murlo valley.
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6 GUESTS | FROM 1857€ PER NIGHT
Perched at the very summit of Monte Santa Croce, high above the wooded valleys of the Tenuta di Murlo estate, Villa Santa Croce is a masterwork of careful restoration — an ivy-draped stone farmhouse that commands a full 360-degree panorama across the hills of Umbria, the ridgelines dissolving into haze in every direction. The interiors are warm and considered: exposed timber beams, terracotta floors and a fireplace-anchored sitting room give the house the settled character of a place long and deeply inhabited, while the dining room opens directly onto a pergola-shaded terrace where eight can sit for dinner as the sun drops behind the western hills. Below the house, the infinity pool — 13 metres of still water balanced at the hill's edge — appears to hover above the valley floor, and the always-heated jacuzzi beside it ensures that no season places the garden out of reach. Add to this the full breadth of the Murlo estate — its restaurant, golf course, farm, lakes and river pools — and Villa Santa Croce earns its reputation as one of the most singular private retreats in central Italy.
Essentials
Family Friendly
Fireplace
Hot Tub
Private Pool
The Signature
Highlights
Four Generations, One Table — the pergola seats eight and dinner becomes the kind of evening that gets mentioned for years afterwards.
The Pool Solves Everything — children in the water for hours, adults horizontal on the loungers above the valley, the afternoon taking care of itself without a plan.
Mornings With No Agenda — breakfast on the terrace, the mist still filling the valley below, the day genuinely open in a way that family life at home never quite allows.
The Estate as Playground — river pools, a farm with animals, golf, truffle hunting, cooking classes — enough for every age, close enough that nobody has to coordinate.
Sunday Feeling, Every Day — the day structured only by appetite and light.
Villa Santa Croce is a restored stone farmhouse set at the summit of Monte Santa Croce on the Tenuta di Murlo estate in northern Umbria, approximately 20 km north of Perugia.
The villa accommodates up to six guests across three en-suite bedrooms: two super king-size rooms (each 2m x 2m, convertible to twins) and one king-size room with a four-poster bed (1.85m x 2m), all with air conditioning and en-suite shower bathrooms.
The ground floor comprises a sitting room with working fireplace, a fully equipped kitchen with access to the garden, and a dining room connecting to the pergola terrace, with a guest bathroom also on this level.
The private infinity pool measures 13m x 5m (depth 1.5m), is heatable on request, and is flanked by sun loungers and a parasol; pool heating is available at additional cost.
An always-heated outdoor jacuzzi (2m x 2m) is positioned beside the pool terrace, alongside a furnished seating area with armchairs, a barbecue, and an outdoor firepit.
The walled private garden includes a teak hammock and additional dining areas, with a table-tennis table available on request.
The property includes Wi-Fi throughout the villa, garden and pool area, air conditioning and central heating in all rooms, a washing machine, iron and ironing board, and a flat-screen smart TV with satellite channels.
The estate's gourmet restaurant Il Caldaro is accessible by a complimentary shuttle service (available nightly by prior arrangement), and guests receive a 20% discount on green fees at the adjacent Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed 18-hole Antognolla Golf Course.
Cooking classes, pasta-making sessions, truffle hunting, wine tastings, guided estate walks, fishing, and swimming in the natural Molinella river pools are available through the estate.
Assisi and Lake Trasimeno are approximately 30–40 minutes by car; Gubbio, Spoleto and Deruta are each within one hour; the medieval village of Montone is around 30 minutes north.
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