Recognition and press

“Eremito is one of the most fascinating hotels in our selection — and one that least resembles a hotel at all.”
— MICHELIN Guide

MICHELIN Guide, Mitchell Friedman, 19 January 2026
“It is the rare hotel in the Western world that caters specifically to solo travelers.”

The Guardian, Sarah Phillips, 18 January 2015
“The hotel is aimed at solo travellers, which means that even if you visit as a couple, you have to sleep apart.”

CNN, Silvia Marchetti, 20 February 2014
“This is also the first hotel in Italy with only single rooms — so not the place for romance.”

The Daily Telegraph, Francesca Syz, 27 December 2014
“This is a retreat in the truest sense, the purpose being to reconnect with yourself, so each bedroom has only one single bed.”

National Geographic Traveller, 2016
“This is, of course, a new kind of luxury: an off-the-grid retreat, deep within an Umbrian wilderness you never knew existed, for the time-poor, email-frazzled, 21st-century rat-racer.”

The New York Times, Elaine Glusac, 1 June 2018
“When it’s not holding silence retreats, Eremito in Umbria, Italy, modeled on a historic monastery, offers workshops in Gregorian chant.”

The Times, Bridget Harrison, 13 January 2018
“He also wanted to create a place suited to solo travellers, where it is fine to hang out with yourself.”

The Independent, Julia Buckley, 8 June 2015
“Buried deep in the countryside, in the middle of a forest reserve – Eremito is 30 minutes from the nearest road, along mud tracks and across a river only accessible by 4×4.”

BBC Travel, Laura Hall, 8 May 2025
“When Ophelia Wu went to Eremito in Italy she was hoping for a stress-free experience.”

Vogue, Sophie-Claire Hoeller, 9 June 2025
“To kick it old-school—or rather, put yourself in the slippers of a medieval monk—there’s Eremito, a former monastery in Umbria lovingly restored by an erstwhile fashion designer.”

The Telegraph, Venus Wong, 22 April 2020
“It’s designed with solo travellers in mind and offers a restorative escape from the modern, digital world.”

Tatler, 22 March 2016
“An eco-hotel and sort of secular monastery that doesn’t take itself too seriously, even though its intent is serious: to offer unadulterated time to yourself, with no digital disturbance.”

Architectural Digest, Dan Avery, December 2022
“His hotel is one of the few exclusively for solo travelers.”

GQ Italia, Elena Barassi, 28 September 2023, translated from Italian
“A contemporary hermitage for solo travellers, Eremito is a unique place.”

La Cucina Italiana, Fiammetta Fadda, 20 February 2018, translated from Italian
“Eremito, Hotelito del Alma, that is to say the little inn of the soul, rests on a cushion of woods at the centre of a three thousand hectare nature reserve in Umbria.”

Condé Nast Traveler, Julia Buckley, 20 May 2015
“Italy is famous for its rural retreats, but Eremito, which joined Design Hotels in January, has single-handedly reinvented the genre.”

iO Donna, Corriere della Sera, Michaela K. Bellisario, 8 October 2025, translated from Italian
“Eremito was the first of its kind.”

Il Messaggero, Laura Pace, 28 August 2025, translated from Italian
“The Italian Mecca of the digital detox par excellence, known throughout the world, is called Eremito.”

Gambero Rosso, Lorenzo Ruggeri, 24 August 2024, translated from Italian
“Europe’s first luxury resort for solo travellers.”

Mediaset Infinity, X-Style, 21 October 2025, translated from Italian
“Here luxury means stripping away the superfluous.”

la Repubblica, Irene Maria Scalise, 10 June 2024, translated from Italian
“The first eco resort in Italy certified by B Lab.”

Vogue Italia, Veronica Cristino, 21 July 2026, translated from Italian
“Eremito is an ideal place for a wellness retreat on your own, because here solitude is not withdrawal and isolation, but a rare chance to find yourself again.”

Il Fatto Quotidiano, Elena Bittante, 6 September 2026, translated from Italian
“A hotel by convention only.”

Awards

Condé Nast Traveller, The Spa Awards 2016
Best Mental Recovery Space category, sole winner. Awarded by the British edition across nine categories, in association with Healing Holidays.

GEO SAISON, Hotelranking 2016
First place in the Landhotels category. Jury of 33 international professionals; each category has a single first place and nine seconds without ranking.

Condé Nast Traveler, Premios Condé Nast Traveler 2020, Gold List
Winner in the Salud, deporte y bienestar internacional category. Spanish edition, readers’ vote.

Umbre, Best Experience 2025
Finalist in the Emotion category.

International selections

Travel + Leisure, It List 2014
Among the seventy best new hotels in the world.

Condé Nast Traveller Russia, Hot List 2014
Among the fifty best new hotels in the world, opened between January 2013 and January 2014.

Fathom Travel Awards, 2018
The World’s Best Off-the-Grid Hotels for Total Digital Detox category. A Fathom selection, republished by Forbes.com.

MICHELIN Guide, hotel selection
Included in the hotel selection, with a dedicated editorial entry.

Design Hotels, member since January 2015
Part of the international collection of independent, design-led hotels.

Marriott Bonvoy, Tribute Portfolio
Part of the Marriott collection of independent hotels, through membership of Design Hotels.

B Corp, certified since May 2024
Recertified on 14 July 2026 under Standards version 2.2.

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