Our project to rescue Castello dei Pecorari has been featured in ITALIA! Magazine. Every month the magazine features a region of Italy, and presents an in-depth assessment of the property market, what it is like to live there or the challenges of mvoing and setting up home in that region.

This month the region featured was Le Marche, and Marco and Francesca were profiled as a couple who had recently bought a propertyin the region. In the article they share their expereinces, the help they have had from Paradise Possible and Cesare Belpassi of Pegasus and their delight at being so warmly welcomed by all those they have met.

To find out more about the magazine or the article, have a look at ITALIA!'s website

Should we have an internal pool, an external pool or both? Should the Spa have a Hammam, a Sauna, or a Gym? How many treatments rooms do we need? Where should the laundry chute go?

Trying to fit in all the different permutations yet retain our focus in developing a hotel that is a sanctuary from the bustle of day to day life, that provides luxury and style yet clearly is sympathetic to the more simple mediaeval period is a challenge. The devil is always in the detail and our challenge this month has been to try and take the existing boundaries left by the ruined walls, and work with Jane Goff and Antonio Marconi to translate that into a detailed space plan that gives us the facilities, the number of rooms, the staff access that we need to make the hotel viable and yet also meets the guidelines of the Bell Arti – Italy’s version of the British National Trust.

First impressions count.

As a guest, your first impression will be of the estate and the view of the castle as you arrive. So we want to make sure that we capture a little bit of the magic that you will experience during your stay, and integrate this into the design for the landscaping outside of the castle walls.

What we experience as customers is typically an emotional reaction to events – how we feel about our room; what reaction we get when we see the view from the bath or the feeling of tranquillity, style or atmosphere as we look around the hotel.