Palazzo Terranova has received world wide acclaim as one of the finest luxury hotels in Italy.  With its fifty acre garden of olive groves, citrus trees and pastures of wild flowers the hotel exists in harmony with its secluded corner of Umbria.  High among the hills and valleys of Umbria, 20 minutes from the town of Città di Castello and in the centre of Renaissance Italy, owner Sarah Townsend welcomes guests with faultless hospitality aided by her family and young team.  With ten rooms and three suites, each individually decorated in colours inspired by Piero della Francesca, Terranova is an Umbrian jewel filled with convivial guests, good wine and excellent food.

Honor, Sarah’s daughter, is the genius behind Terranova’s award winning restaurant and our head chef. Trained at Leith’s in London and under Simon Hopkinson at the Bibendum, Honor’s passion is cooking with honest, robust flavours using the freshest seasonal ingredients, working with well known Italian favourites recreated in her own style.

Guest’s activities can be as strenuous or as relaxed as you like, laze the day away by the pool, visit Honor for a master class in the art of risotto or just curl up on the sofa in one of our two sitting rooms or in the inglenook fireplace in our bar, with a King Charles spaniel by your feet, the strains of Verdi floating through the house, and relax with one of our many books to be found on our bookshelves or stacked on tables throughout the house. 

Palazzo Terranova is a perfect retreat offering peace and tranquillity in a environment far removed from everyday care. A place for those who appreciate the good things in life, Terranova is all about creating a wonderful space in which people can relax and discover who they really are.

Individual Room Descriptions

SUITE LA TRAVIATA is an exceptional suite on the first floor which is painted corn yellow and pale green.  It is large and gracious with breathtaking views across the valley. The luxurious bedroom features a super king size four poster bed and there is an adjoining dressing room. In the large en-suite bathroom there is a hand carved marble bath and separate shower room.

DELUXE BELLINI has the same stunning views as La Traviata.  Painted soft peach and dove grey the large bedroom features a wrought iron super king sized bed.  The luxurious bathroom is en-suite and there is a small walk on balcony overlooking the terrace and hills beyond.  Bellini also boasts one of only two working fireplaces of all the bedrooms in the main house.

DELUXE VERDI is painted a clear crystal green and is loved for its beautiful light and wonderful antique furniture.  The room features a super king size four poster bed, and the bathroom has a bath and a shower.  Both the room and the bathroom have stupendous views from the front of the house.

DELUXE VIOLETTA leads off the Blue Sitting Room, shared by all the rooms on the second floor, and has beautiful views of the Umbrian hills.  Painted a pale delicate lilac with touches of yellow in the en-suite bathroom, Violetta is the perfect room for a romantic getaway.   The bed is a super king size four poster made of wrought iron.

DELUXE LA BOHEME is centrally located on the top floor with wonderful views of the valley. Painted a warm faded terracotta, the room has a canopied super king size bed, shower room, and a separate “hydro-massagio” tub.

SUPERIOR LA BIBLIOTECA is painted in medieval manuscript colours of pink and lilac.  Guests enter into a large sitting room, complete with hand carved stone fireplace between two archways which lead into the smaller bedroom.  Both rooms are lined with 16th century carved walnut bookshelves and from the small walk on balcony in the bedroom there is a wonderful view of the hills.  The shower room is en-suite.

SUPERIOR TROVATORE is painted the colour of crushed raspberries, with a separate sitting room painted in soft raspberry and green.  The room overlooks the terrace and has a side view of the hills and in the afternoon the bedroom is bathed in soft light from the setting sun. Its super king sized bed is wrought iron and it has an en-suite shower room.

SUPERIOR RIGOLETTO is a beautiful intimate room on the second floor decorated in soft plum and apricot.  There is a hand painted super king size bed.  In the adjoining dressing room there is a single day-bed making this room ideal for a couple with a child.   Rigoletto also has an en-suite shower room.

LA PALAZZINA is a charming 3 story villa in the grounds of Palazzo Terranova with it's own private garden and terrace with view over the hills. It has two separate bedrooms each with e-suite bathroom. On the ground floor with French doors overlooking the terrace are the kitchen, dining area and one of the bedrooms. This bedroom can be two single beds or a double bed. On the second floor is a comfortable sitting room with a large stone fireplace and French doors onto the garden. The top floor has a beamed bedroom with king size bed and en-suite shower room (sleeps four people).

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For more information or to schedule your stay please contact:
Small & Elegant Hotels, International
9425 Whispering Sands
West Olive, MI 49460
TEL: (616) 844-6000 / FAX: (616) 844-6042
E-Mail: res@smallandeleganthotels.com

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