Welcome to Castelmuzio, a small village along the road that from Trequanda leads to Pienza, in the Orcia Valley. Everything here seems suspended in time, in the moment when grace and kindness discovered the pleasure of Italy’s “buon vivere”.

The town center is made up of narrow streets that converge into the main square, dominated by the Casa Torre – which used to serve as the city hall, but has been known as Palazzo Fratini since the 18th century. A little further down is the Belvedere: a terrace over the region’s olive groves and beautiful hills.