About
The Dream
Frederik and Catharina have long shared a passion for hospitality and dreamt of creating a place of their own. Both with experience in luxury hospitality, they embraced the opportunity to restore an abandoned 12th-century monastery in Umbria — a canvas to bring their vision to life.
“After years in luxury hospitality, we wanted to create something truly personal and meaningful, something that reflects our values”.
The place
Nestled in a serene valley and embraced by a lush, centuries-old forest, our intimate hideaway offers 12 rooms including beautifully appointed suites, housed in a former monastery. Lovingly transformed into a boutique design hotel, it blends rich Italian history with elegant mid-twentieth-century style, all within walls over 800 years old.
Our guests are invited to slow down and reconnect — with themselves, with others, and with the timeless beauty that surrounds them.
The philosophy
Luxury has stopped shouting - it’s speaking softly, with more meaning than ever. Vocabolo Moscatelli is not your typical hotel. This century-old monastery has been reborn as a sanctuary where history whispers, design inspires, and human connection thrives. Frederik and Catharina, seasoned in European luxury hospitality, dreamed of breaking the rules — creating a space that is personal, authentic, and unapologetically alive.
Today, true luxury isn’t about owning more. It’s about finding space to return to yourself. Because peace is no longer a perk of travel — it’s the destination. Customization is key. Every experience at Vocabolo Moscatelli is tailored to our guests, crafted with thought, intention, care, and attention to detail. At our core are people — our team, our guests, our partners and neighbors — united by genuine warmth and respect.
We believe in simplicity. In a world of excess, it’s the small, human moments that matter most.
Here, our guests don’t just stay — they belong.
“To us, hospitality isn’t just a service—it’s a way of making every guest feel seen, cared for, and completely at ease.”
The art
Within the quiet of ancient walls, art finds its voice. The works of Edoardo Cialfi and Massimiliano Poggioni intertwine with the intimate drawings of sculptor Kossuth, creating a dialogue suspended between light, matter, and memory. In the gardens, the bamboo installation “Omhu – Blue Hole” by Matteo Mannini breathes with the wind, a gentle reminder that beauty also lives in the lightest gestures — in the spaces between one breath and the next.
