Sextantio Albergo Diffuso : a fabulous escape in the Italian Apennines

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Named after some of the area’s first settlers, Sextantio is a gorgeous series of buildings spread around the beautiful Italian village Santo Stefano di Sessanio. It was bought and restored by the Swedish-Italian entrepeneur and hotelier Daniele Kihlgren (article about Mr Kihlgren published in ‘The Independant’ here). He had the fabulous idea to transform the empty dwellings into about 30 grotto

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