A place where time slows down, the greenery breathes, and every corner tells at least a century of stories.
History
Two hectares of century-old parkland
A walnut-lined lane, and a silence you can measure.
Sustainability & roots
A living place, rooted in its land
Villa Luna is not just a place to visit — it is a place that is tended, that breathes, that changes with the seasons. The vegetable garden grows following the natural rhythm. The park is home to over 40 species of plants and trees, kept without chemical treatments. Solar energy — when the sky allows it — powers the house. These are not certifications. They are daily choices, carried out with discretion and consistency.
Solar energy
Photovoltaic panels on the roof power the house — pool, kitchen, lighting. Conscious energy choices, integrated with respect for the historic building.
Kitchen garden
Vegetables grow following the rhythm of the Modenese seasons, tended by hand and without chemical treatments.
Walnuts, poplars, pomegranates and more
Five thousand square metres of native trees untouched by herbicides. The park is kept as it has always been — slow, wild at the edges, generous in shade.
Local suppliers
From the chef at Ad Maiora to the chef at Il Fojonco, to the craftsmen who restored the original beams and terracotta — every relationship we build stays within the province of Modena.
Territory & philosophy
Among the walnuts and the fields
Villa Luna sits in the stretch of countryside between Modena and the first hills, where open fields take over from the vineyards and tree-lined lanes mark old property boundaries. A few kilometres from the city, yet shaped by a different pace — one measured in seasons, harvests, and the particular quality of light in late summer. You don't have to go far to find somewhere that holds still.
The garden is tended without chemical shortcuts, following what grows naturally in this part of the Po Valley. The kitchen garden produces what's in season, not what's on a menu. On the energy side, the house has gradually shifted towards more careful use — solar panels on the roof, water management that avoids waste. No certificates on the wall: just the choices of people who live somewhere and want it to last.
Hours pass differently here. There's no schedule driving the day — just the afternoon stretching out, dinner shifting later, a conversation that goes longer than planned. Villa Luna works best when its guests stop optimising and start actually inhabiting the time they have.
"You arrive in a rush. You leave at your own pace."