Notes from the house.

Two years, six local masons and one rule: use nothing that the hill could not have produced.

Where to get coffee, cheese and the best view in the old town, all before ten.

Meet Helena, who has fed the valley for thirty years and now bakes for our guests.

No air conditioning, no curtains drawn: the case for a night that follows the valley.

Every object in the house was chosen to age well, and to feel good in the hand.