The hotel is located next to a small village with a nice historic part of town which includes a number of great restaurants. Location is central only 20-30 minutes away from Florence and Siena. Hotel is super nice, fully up to date. Staff is very friendly and helpful. We loved our stay and would come again and recommend it to our friends.

Two days stop to enjoy hotel life before heading in to country resort. Very friendly staff, great food in the restaurant, clean rooms and beautiful building. In a walking distance from Colle Val Di d’Elsa center if you don’t mind the hills.

Very nice and modern room as well as bathroom. The staff was very helpful, and the restaurant was a great experience. Overall, very positive!

This place is quite nice, however, we booked a junior suite with a bathtub in the picture. Upon arrival, there was no bathtub, however the bathroom was brand new and gorgeous. The place is clean and organized. However in our room our AC didn’t properly function. In result we needed a way to cool the room and the front desk was kind enough to get us a fan. We paid a lot of money to stay in the junior suit. The AC has to work. The restaurant was amazing and breakfast was fantastic. They charged us an arm and a leg to do wash laundry. After staying 2 days in a room with no air conditioning, the least they could have done is given us the laundry service complementary. But nothing. Overall, friendly staff and kind people. This place was fine if it wasn’t for the damaged air conditioning.

The service and the setting were excellent. The breakfasts were very satisfying. The buildings are charming. It's helpful to have a car as the town is a 15 minute walk. Unfortunately, the bathrooms (we moved once) need a good deep-cleaning in the corners and lighting needs to be improved. We thoroughly enjoyed the Chianti Wine tour that they arranged and they were extremely helpful in requesting taxis for us.

Very serene location. Beautiful pool, but terrible mosquito around it.

This place was a passage in time to life in the XI century but with "modern" bathrooms.It is a converted monestary with ties to Pope Julius II. While the bathrooms were fine, there was no stand up shower in our bathroom. Beautiful view to the courtyard and tree lined ancient buildings. Restaurant was fabulous and an entertaining menu of creative combinations run by the waiter and his wife the chef in the kitchen.

This place was a passage in time to life in the XI century but with modern bathrooms.It is a converted monestary with ties to Pope Julius II. While the bathrooms were fine, there was no stand up shower in our bathroom. Beautiful view to the courtyard and tree lined ancient buildings. Restaurant was fabulous and an entertaining menu of creative combinations run by the waiter and his wife the chef in the kitchen.

Wow!!! An amazing hotel. Fantastic room, brilliant staff and the best food I’ve eaten in a long time. A real gem.

Wow!!! An amazing hotel. Fantastic room, brilliant staff and the best food I’ve eaten in a long time. A real gem.

Wow what a find. A first class hotel and restaurant. You really couldn’t find a better hotel in the area. Beautiful rooms and one of the best restaurants I’ve eaten in. A real gem.

Very relaxing stay and very friendly and helpful staff.

Great location. Easy to reach. Beautiful grounds and great restaurant. The breakfast was amazing. It used to be an old convent.

Lovely hotel with a great swimming pool and beautiful grounds. Service was brilliant. Breakfast was great - lots of choice each morning. Restaurant food was tasty but a little pricey. The restaurant across the road had fantastic food and was very affordable - worth a visit although they are very busy and so service was very slow. Room was adequate if a little dated. Bathroom needs an upgrade. The walls were paper thin so you could hear everything from the people next door. However the aircon kept the room cool and the bed and pillows were comfy. Would stay again!

Lovely hotel with a great swimming pool and beautiful grounds. Service was brilliant. Breakfast was great - lots of choice each morning. Restaurant food was tasty but a little pricey. The restaurant across the road had fantastic food and was very affordable - worth a visit although they are very busy and so service was very slow. Room was adequate if a little dated. Bathroom needs an upgrade. The walls were paper thin so you could hear everything from the people next door. However the aircon kept the room cool and the bed and pillows were comfy. Would stay again!

Place was interesting with nice character, however the a/c didn’t work and we asked the concierge to make a reservation at a resturaunt and upon arrival they were closed. We also were expecting laundry service but that is only available during the week. If that is the case it should be noted.

The best hotel l ever was.

Barbara was very helpful. this was our third time here. Would recommend highly if you want a home base for Tuscany.

Convenient location for Tuscan hill towns. Atmospheric converted Tuscan building. Would benefit from better Maintenance. No standing shower in our bathroom and tub should be replaced.Very nice breakfast. Pleasant friendly staff.

Convenient location for Tuscan hill towns. Atmospheric converted Tuscan building. Would benefit from better Maintenance. No standing shower in our bathroom and tub should be replaced. Very nice breakfast. Pleasant friendly staff.

What can I say - we found a gem in this hotel! The rooms were large and quirky , the location perfect for access to the local town and the evening meal was the best we had during our stay in Italy. I can't praise it enough and found it a delight we didn't want to leave.

What can I say - we found a gem in this hotel! The rooms were large and quirky , the location perfect for access to the local town and the evening meal was the best we had during our stay in Italy. I cant praise it enough and found it a delight we didnt want to leave.

Elegance and ComfortThis inn, located in a historic abbey, is the epitome of the beautiful and luxurious European vacation escape. The surroundings are graceful, calm, and cool (even in a heatwave). My family and I actually did stay there during the recent European heat wave, and the expansive pool, nestled in the trees and surrounded by comfy chaises, was a perfect antidote to the heat. The inn was large enough to provide space for privacy and contemplation.The service was both gracious and efficient and the food, including a sumptuous buffet breakfast served in regal surroundings, was excellent.

Elegance and Comfort This inn, located in a historic abbey, is the epitome of the beautiful and luxurious European vacation escape. The surroundings are graceful, calm, and cool (even in a heatwave). My family and I actually did stay there during the recent European heat wave, and the expansive pool, nestled in the trees and surrounded by comfy chaises, was a perfect antidote to the heat. The inn was large enough to provide space for privacy and contemplation. The service was both gracious and efficient and the food, including a sumptuous buffet breakfast served in regal surroundings, was excellent.

Staff is very nice at this hotel. Grounds and pool are lovely. Rooms we older and beds not very comfortable (more like cots.) The setting for the hotel was not what we expected. Off a busy road across from a retail/restaurant complex. From the description I thought it was located in a more countryside setting.Couldnt walk to the old town. Lift was broken and it would not be an easy walk.

Staff is very nice at this hotel. Grounds and pool are lovely. Rooms we older and beds not very comfortable (more like cots.) The setting for the hotel was not what we expected. Off a busy road across from a retail/restaurant complex. From the description I thought it was located in a more countryside setting. Couldn't walk to the old town. Lift was broken and it would not be an easy walk.

We stayed at the hotel for 8 nights and had a thoroughly enjoyable holiday. The interior/exterior of the hotel are as they appear in its website photos; an old abbey, set in spacious, tranquil gardens, on the edge of town. The hotel has a calm, peaceful atmosphere throughout. The swimming pool has a lovely setting in the gardens and was a welcome facility after the heat and bustle of Florence and Sienna. Our bedroom was one of those shown in the photos; very clean, with interesting features - beamed ceiling, small external staircase, and invitingly cool in the summer heat. Our son's bedroom also had attractive features. All the staff were very pleasant and welcoming. The restaurant in the courtyard has a serene atmosphere. We ate there once; excellent food although we found it expensive. Across the road from the hotel is a restaurant/bar where the food is excellent; we had breakfast there and some evening meals. There is also a very useful and helpful supermarket hidden just around the corner. The location of the hotel couldn't be better, giving access by road or bus to Florence, Sienna, and the many hill top towns. As recommended by another reviewer, take the minor roads for spectacular views. The information centre in the main piazza is very helpful for bus times/tickets;these buses start at the bus terminal in town and then come up past the hotel where there is a stop. Buy your tickets at the information centre or pay when you get on; the latter is more expensive.

On arriving at the hotel the staff were very polite and we instantly relaxed in the calm atmosphere. The hotel was quiet and relaxing with every thing catered for. The staff were pleasant but not intrusive. A great place to stay if visiting other areas of tuscany Sienna and Florence only an hour away and good access to the motorways.

Room was very small but clean and quiet. Bathroom very clean but drain not working well. Would be nice to have in-room Wifi. Staff was very helpful and professional.

This hotel is not some Tuscan villa in the middle of nowhere but rather a hotel on a truck route less than 1/2 kilometer from an industrial park in the suburbs of a small town. It is surrounded by houses, shopping malls, etc and in NO WAY resembles the setting presented in its advertising or on this site. The hotel may have been beautiful but I would not know having been placed in the worst room in the hotel just off the main office and comletely isolated from any of the amenities. Our room had its own private ground floor patio that was simultaneously the entrance via a door to the cleaning staffs supplies and on a route a group of patrons had to traverse to get anywhere in the hotel from their rooms. My complaints were met with an Italian shoulder shrug. The worst hotel experience in a month's travelling throughout Italy staying in 4 and 3 star hotels (many of which were way above this so-called four star in quality and service). Do NOT stay here. Be for-warned.

We booked superior rooms, but they were like cells. No comforts or luxurys, so book the next rooms up! I complained, and the hotel did move us to what they said were other superiors, but they were no way the same quality as the first room. The new rooms were very nice. The staff at this hotel are brilliant, so helpful and friendly, and their english is fab. The restaurant on site is also brilliant.

We found this place tricky to find, but once we did, we were quite pleased to stay there. The room was quite large by European standards. The setting is very relaxing and there are nice grounds if you just want to relax.