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San Gimignano Map: Hotel La CisternaHotel La Cisterna Frommer's Highly Recommended

Address
Piazza della Cisterna 23-24
Location Around Town
Phone 0577-940-328
Fax 0577-942-080
Web site www.hotelcisterna.it
Room Information 49 units
Prices 95€ ($124) double without view; 110€ ($143) double with view; 122€ ($159) double with view and balcony; 134€ ($174) suite. Half and full pension available. Rates include continental breakfast
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V
In Room Amenities A/C in 17 units, TV, minibar in suites, hair dryer, safe
Parking Parking 15€ ($20) in lot
Season Closed Jan 8-Mar 8; restaurant closed Jan 8-Mar 8

Frommer's Review

The rooms in this hotel, installed in the bases of 14th-century tower stumps, vary in size; some are quite large and others seem almost cramped, but all are comfortable, with firm beds and a tastefully uncluttered decor. The place was scenic enough to serve as a set for the film version of E. M. Forster's novel Where Angels Fear to Tread. You have a choice of views: the piazza side with its towers vista or the verdant valley out back. (Don't go for the cheapest rooms with no view at all; you get at least a vista, if not a balcony, starting at 115€/$150.) The breakfast room and bar sit in the well-preserved brick- and tufa-walled base of one of the towers. You'll find one of the town's best Tuscan restaurants here.

Facilities:
Restaurant (closed Tues and lunch Wed); concierge; limited room service (bar); laundry service

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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