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San Gimignano Map: Hotel Leon BiancoHotel Leon Bianco Frommer's Highly Recommended

Address
Piazza della Cisterna 8
Location Around Town
Phone 0577-941-294
Fax 0577-942-123
Web site www.leonbianco.com
Room Information 26 units
Prices 90€ ($117) standard double; 105€ ($137) standard double with view; 130€ ($169) superior double. Rates include breakfast
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V
In Room Amenities A/C, TV, minibar in superior rooms, hair dryer, safe
Parking Parking 15€ ($20) in lot
Season Closed 20 days before Christmas and Jan 7 to early Feb

Frommer's Review

Typical of a 500-year-old building turned hotel, the rooms here can't seem to agree on a style or decor scheme, but most retain some element from the 14th-century palazzo -- a painted wood-beam ceiling here, an old stone wall in a bathroom there, or a brick barrel vault filling one room. Accommodations overlook the pretty well of the tower-lined piazza out front or across a garden next door and rooftops to a glimpse of the countryside. (A few, however, overlook the partially glassed-in courtyard of the lobby.) "Superior" rooms are merely larger and come with minibars. The rooms are smaller and less well appointed and posh than those at Hotel La Cisterna or the Antico Pozzo , but this place has more vestigial Renaissance charm than the Bel Soggiorno , plus the most central location in town.

Facilities:
Limited room service; 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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