Hotels in Siena

This 16th-century tower house dishes up no-end of medieval atmosphere, with eight smallish rooms tucked onto four floors. If you don’t mind the climb, the two on the top floor come with the advantage of views across the tile rooftops, and just treading on the old stones on the…

A "Room with a View" ambience pervades this stylish old house a 10-minute walk from the Campo. Two of the beautifully appointed rooms have spectacular views up a hillside crowned with the Duomo, one from its own sun-filled terrace, and all guests enjoy the same vista from an inviting…

With the towers of Siena beckoning in the near distance, a pool glimmering in the garden, and lots of quiet corners nestled on a hillside planted with olive trees, this beautiful estate seems like a slice of heaven. Hosts Franco and Franca (Frances) Mugnai created this earthly…

The modern redo of the former drying rooms of a medieval wool works is run by the nuns of St. Catherine, who provide crisply homey and spotless lodgings with a slightly contemporary flair. Terraced into the hillside below San Domenico church, near the Fontebranda, the oldest and most…

Only a brief stroll from the Campo, this character-filled small palazzo, once home to a pope, adds quiet sophistication to Siena’s medieval charm, blending old tile work and rough-hewn beams with contemporary furnishings and modern art. Individually designed rooms and suites—some…

The converted piano nobile salons of an old palace aren’t as opulent as they once were—furnishings are dated, and some better lighting would be welcome—but enough of the grandeur remains to elicit a gasp or two as you enter one of the six enormous guest rooms embellished with marble…

Generations of travelers have fallen under the spell of this 17th-century Renaissance palazzo, where high ceilings, oil paintings, highly polished antiques, and the gentle patina of age all suggest an era of grand travel. A large garden in the rear stretches towards green hills and…

One of the world’s most distinctive country-house hotels was once the country palace of Pope Julius II (the same pope who commissioned the Sistine Chapel), lavishly adorned with loggias, Italian gardens, a private church, and refined salons. The current owner, the Marquis Ricci, has…

Just outside the Siena walls—literally so, as this is the first house after Porta Romana—this hotel feels as if it’s in the countryside, yet it’s only a 10-minute walk from Piazza del Campo. There’s a large, shady garden where you can breakfast and enjoy a drink under the trees in…