Montepulciano lies 600 metres high hill between the Chiana and the Orcia Valleys, in a hilly region, rich in history and interesting buildings. In the old part of the town, not far from the main gate called Porta al prato, stands a column with a lion on the top, the symbol of Florence and of the Medici family. Behind the column there is the Hotel Il Marzocco, the oldest in town.
The hotel looks like a large house where the atmosphere of the old times is still kept. Its bedrooms open on wide lounges that, like the reading room and the sitting room, are furnished with genuine XIX century pieces.
Some bedrooms have balconies or terraces with a view on the valleys, other ones have their windows over the Renaissance houses of the ald town. The hotel has had important guests as actors, writers, politicians, all of whom are fond of the great view from its terraces.
A free parking area is availble, as well as comfortable relax spaces and a wide dining room where breakfast is served from a rich buffet with home-made bread and cakes, jams and pies.
Among the roses of the garden, the Canada creeper climbs until the terraces and creates a pergola uo to the roof, at first green in summer, than all red in September an yellow during the autumn. Red geraniums at the windows, together with the old lace curtains, add to the building a perfectly romantic touch.
3 Days in Tuscany
Come and spend a week with a family in Montepulciano, visit unique and unforgettable places: Val d'Orcia, Cortona, Arezzo, Siena, Florence, San Gimignano... Price per family: three-bed room 105 euros (includes breakfast buffet); four-bed room 120 euros (includes breakfast buffet).
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