HOTEL SANTA CATERINA, Siena

Hotel Santa Caterina offers air-conditioned rooms with amenities such as 24-hour room service, free WiFi, safes, mini-bars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Bathrooms include hairdryers and free toiletries. Options range from air-conditioned rooms with a small double bed to double rooms set on two levels with a double bed or two single beds in a raised sleeping area and a sofa bed. Some rooms on the back side of the hotel overlook the garden and surrounding countryside. One ground-floor room features a bathroom adapted for wheelchair access. All rooms have parquet floors, heating, air conditioning, a mini-bar, a terrace, soundproofed rooms, and garden furniture, and include an AM/FM alarm clock.

Each morning, an extensive, free breakfast of hot and cold Tuscan specialties is served in the conservatory-style breakfast room or in the garden during warmer months. The cold buffet features Tuscan cheese and cold cuts, fresh bread rolls, croissants, pastries, fruit tarts, cereals, yogurts, fresh fruit, jam, marmalade, and Nutella, with gluten-free options available on request. The bar offers a selection of soft and alcoholic drinks, including Chianti.

The hotel's large back garden includes palm trees, magnolia, and wisteria. It includes two wells, wrought-iron tables and chairs for breakfast, recliners, gravel areas, and countryside views towards Montalcino. Guests can relax in the garden with a drink from the bar. The indoor lounge and bar area has comfortable seating and displays of historic documents and paintings. The garden is a popular place to relax at all hours.

Hotel Santa Caterina is located just outside the Porta Romana city gate, on the ancient Via Francigena pilgrims' route to Rome, approximately 3 km from Siena. The hotel's location outside the walls makes it easier to keep a car for day trips to surrounding towns. The hotel is near Piazza del Campo, Museo dell'Opera Metropolitana (1 km), Palazzo Chigi Saracini (1 km), Basilica di San Clemente in Santa Maria dei Servi (2 km), San Cristoforo (1 km), Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico (2 km), Duomo di Siena (2 km), Palazzo Salimbeni (2 km), and Porta Romana (0.3 km). Peretola is 85 km away.

Hotel Santa Caterina provides services such as bookings for restaurants, tours, and events. Bicycle hire and babysitting are available. Multilingual staff are available, and the hotel provides a lift, a safe, and free wifi. Its location means being close to museums, monuments and areas of the city.