Villa Ducci, San Gimignano; San Gimignano hotel

Villa Ducci, San Gimignano

Villa Ducci, San Gimignano - gazing over the medieval towers of San Gimignano, and lying a kilometre and a half out of the medieval centre of the Tuscan hill town, this hotel is beautifully positioned. This San Gimignano hotel originated as a 13th century watchtower (the city rose to its political and economic peak in the early Middle Ages before being devastated by the Black Death in 1348), which over the years was augmented and enlarged. During the 19th century it became a fine villa for the Ducci family. Only in 2003 was the villa transformed into the lovely hotel it is today.

Based on the main villa and connected farmhouses, this complex offers a comfortable and cosy atmosphere but with all the modern comforts. Every room has air conditioning, satellite television and a bathroom with shower or bathtub. There is single accommodation through to rooms for four people, and this San Gimignano hotel offers a beautifully relaxed way to enjoy the city and the countryside around.

And you are within striking distance of the remarkable Tuscan hilltown. Rising within its medieval walls above the Val d'Elsa, with its dozen or more towers piercing the skyline, San Gimignano is a city like no other. A major medieval power in the early Middle Ages, before the Black Death cut a swathe through Europe, decimating the population and sending it back into obscurity, San Gimignano wasn't discovered again until the rich Europeans of the Grand Tour started coming here in the 1800s. They found a perfectly preserved medieval Tuscan hill town and not much has changed since. Your San Gimignano hotel puts it on your doorstep.

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Double room from €75