Highly Recommended. Review by Patrick H. from Madr
Review Submitted: October 4, 2008
Date of Stay: October 2008
When September 1 - 8, 2008, One week Location:The apartment is excellently located in the centre of Siena, but situated in a way that you get the best of both worlds, tranquillity and a central position, as the flat itself is at the back of a beautiful 15th century old building, and it is all the way on top of it. The views are wide and breathtaking and are indeed the best there can be in Siena, and include the entire old centre and the Tuscan hills all around. You need to see it to believe it as pictures can not even capture the ambiance of it all.
The apartment comes out in the Piazza Mateotti. To the right is the main street of Siena, full of shops, which leads to the Piazza Publica. The post office, or rather, post palace, is right across the square and calls can be made in the square from public phones and stamps can be bought in the post office. Parking can be done all around the old fortress and stadium, the streets are cleaned and you are asked to move your car somewhere else, all indicated by signs. Parking there is for free, the rest of Siena has paid parking which can be expensive.There is no garden, but something MUCH better, a roof deck terrace, reached by stairs from the apartment, which overviews the entire Siena area, complete with the hills in the distance. It has two lounge chairs with covers and a table with some chairs for delightful ambiance dinners. What I found most relaxing was just to take a lounge chair and sit and read, finding out that no matter how exciting your book is, you get drawn into the nearby and distant beauty of Siena and surroundings. No building is out of place, there is nothing ugly or modern, it is all typically rustic and very Tuscan!
Do you recommend this vacation rental to others? I would recommend this flat to everybody, as it really is the best there is in Siena, it is so important to have nice views and be able to be outside in your house. This was one of the best holidays we have ever had and I wish I could go back tomorrow. The interior apartment is not huge, but the porch and the roof deck are spectacular and unique.The one thing that might be cumbersome to some people, and especially people that consider themselves not too fit, are the exactly 100 steps it takes to reach the kitchen area of the apartment inside from the street. The porch area, which is now covered by huge glass sliding windows complete with electric shade, is a delight to be in, very light and extremely quiet.
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