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Hotel Le Fontanelle is a prestigious 5-star hotel set in the heart of the Chianti Classico area, Tuscany, surrounded by olive groves and vineyards in Pianella, only 15 km/9.3 miles from Siena. This 13th-century country estate was named after the pre-existing stone founts (fontanelle) that in ancient times were used for the gathering of spring water. The hotel has been completely refurbished recently, but still maintains some of the original materials, which have been recuperated or restored. With its comfortable rooms and spectacular views, Le Fontanelle Hotel offers the ideal environment to spend a relaxing and reinvigorating stay dipped in the nature, in a timeless setting equipped with the most up-to-date services. Ideally suited for vacation travellers, Hotel Le Fontanelle features the exclusive La Colonna restaurant serving delicious specialities of Tuscan cuisine paired with premium wines. Further hotel amenities include a panoramic outdoor pool, a spa with indoor heated pool, fitness room, sauna, steam bath, whirlpool, mountain bike rental, access to the hotel's botanical garden, as well as welness treatments and massages upon request (charges apply). Hotel Le Fontanelle is the ideal accommodation for a pleasant gourmet holiday in the Tuscan countryside, your home away from home in central Italy.
Take the A1 Motorway and exit at Firenze Impruneta. Continue along RA3 towards Siena, Colle Val d'Elsa, Poggibonsi and Arezzo, next for Perugia and Valdichiana and take the exit towards Casetta. Turn on the left and continue on SP 111 towards Pianella. Close to Pianella turn right on SP408. Continue for 5km and on the left find a brown road sign with writing Le Fontanelle. Turn left and continue for 1,3km. On the right find the entrance of the hotel.
At La Colonna Restaurant and the outdoor panoramic Belvedere Terrace guests may enjoy cuisine which ensures all their senses will be fulfilled. In addition to a wide range of dishes and an extensive wine cellar, guests are also offered unrivalled panoramic views. A continental breakfast buffet is served each morning, and set menu and à la carte options are available for lunch and dinner.
Le Fontanelle territory has a long history dated back to the 13th century. This area, first inhabited by Etruscan was successively occupied by the Romans and then, in the Early middle Ages, by the Longobard population. After a complete renovation started in 1999 and finished in 2006, the Fontanelle territory is now a luxury hotel that has maintained its original flavour. Stone and brick are the essential materials of the building. Fantastic botanic gardens with flowers, herbs and spices, vineyards and olive threes are the perfect frame of this special place.
The hotel has also an underground indoor parking.
The lobby is very welcoming. Clients can relax on the sofas of the reading room equipped with an ancient fireplace, enjoying a very warm atmosphere, typical of this deluxe country house.
At La Colonna Restaurant and the outdoor panoramic Belvedere Terrace guests may enjoy cuisine which ensures all their senses will be fulfilled. In addition to a wide range of dishes and an extensive wine cellar, guests are also offered unrivalled panoramic views. A continental breakfast buffet is served each morning, and set menu and à la carte options are available for lunch and dinner.
The rooms are elegantly furnished with sober decorations in typical Tuscan style, with terracotta floors and visible wooden beams. They are sure to fully satisfy guests who appreciate simple comfort in an intimate and refined atmosphere, with a perfect harmony of the hotel grounds and the surrounding environment. The harmonious shades of the furnishings, which are a winning combination of sobriety, minimalism and brightness, merge softly into the colours of the surrounding scenery - fleeting images ready to surprise guests as they look out of the window or linger upon one of the hotel's terraces, as if it were the first time. Each room features an en suite bathroom with shower, bathtub and hairdryer, a double or king-size bed, a direct dial telephone and satellite TV. Other in-room amenities include Internet access, a safe, minibar and individually regulated air conditioning and central heating.
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Tax Information
At this destination there is a local tourist tax and municipal tax not included in the price per person and night that you have to pay directly at the hotel.
How to arrive
70 kms to the nearest airport (peretola airport)
This charming eco hotel is located only 15 km from Siena and its many shops (20 km from the train station). Restaurants can be found 5 km from the family-friendly historical hotel and nearby cities include Florence (70 km), Arezzo (60 km) and San Gimignano. The nearest Airports are Florence-Peretola Amerigo Vespucci Airport (100 km), Pisa Galileo Galilei Airport (190 km) and Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo Da Vinci Airport (240 km).
