Follonico
Style Italian fairytale
Setting Mediaeval Montefollonico
At Follonico hotel in Tuscany, an ancient typewriter graces a dressing table, a wedding dress hangs on a wall, crockery is playfully mismatched, and shots of vivid colour vie with the green, green countryside.
Need to know
- Rooms Six, including four suites.
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Rates
Double rooms from $182.13 (€145), excluding tax at 10 per cent.
Prices have been converted from the hotel's local currency (€145), via XE.com, using today's exchange rate.
- Facilities Gardens and free WiFi. In rooms: organic Lorenzo Villoresi bath products.
- Check-out 10.30am; earliest check-in, 4pm.
- Children Little Smiths are welcome and cots are free. More...
- Also Keen to bring your dog? Speak to the owners in advance to arrange.
Food and drink at Follonico
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Hotel restaurant
There’s no restaurant – all the more reason to explore the area’s bounty of dining options – but cooking classes can be arranged for a minimum six people (€75 for four courses and wine) and cold meals of meat, cheese and garden-grown veg are available between April and October. Breakfast is pretty special though; all the treats – cheese, meat, yoghurt, jam, fruit, and so on – are sourced within 15km of Follonico, and a selection of freshly baked breads are delivered daily from a bakery in Pienza.
- Dress code Be inspired by the suites’ shots of vivid colour and the beautiful frocks (hand-picked by owner Suzanne) that hang on the rails in rooms. Channel your inner prince and princess with a silk shirt or dreamy dress.
- Top table With these views, you’ll be enjoying breakfast outside in summer; at a table by the patio windows in the breakfast room, come winter.
- Room service None, so raid the delis in Montefollonico and Montepulciano for supplies. (Panforte, cantucci and orange-infused riciarelli biscuits, or local cheeses and cured meats will whet your appetite.)
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Hotel bar
There’s an honesty bar in the breakfst room, with beer and soft drinks, including a few local wines: Brunello di Montalcino, Nobile di Montepulciano and Chianti
Follonico Località Casale, 2, Torrita Di Siena, Siena, Tuscany, 53049
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In the know
Our favourite rooms
Stake out Rosso Tramonto for inspiring views from its three windows. Alternatively, if you crave space, spread yourselves across Verde Intenso’s three rooms, each on a separate level, with an original stone staircase.
Packing tips
Wellington boots for Follonico farm life; Giambattista Basile’s Italian fairy tales, known as the Pentamerone; a shirt or dress in one of the hotel’s intense Crayola colours, such as aquamarine, rose or violet.
From the Guestbook…
Follonico is a cross between a hotel and a boutique B&B. Run by the delightful Fabio and Suzanne, they have opened up their home to those wishing to experience a slice of true ...
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