Mr & Mrs Smith

Borgo Santo Pietro

Tuscany, Italy

This boutique hotel in Tuscany captures all that is good and great about the Italian way of life: refined furnishings in a restored 13th-century period property; gorgeous grounds punctuated by cypress trees and stone fountains; fabulous food and wine; warm family welcome; and a pleasing menu of gentle outdoor activities and sensual spa diversions. Borgo Santo Pietro is perfect for bone idle aristocrats and bohemian urban escapees.

Need to know

• Rooms 15, including eight suites.
• Rates Double rooms from AU$481.34 (€359), excluding tax at 10 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€359) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include a bottle of prosecco, cooked breakfast, fruit, flowers, and freshly squeezed juice all day. You can also rent the villa in its entirety, fully staffed, for €69,000 a week (excludes food, drinks and tax).
• Facilities Spa; free WiFi throughout; 13 acres of grounds; hot tub; tennis, badminton and basketball courts; bocce pitch; small playground; bikes to borrow. In rooms: plasma TV, DVD player, preloaded iPod and dock; most rooms have fireplaces.
• Poolside The organic lines of the free-form freshwater infinity pool help it blend in with the graceful contours of the landscaped grounds. Wicker and wood sunloungers, canvas parasols and a pool bar demand sun-soaked lazing.
• Check-out Midday, but flexible, depending on room availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Warmly welcomed; extra beds (€90) and cots (free) can be supplied to suites. Nannies and babysitters (€20 an hour) can be arranged with advance notice, and little ones even have a secluded playground to romp around in. More...
• Also Small pets can check in with you, for €30 a night.
• Hotel closed 1 November 2012 until late March 2013.

Food and drink at Borgo Santo Pietro

• Hotel restaurant Breakfast is served in the open-plan kitchen, with a cosy crackling fire in winter. Later, the chef whips up an Italianate storm of Mediterranean seafood and handmade pasta in the elegant dining room. Try the superb seven-course tasting menu (€105).
• Dress code Loose linens (nipped-in waists + Italian cuisine = lengthy spell on the fainting couch).
• Top table For lunch, we recommend a table overlooking the Lemon Tree garden for the best views of the Serena valley, and for dinner, a candlelit table in the romantic Rose Garden.
• Last orders Lunch is served 1pm–3.30pm; dinner, 7.30pm–10.30pm. Drinks are served until the last guest retires.
• Room service Breakfast can be brought to your bedside from 8am–11am; a lighter snacking menu of antipasti, salads and sandwiches is available from noon until midnight. Items can be ordered from the restaurant menu (they'll cost 25 per cent more, though).
• Hotel bar Take drinks at the poolside bar, or anywhere in the hotel grounds: you'll be given a mobile so you can summon something to sip wherever you are. Try a signature Borgo cocktail of champagne and white rum over fruit-flavoured granita.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Borgo Santo Pietro Loc. Palazzetto 110, Chiusdino, Tuscany, 53012