Borgo Santo Pietro

Facilities

• Dining: The restaurant serves exceptional food, with a candlelit dining room and an outdoor terrace - choose from tasting menus and à la carte options. There's also a well stocked wine cellar, and a pool bar by the waterfall pond in the garden offering light meals and snacks. Room service is available
• Communal areas: There's an opulent lounge and piano room, plus a hall with comfortable leather armchairs around an inviting open fire. Outside are 13 acres of garden, with a courtyard, fountains, a shaded gazebo with sofas, a cherry orchard, apple, orange and lemon trees, a vegetable garden, a medicinal herb garden, a wild meadow, and countless varieties of rose
  
• Internet Access: Free WiFi is available throughout
• Swimming Pool: The infinity pool is fed by natural spring water, with stone boulders and ergonomic wicker sun loungers at its edge and a submerged cocktail bar for a bit of Club Tropicana glitz
• Spa Treatments: The excellent spa is set inside an atmospheric and beautifully converted former bakery. It offers a variety of treatments, plus a hot tub
• Recreational: There are tennis, badminton, bocce and basketball courts with free equipment, plus a trampoline embedded in the lawn. Guests can use mountain bikes and helmets for free, and DVDs are available to borrow from reception
• Weddings and Celebrations: This is a beautiful and impossibly romantic setting for a wedding - you can marry at the ruins of San Galgano and have your reception in the hotel’s grounds
• Meetings/Functions: Borgo Santo Pietro can host meetings of up to 20 people in its 80sqm conference room; basic equipment is available
• Disabled Access: Yes
• Pets: Welcome by prior arrangement
• Languages Spoken: English, Italian, French

Also...

• His and hers iPods, preloaded with 700 funky and mellow tracks, are provided when you check in
  
• Mobile phones are provided just in case you’re lazing far from the house and feel the urge for a prosecco

Environmental Policy

The restaurant uses locally sourced ingredients, and vegetables, herbs and fruit from the hotel’s pesticide-free gardens. The hotel recycles waste water and other materials as much as possible.

When to go?

The hotel is closed from January to the end of March. High summer (July/August) is great for lazing by the pool and taking alfresco meals, but remember Italy shuts down in August so some restaurants and attractions will be closed. Spring brings wild flowers and green landscapes; autumn is lovely for cosying up by open fires in your room and taking frosty walks through the countryside.

Author's tips

The vibe here is laid-back and relaxed, but you might want to bring dressier clothes for dinner by candlelight in the romantic restaurant (something loose-fitting is advised to accommodate the 8-course tasting menu!).

Features include:

• Room service
• Bar
• Vegetarian menu
• Breakfast
• Walk to restaurants (offsite)
• Garden
• Terrace
• Guest lounge
• WIFI internet
• Outdoor pool
• Spa treatment rooms
• Jacuzzi/hot tub
• Tennis court
• Bicycles available
• Cinema
• DVD library
• Concierge service
• Wedding license
• Meeting rooms
• Function facilities
• Disabled access
• Pets welcome by arrangement
• Airport Transfers