San Quirico D'Orcia ( Siena )
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The Hotel Residence is in San Quirico d' Orcia, just 200 metres from the mediaeval town walls. In the past, San Quirico was a stopping off place for Popes and their legates travelling towards Rome along the ancient Via Francigena, which still today passes through the town’s centre. The location of the Hotel Residence means that those who come for a holiday in this corner of Tuscany are in the ideal place to explore old villages, monasteries, castles and convents, all of which testify to the area’s long history of civilisation ranging from the Etruscans through to the Renaissance. The delights of the local cuisine also await visitors. Wines such as Brunello di Montalcino or Vino Nobile di Montepulciano can be found on every table, ready to exalt traditional Sienese dishes. At the Hotel Residence you can spend a relaxing, peaceful holiday, far from the frenetic life of the city, immersing yourself in nature, simply spend time rejuvenating both physically and mentally in our wonderful wellness centre. A unique panorama of the Val D’ Orcia Natural Park, Art, history and a particular attention to health and well-being: these are just some of the things that the Hotel Residence has to offer. Situated in the paradise of the Tuscan hills in the province of Siena, the first thing you will notice on arrival is the overwhelming 180 degrees view of the Val D’ Orcia which takes in the towns of Pienza, Radicofani and Montalcino and an absolute sense of peace and tranquillity. The Hotel Residence is a typical Tuscan construction which promotes a perfect equilibrium between art and nature. The surrounding countryside is in continual change, following the timeless march of the seasons and agriculture. In this way, visitors to the area at different times of the year will discover constantly transformed scenery whose colours may vary from the golden yellow of the summer to the bright green of the spring and the thousands of shades of red and brown which characterise autumn . All the services of a top class hotel are available at the Hotel Residence, including a welcoming cocktail bar, which looks onto the swimming pool, a panoramic lounge, a large hallway, a reading room, an Internet point, a billiard room, a panoramic swimming pool, a tennis court and a mini football court, a children’s play area, an outside accessible car park and an internal garage. The Hotel Residence's range of services on offer is completed by a fully equipped conference centre divided into rooms holding from 20 to 100 hundred people. The simple and elegant furnishings evoke the traditional warmth of Tuscan houses with quality wooden furniture, terracotta floors and curtains and rugs which create a snug cosy atmosphere. Sport facilities: the Hotel Residence offers a beautiful accessible swimming pool with a panoramic view, used from the Hotel clients only. The Hotel Residence is fully equipped for those who wish to go trekking or mountain-biking, and such activities can form a perfect background to your stay: our breakfasts will prepare you for the proposed excursions, while dinner will give you the opportunity to taste the most genuine dishes typical of Tuscany. What is more, we have a highly equipped workshop specialised for cleaning, repairing and checking your bikes so as to ensure that they are in the best possible working order. You can also take advantage of technical assistance provided by our specialist guides. It is sure to be an unforgettable experience. There is a place where every effort is directed toward your total wellbeing, the care of your body, and the rediscovery of your essential beauty. That place is our wellness centre, born to provide for the aesthetic, physical and mental wellbeing of those who wish to retreat from urban chaos and give themselves a relaxing break in nature. Integrated treatment of the body and mind is the aim of our therapeutic and aesthetic programmes which bring about an internal equilibrium visible from the exterior. Guests can enjoy massages, beauty treatment, a fitness centre, a total body solarium, a sauna, an aromatherapy steam bath, chromo therapy, music therapy, bio-magnetic baths, a 4 x9 metre hydro-massage pool with jets of salt- depurified air, a hydro-massage bath with water jets and gymnastics equipment. Many of the programmes can be personalised in combination with healthy trekking or mountain bike excursions. The Hotel Residence has 70 rooms, to cater for all our guests requirements. Holidays can be spent in absolute quite and relax in the Hotel Residence with treatment of Half board in our Restaurant, or if you prefer you can reserve an apartment to spent you holidays in total tranquillity with your family. The Comfort area was build in 1993 and is composed, on the second floor, of 14 Comfort rooms and on the ground floor, of 26 split level Suite with view on the valley or on the garden. All rooms are equipped with hair-dryer, mini bar, safe, Sat- TV and telephone. Each Suites has sleeping capacity of 4 people is equipped with Sat-TV, telephone, safe and can be reserved also like an apartment as for is composed of: a lounge–dining area, a fully equipped kitchen, sofa-bed for two people, the double bed and bathroom with hydromassage shower and hairdryer are situated on the gallery. Each Suite has two entrances: one on the hotel corridor and the other on your private terrace with table, chairs and beach umbrella. The Superior area realized in 2001, is made up of bedrooms and one or two-room apartments, the area is built only with ecological materials and is provided of a electromagnetic smog avoid system. All rooms and apartments has private bathrooms with hydro-massage baths or showers, hair-dryers, mini bar, safe, Sat-TV, telephone, Internet connection, air-conditioning, sound-proofed system, private terrace or balcony with table, chairs and beach umbrella. The Restaurant has been carefully and skilfully restored, conserving the most important architectural features, such as the huge clear-stone fireplace with its coat of arms of the Ospedale della Scala of Siena. The restaurant is made up of two large rooms and a lovely veranda which in summer allows you to enjoy our typical local cuisine outside. With its exclusive sense of intimacy, is available for guests who wish to find a perfect balance between tradition and nature. Here you can leave behind the noise and congestion of the city and treat yourself to our seasonal cuisine based on locally grown produce and flavoured with herbs from our kitchen garden. While eating you can take in the incomparable view of the beautiful Val D’ Orcia with its ever changing colours: the golden yellow of summer, the bright green of spring and the thousands of shades of red and brown that characterise the autumn. Our menu changes seasonally and includes typical, traditional Tuscan dishes based on ancient recipes (some dating back to Etruscan times) and more recent inventions of our resident chef. We have a fully-stocked and eclectic wine cellar which includes Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino, made by some of the area’s most prestigious wine-makers. Also available are our very own red and white house wines. Children are more than welcome and can choose from a special menu. While they wait, we can provide them with paper and colours to help pass the time. If, during your stay, you would like to find out more about typical Tuscan cuisine, why not take part in one of the cookery courses. The chef will teach you how to make dishes which you will have no problem repeating at home, as well as revealing practical hard- come-by secrets. A recipe book of local dishes will serve as a perfect reminder of your culinary experience in the Val D’ Orcia. Indeed part of the course includes guided visits to some Brunello and Vino Nobile vineyards, and other gastro-enologic visits to places such as the famous Vigna Tonda, the Museo del Vetro a wine museum in the Castello Banfi, a local extra virgin olive oil press, a dairy making the famous Pecorino cheese in Pienza and a white truffle house in the Sienese Crete. At the end of the course you will receive a small book in Italian or English.