South-west of Siena there is a fortified medieval tower, built to protect the nearby mills and mines in these ore-rich hills. Today you can stay in one of four apartments in this stone tower and enjoy the same long-reaching views that medieval warriors once scoured for approaching hordes. Tower 4 is the highest apartment, the climb up the steps rewarded with long-reaching views from the double-bedroom nestled among the crenellated battlements at the very top of the tower.
Back on the ground there are shaded spots to relax in the lawn behind the tower, and there is also a communal loggia with a shared living room with a Nespresso coffee machine and a library. There is no swimming pool here but the nearby river Merse has some great spots for wild swimming, you can even reach them with a walk through the woods behind the tower. For more details have a look here: Wild swimming in the Merse.
The tiny village of Stigliano has its own restaurant, just a short distance from the tower, an easy stroll in the evening.
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Tower 4 is at the very top of the tower, and has access to the crenellated battlements, allowing you to keep watch over the plains that stretch out towards Siena. This apartment has two floors: on the lower floor you'll find a twin room, a spacious bathroom with a shower, and a livingroom with a kitchen contained in a large wardrobe. There is a sofa-bed in the living room making the total number of possible guests 5.
A spiral staircase leads up to the top floor of the tower, and to a large, glass-walled, double bedroom.
A walkway runs around this glass room, allowing access to the battlements. Up here you are totally unseen, but can see for miles. It would be perfectly natural to keep watch through the merlons, cross bow in hand, for marauding hordes coming across the plains from Siena.
The history of Poggiarello reaches back at least as far as Etruscan times, shown by the remains of walled enclosures on the nearby hill of "Poggio di Siena Vecchia". The landscape around the tower is rich in castles, convents, hill villages and places to explore.
One senses the long history all around in this quiet, peaceful hamlet. There is a good restaurant a short walk away in the village below.
There are some wonderful walks straight from the tower - you can walk a loop to the "Castiglion che Dio sol sa" (The Castle that only God knows) in a couple of hours. Or a 20 minute walk will take to the ex-convent of Torri, with one of the most beautiful cloisters I have ever seen.
Siena is only a 20 minute drive away, while the Crete Senesi and the Val d'Orcia are only a little further. San Gimignano is less than an hour's drive away, as are the Chianti hills.
From € 103 to 198 per day
From € 720 to € 1,190 per week
Approximately
$ 842 to $ 1,392 in USD
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