Hotel Villa Elda

Hotel

• 25 Beds
• 11 Rooms

Hotel Villa Elda in Siena, the city of art and culture, is situated in a residential area, near the city center , in a quiet location.

Hotel Villa Elda, has always belonged to the family who runs it , retaining its charm called “ Liberty Style “ full of special details that colour the environments, in a serene and comfortable atmosphere. The Hotel offers a panoramic view of the ancient city of Siena, with the San Domenico's church, the Duomo and the Torre del Mangia, visible from many rooms and from the roof terrace. It's possible to have breakfast buffet in the dining room or in the blooming garden that surrounds the hotel.

Hotel Villa Elda in Siena offers its guests an elegant breakfast room and a cosy welcoming garden suitable for outdoor breakfast. Air conditioning, safe, tourist information, wi-fi internet access, multilingual staff, fax service. Payment services: car and scooter rental, tours of the city, excursions in Siena province (Val d'Orcia and the Crete Senesi, Pienza, San Gimignano and Montepulciano). At the reception you will always find kindness and availability, you can always contact us for any information. Every detail is taken care of for you to spend an unforgettable time in Siena. In addition, you can get information and purchase Siena Family Discount Card valid for a year, which allows you to get discounts in many shops, restaurants, arts and crafts, tours, museums in the province of Siena.

Hotel Villa Elda is configured in the Tuscan's category of "relais" and “charming residences“, that make it a classy place where to spend holidays, especially suitable for honeymooners, anniversaries, or couples in love.

Siena is likely Italy's loveliest medieval city, and a trip worth making even if you are in Tuscany for just a few days. Siena's heart is its central piazza known asIl Campo, known worldwide for the famous Palio run here, a horse race run around the piazza two times every summer. Movie audiences worldwide can see Siena and the Palio in the James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace.

Siena is said to have been founded by Senius, son of Remus, one of the two legendary founders of Rome thus Siena's emblem is the she-wolf who suckled Remus and Romulus - you'll find many statues throughout the city. The city sits over three hills with its heart the huge piazza del Campo, where the Roman forum used to be. Rebuilt during the rule of the Council of Nine, a quasi-democratic group from 1287 to 1355, the nine sections of the fan-like brick pavement of the piazza represent the council and symbolizes the Madonna's cloak which shelters Siena.

The Campo is dominated by the red Palazzo Pubblico and its tower, Torre del Mangia. Along with the Duomo of Siena, the Palazzo Pubblico was also built during the same period of rule by the Council of Nine. The civic palace, built between 1297 and 1310, still houses the city's municipal offices much like Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Its internal courtyard has entrances to the Torre del Mangia and to the Civic Museum. If you feel energetic, a climb up the over 500 steps will reward you with a wonderful view of Siena and its surroundings.

The Museum, on the other hand, offers some of the greatest of Sienese paintings. The Sala del Concistoro houses one of Domenico Beccafumi's best works, ceiling frescoes of allegories on the virtues of Siena's medieval government. But it is the Sala del Mappamondo and the Sale della Pace that hold the palaces's highlights: Simone Martini's huge Maestà and Equestrian Portrait of Guidoriccio da Fogliano and Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Allegories of Good and Bad Government, once considered the most important cycle of secular paintings of the Middle Ages.