Hotel Certosa di Maggiano

The grounds are vast and among the olive groves and vineyards there is a tennis court, an helicopter landing, and a heated, open-air pool. Near the pool there is also a small fitness room.

* Horseback riding
* Biking
* Thermal baths
* Hunting
* Fishing
* Golf course (nearby)
* Swimming Pool

Many services are available upon request, such as:

* Massages
* Manicures and other beauty treatments
* Car rental with or without chauffeur
* Guided visits of Siena and surroundings
* Visits to wine cellars and wine tasting
* Cooking classes
* Outings on the Argentario sailing boat.

Siena is a medieval city of brick. From a vantage point such as the Palazzo Pubblico's tower, its sea of roof tiles blends into a landscape of steep, twisting stone alleys. This cityscape hides dozens of Gothic palaces and pastry shops galore, unseen neighborhood rivalries, and altarpieces of unsurpassed beauty.

Siena is proud of its past. It trumpets the wolf as its emblem, a holdover from its days as Saena Julia, the Roman colony founded by Augustus about 2,000 years ago (though the official Sienese myth has the town founded by the sons of Remus, younger brother of Rome's legendary forefather). Siena still parcels out the rhythms of life, its rites of passage and communal responsibilities, to the 17 contrade (neighborhood wards) formed in the 14th century. It makes a point of offering an image of Tuscany different from that of Firenze, its old medieval rival: Siena is as inscrutable in its culture, decorous in its art, and festive in its life attitude as Firenze is forthright, precise, and serious on all counts. Where Firenze produced hard-nosed mystics like Savonarola, Siena gave forth saintly scholars like St. Catherine (1347-80) and St. Bernardino (1380-1444).

Since the plague of the 14th century, Siena was so busy defending its liberty it had little time or energy to develop as a city. As a result, it has remained one of the largest Tuscan cities to retain a distinctively medieval air and offers your best chance in Italy to slip into the rhythms and atmosphere of the Tuscan Middle Ages.