Palazzo Piccolomini
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Orvieto at last...
Picked up our new Peugeot from Europe by Car, and then swooped up daughter Tara at the airport in Rome for the journey to Orvieto, where she would become a "sposa" on Friday at 5:30... lots to talk about!
Car hire for 3 days over
... valley, locals walking around at night pre dinner chatting in the streets. Places dn,t open for dinner till 730 so we have had many late nights lately. Starts to get dark at 4.30 so hate to see what it's like in winter. We explored volterra more n the morning then drove to San gimignano, we just called it jimminey cricket, another hill town with 14 towers left standing out of 72. The views from the top of a old tower area was great, nick was ...
A Picture Perfect Town
... s a stunning and imposing monument but its most spectacular feature is its Gothic facade, which features glittering mosaics, marble relief carvings, and bright painted figures and glows golden in the sunlight. The interior of the cathedral is, honestly, nothing to write home about, but for one exception, the Chapel of San Brizio. Mostly painted by Luca Signorelli in the early 1500s, the entire room is frescoed with scenes from the New ...
New Friends and a Great Meal
... gate. The arch here was on the main Etruscan road leading to the Tiber valley and Rome and was cut around 500BC. As we walk into town, there is the front of an old palace. Just the facade stands as the rest disappeared with the cliff due to erosion. We also see the couple from the bus sitting at a small cafe drinking Cappucino. We start to talk and they invite us to join them. Alan and Kay are from New Zealand and are on holiday for a month. We immediately hit it off and talk ...
We Stay in Orvieto
... and an old medieval kiln with tools. Who knows what else lies beneath some of the homes and streets above. Carol is not feeling great but wants to continue to see the Etruscan Necropolis. It is not easy to find and we end up walking along the path on the outside of the city walls. We find it lying beneath us but the entrance is quite a ways downhill on a road. Carol is not up to it so we walk a little further on the path and cut back up into town. ...
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Historical Traveler Reviews Palazzo Piccolomini Orvieto
Beautiful and graceful hotel
We returned to Orvieto after being married there in 1998. We again stayed at this hotel after we stumbled across it during our last visit.
We rented a suite and an attached standard room for two weeks this summer and absolutely loved every minute of it. The rooms were beautiful and the staff were absolutely lovely. We took their recommendations on where to eat, visit and shop and they were always on the mark. If you travel to Italy and want to explore Umbria this is the perfect home base!
Their website is a little hard to locate but here is the link --------------------------
Spring for the suite and you will not be disappointed, we sure were not.
Wonderful staff at a great little hotel
What a wonderful little hotel. The room was clean and sunny with a great view (we stayed on the top floor). The staff was also helpful in making dinner recommendations nearby and surrounding travel suggestions. I would love to go back and stay longer, as we were there only one night We highly recommend it!
Absolutely wonderful!
Palazzo Piccolomini may be one of the best bargains in Italy. We found it to be extremely charming and clean. We had a corner room on the top (3rd) floor (a standard double room). The room had air conditioning, but it did not seem to do much good, so we just opened the windows and pretended we were true Italians. The room was not large, but the room and the entire hotel was a delight. The breakfast is served in a cave in the basement - it couldn't have been more enjoyable. The hotel will park your car over night for 10 Euro, which is very nice if you are traveling by car.
Loved palazzo piccolomini
We just stayed at the Hotel Palazzo Piccolomini & we loved it. They were very nice. We also stayed in room 311 because it had been mentioned on this website. It was very quiet & had a view that I loved, although it might not have been the best for everyone. It just felt very small-town Italy. We also found a great restaurant around the corner (can't remember the name) that was in a cave. I'd also read about it, but the hotel recommended it as well.
Loved Palazzo Piccolomini
This was one of our favourite hotels. The room was very comfortable and VERY reasonalby priced, the restaurant food was wonderful and the staff was fabulous. They were so geniunely friendly and helpful.
I chose this hotel because the building was so steeped in history (having belonged to the family of 2 Popes) and had been so beautifully restored.
I can't wait to go back to Orvieto and Palazzo Piccolomini.
Overated
The Palazzo Piccolomini is a wonderful restoration project - but not a four star hotel. Scuff marks all over the walls, lots of noise because of the uncarpeted floors (it may have fit the original look and design- but does nothing for sleeping well). Our room was on the 2nd floor and we were able to hear (gasp) the full business of the bathroom above us... and I mean the details - which again reminded me of Motel 6 and not a 4 start hotel. No alarm clocks in the room, and again it was slightly dirty and dusty. THe staff was pretty nice - but the man at the desk did not want to go through the trouble o checking us out the night before we were leaving for a very early train... he insisted that we waited until the morning.... which we did... after a good 10 mins of finding him so that we could check out. Would not stay there again on the bathroom sounds alone - it was just too much information and ruined the romantic mood!
Fabulous!
The Palazzo Picolomini is wonderful! Located in an ancient building in the resort community of Orvieto (about 1 1/2 hours by train through the Italian countryside from either Rome of Florence) the rooms are artfully and minimally decorated, the bathrooms likewise. The goodies include pairs of bedroom slippers emblazoned with the name of the hotel, and a relatively sumptuous repast in the cavernous breakfast room located in under the hotel, similar to a wine cellar. The staff couldn't have been more helpful...they were all charming and accomodating. In fact, daylight savings time changed while we were visiting , unbeknownst to us, and they encouraged us to stay in our room long past check out time, because our train to Rome was leaving much later than we had anticipated. There is a small bar at the front of the hotel, also cooly minimal in decor, and the location of the Piccolomini is wonderful...just a few short blocks to the stunning Orvieto Duomo and the wonderful ceramic shops for which Orvieto is famous. I strongly recommend this hotel, particularly for the price.
Excellent hotel in Orvieto
We spent one night here and it was the nicest hotel of our two weeks in Italy. And the least expensive! The staff was great - we arrived before our room was ready, so they offered us a seat in the lounge and a cappuccino while we waited. The room was clean, comfortable, and had a nice view (room #311, top floor corner). The common areas were lovely, breakfast was good. I would definitely stay here again!
A very nice visit
I stayed here for one night during a three week vist to Italy. We found the hotel to have a very good location, a very friendly staff, and clean rooms. The hotel has nice common areas, and I think they have done a great job in overall presentation. I would recommend a stay here . The rooms are not opulent but give you exactly what you need while you are there. This is a great place to stay while visiting the wonderful city of Orvieto.
A great place to stay
The Palazzo Piccolomini was the perfect hotel to stay in Orvieto. A very friendly staff that was always willing to help with anything. A fantastic breakfast of hot croissants and strong coffee. The rooms were very large with great views of the rooftops and narrow streets. Very quiet at night. And aslo very close to Orvieto's Duomo. I highly recommend this hotel.
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