Locanda le Piazze

Prefect choice for Tuscany road trip! Chilled and closed to many other small towns.

It's hard not to feel like you're in a movie as you drive through the seemingly endless and breathtaking hills of Tuscany as you approach Locanda Le Piazze. And from the moment you arrive at Locanda Le Piazze, you will marvel over every single charming detail and relaxing atmosphere. From the truly astonishing views of surrounding wineries that go on forever to idyllic property you get to call home, the rustic yet modern rooms and cozy setting. Each member of the hotel staff was absolutely wonderful, extremely helpful, friendly and will quickly know you by name. The hotel also has an adorable group of kittens on staff, who will delight you with their playful energy and curious nature. We stayed in an executive suite for three nights but would have happily stayed for three months. Our room was truly stunning with lots of space and the view from our bedroom window was truly unbelievable, photos just couldn't do it justice. Our room had all the amenities one could want and the staff kept our room and the entire hotel immaculately clean. While the wifi connection wasn't very strong, it was good enough and gave us a reason to leave our phones behind. It's impossible to describe how stunning the property is. Locanda Le Piazze gives you the best of both worlds - not only are the hotel grounds exceptional but the property is literally surrounded by picture-perfect views that are exactly what you think of when you think of a Tuscan vacation. We canceled our plans one afternoon to spend a slow day at the hotel by the pool and it was our favorite day! Photos really undersell how lovely Locanda Le Piazze really is. The breakfast included at the hotel is great and we made sure to go every morning. The hotel has a good selection of wines and cocktails that we enjoyed before dinner, though we decided to have lunch and dinner at nearby restaurants throughout our stay. While the restaurant seemed very popular and nice, we had so much fun going to places recommended by the lovely front desk staff. We also found some of the best spots on Google. We ventured into the town of Castellina in Chianti but there's not much there and we enjoyed the restaurants on the way to or shortly passed town. From the moment we arrived to when it was time to say our goodbyes, we were overcome by the magic of Locanda Le Piazze. We can't wait to go back!

Room - we booked a room with a private patio for 4 nights which was great to have in the warm afternoons. The room itself had a great shower, good aircon, really nice bathroom products and a smart TV if you wanted to relax and watch Netflix etc in the evenings. Food - the breakfast was incredible with all fresh ingridients and home baked bread. We also ate dinner here for two nights which was exceptional. The house Chianti Classico wine was brilliant. Wine tasting - we booked this within the hotel and it was hosted by Andrea who was great. You get to try 3 different wines and eat some really great snacks alongside it which alter the flavours. Pool - without doubt the most relaxing, quiet and scenic pool I have ever seen! No issues getting sun beds and wherever you sit you get a different incredible view. Probably only improvement I would make is opening the pool bar earlier than 12:30 and maybe at 11am. Staff - they really are great and helpful through out your stay. They helped us a lot pre arrival as they helped organise/book a lot of things for us via email. Other -the Spa was really good and had really wide range of treatments. I didn’t use it but they have a small gym which you can book out at the front desk to use. They do recommend getting a car which makes sense if you plan to travel around a lot from here as there isn’t much around by foot. We didn’t drive and managed fine by booking a driver for one day to go to Siena and staying local for the remainder. If you want a change of scenery there is also another restaurant within 5mins walking distance which was very good that we visited.