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adult/child €4.50/3; 10am-1pm & 2-5.50pm Tue-Sun)
, just off Piazza Sant'Agostino. It has a
fine collection of painted wooden sculptures by the Sienese school.
Within the 14th-century
fortezza
(Piazzale Fortezza; courtyard free, ramparts adult/child €4/2;
9am-8pm Apr-Oct, 10am-6pm Nov-Mar)
is an
enoteca
where you can sample and buy local
wines (tasting of 2/3/5 Brunellos €9/13/19) and also climb up to the fort's ramparts.
A combined ticket giving full access to the museum and fortezza costs €6.
Sleeping
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€
Hotel Vecchia Oliviera
( 0577 84 60 28;
www.vecchiaoliviera.com
; Via Landi 1; s €70-85, d €120-190, ste €200-240;
closed Dec-mid-Feb; )
Just beside the Porta Cerbaia, this former olive mill has
been tastefully restored and converted into a stylish small hotel. Each of the 11 rooms is
individually decorated; the superior ones come with view and jacuzzi. The garden terrace
has stunning views, and the pool is in an attractive garden setting.
Hotel Il Giglio
( 0577 84 81 67;
www.gigliohotel.com
;
Via Soccorso Saloni 5; s €95, d €135-145, annex s/d €60/95, apt
€100-150; )
The comfortable wrought-iron beds here are each gilded with a painted
giglio
(lily), and all doubles in the main building have a panoramic view. Room 1 has a
private terrace, and the small single is very attractive.
HOTEL
€€
Eating & Drinking
Osticcio
(
www.osticcio.it
;
Via Matteotti 23; antipasto plates €13-24, meals €37; noon-4pm & 7-11pm Fri-Wed,
noon-7pm Thu mid-Feb-mid-Jan)
A huge selection of Brunello and its more modest - but still
very palatable - sibling Rosso di Montalcino joins dozens of bottles of wine from around
the world at this excellent
enoteca
. After browsing the selection of wines downstairs,
claim a table in the upstairs dining room for a glass of wine with an antipasto plate or
pasta.
WINE BAR
€€
CAFE
Fiaschetteria Italiana 1888
