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Festival Barocco di San Gimignano
A season of Baroque music concerts in September and early October.
MUSIC
Sleeping
Al Pozzo dei Desideri
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B&B
€
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( 370 3102538, 0577 90 71 99;
www.alpozzodeidesideri.it
;
Piazza della Cisterna 32; d €75-110, tr
€95-120, q €115-160; )
Three rooms-with-a-view (two over the Tuscan countryside and
one over the town's main piazza) are on offer in this recently opened B&B. All have a
charming decor, stylish modern bathrooms, a fridge and tea- and coffee-making facilities.
No breakfast, but there's a good cafe close by.
Foresteria Monastero di San Girolamo
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HOSTEL
€
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( 0577 94 05 73;
www.monasterosangirolamo.it
;
Via Folgore da San Gimignano 26-32; s/tw/tr €37.50/
75/112.50)
This is an excellent budget choice. Run by friendly Benedictine Vallumbrosan
nuns, it has basic but comfortable rooms sleeping two to five people; all have attached
bathrooms. Parking and kitchen use are available for a small fee. Book in advance at
www.monasterystays.com
,
as it's usually full.
If you don't have a reservation, arrive between 9am and 12.30pm or between 3.30pm
and 5.45pm and ring the monastery bell (not the Foresteria one, which is never answered).
Hotel L'Antico Pozzo
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BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€
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( 0577 94 20 14;
www.anticopozzo.com
;
Via San Matteo 87; s €80-95, d €90-135, superior d €169-180;
closed 1st 2 wks Nov & Jan; )
Named after the old, softly illuminated
pozzo
(well)
just off its lobby, this hotel occupies a 15th-century
palazzo
on busy Via San Matteo. Most
rooms feature high ceilings, simple but elegant decor and good-sized if dated bathrooms;
the superior rooms are particularly attractive. We suggest avoiding the cheaper top-floor
rooms. There's a handsome breakfast room and a pretty rear courtyard.
Eating & Drinking
