Name: Borgo Grondaie
Address: Siena, IT
Price range: From $169

Borgo Grondaie, SienaBorgo Grondaie in Siena, Italy has a corrected score of 4.0 ± 0.2 (solid evidence, 3 of 4 platforms), ranked 9 of 36 hotels we score in Siena. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.1 before correction: Booking.com 4.1, Tripadvisor 4.5, Agoda 3.9. Rooms from about $169 a night (cached, not a live quote).Borgo Grondaie is a country house hotel set in a converted late eighteenth-century farmhouse on the outskirts of Siena, about two kilometres from the centre and Piazza del Campo and under a kilometre from the train station. It offers 26 rooms and apartments in rustic Tuscan style, with an outdoor salted-water pool, garden, terrace, library, free WiFi, bicycles and free parking. Breakfast is well regarded and the staff are known for being helpful. It suits families and travellers wanting a quiet, green base within walking distance of the city. One limitation: the on-site dinner is only passable, so plan to eat out in town.What stands out

Helpful, friendly staff

Comfortable, light-filled rooms

Free parking and WiFi

Grassy outdoor salted-water pool

Watch out for

Dinner quality only passable

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