Albergo Chiusarelli

Beautiful hotel in 19th century palazzo. Professional and friendly staff. Good breakfast. Excellent restaurant for diner (L'Orti di San Domenico). Easy walk to il Campo, Duomo and other sights. It's right beside the Basilica of S Domenico.

Went to Siena on a last minute trip and chose the Hotel Chiusarelli due to its location. It is near the bus station and has a football ground to the rear, we thought it would be fairly quiet with an occasional football match. However, we were surprised at the building work going on at the stadium, this started early in the morning and woke us up. At night we had the noise from the Lunna Park carnival, with the loud speakers rumbling away to midnight. Whilst I don't expect perfect peace in a city it was noisy. Currently there is activity in the football stadium where they are erecting scaffolding for a concert, presumably for this weekend. You may wish to consider if this would suit you. The hotel its self is OK, nothing special, but adequate. The rooms are quite spacious, we had a triple. The beds are firm, perhaps a mattress topper would make them more comfortable, the pillows I found lumpy and not very comfortable. The shower is powerful with endless hot water. Breakfast is totally self-service, again nothing special. They cordon off areas, not sure why, but sometimes you then have to sit at a larger table set for four or more, a bit weird. We did not try the restaurant, as breakfast service put us off. I think this worked to our benefit, as we had some excellent meals out.

Great hotel for a visit to Siena.