523 ReviewsProperty Location With a stay at Hotel Relais II Chiostro di Pienza in Pienza (Val d'Orcia), you'll be minutes from Cathedral of Pienza and Palazzo Piccolomini. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Cantina Contucci and Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 37 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include direct-dial phones, as well as safes and desks. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and a television in the lobby. Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Parking is conveniently located nearby.
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Corso Rossellino 26,Pienza,IT,Italy 
Property Location With a stay at Hotel Relais II Chiostro di Pienza in Pienza (Val d'Orcia), you'll be minutes from Cathedral of Pienza and Palazzo Piccolomini. This 4-star hotel is within the vicinity of Cantina Contucci and Consorzio del Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Rooms Make yourself at home in one of the 37 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars. Satellite television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bidets and hair dryers. Conveniences include direct-dial phones, as well as safes and desks. Rec, Spa, Premium Amenities Take advantage of recreation opportunities including an outdoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and a television in the lobby. Dining Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Business, Other Amenities Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Parking is conveniently located nearby.
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EnglishMoose on 14/06/2017 18:02
This place, as is all of Pienza, is gorgeous. The courtyard is beautiful and staff helpful. Had a room on the third floor, the bed was large but not much floor space. Both the bedroom and bathroom had spectacular views across the countryside. There's a pool so pack your swimming costume! The outside garden/eating area is where you have breakfast, but it's under separate management for lunch and dinner. Would strongly recommend making a dinner reservation one evening. We stayed for 2 nights for £180.
wittingfk on 21/05/2017 20:20
Stays there three night. Location was great in downtown and I had the best view over the valley. Rooms a big and bed is comfortable. The breakfast was good but you had to walk in a different room (80 feet) to get your coffee and your food.
The staff was not very helpful or friendly and their English is very limited.
The restaurant La Terrazza del Chiostro is run by a different company and we loved the restaurant.
jkgayley on 13/05/2017 18:37
After spending 20 years coming to Pienza on daytrips and gazing longingly over the "balcony" of the steep bluff into the Val D'Orcia, we decided to treat ourselves to a night here so we could even longer gazing over the incredible view.
Relais Il Chiostro was indeed a treat: A beautiful hotel right in the center of the old renaissance town with great amenities and a killer view. Although the hotel may be prominent on the Pienza skyline when viewed from the valley below, the entrance within the city gates is pretty demur, tucked obliquely between the Duomo and a gelato store. As the name implies, the hotel occupies the (renovated) space of the old convent and cloisters. Rooms each have a bed space, a small sitting suite and a bath. They're well-appointed with modern amenities.
Given the building's original purpose, each room is slightly different in configuration, and long-time returning guests apparently have their favorites and request those well in advance. Be sure to use the website to request a room that overlooks their outside yard and the stunning view of the Val D'Orcia below. (if ever there was a hotel that proved E.M. Forster's premise of asking for a "room with a view", this is it....the Mother of all Views.)
The hotel boasts an upscale restaurant, a pool overlooking the valley, and a wonderful yard which can be used for drinks, breakfasting or just mere awe-struck gazing. Staff are polite, and moderately helpful; some are even cordial. This town was explicitly rebuilt by a renaissance pope to be an artistic tourist attraction, and this remains true today. The old part of town can get mobbed during the day, so the somewhat jaded attitudes of the locals are understandable.
I booked well in advance, and actually found the price for a very nice room to be completely reasonable. I've paid more at Marriott Suites in the deep Midwest. I'm sure there are even more upscale rooms to be had here, but for what we got I couldn't be more pleased. I'd eagerly stay there again if I wanted to linger in Pienza overnight.
Two other quick notes:
--The old city is small, and is an "area pedonale" (pedestrians only.) This means you'll need to park your car elsewhere around Pienza. We dropped off luggage at one of the city gates about 200 yards from the hotel, and then went to find parking. Not always easy in such a crowded town. I'd suggest the large lot about 400 yards further down SS 146, across from the COOP. I also understand the hotel can issue you permit parking for an additional fee...might make some sense.
--Given the relative compactness of the old town, the number of restaurants is limited. They appear to try to stagger their "nights off". If you want to dine "in town", best to check with the hotel to find out what's open on any given night, and get a reservation, since space gets limited. (You'll also get better restaurant service, I've found.) Outside the old city walls, there also are some serviceable tourist-level restaurants, if you don't want the hassle of playing "hit or miss" in the old town.
gus1959 on 08/05/2017 02:04
We had an upgraded room on the first floor of this former cloister with an attached church where nuns once resided. The views are fantastic. There is a very nice terrace and garden area at the rear where you can eat outside for breakfast. Service from the front desk was very good. Free parking if you have a car with valet service. Cost was a real bargain at 125 euros per night.
Kristin M on 05/05/2017 21:45
Fantastic location in the middle of Pienza, but still very quiet which meals good sleep. Beautiful and spacious room and bath, good breakfast, the friendliest staff, a good restaurant, a large garden with breathtaking view.... I couldn't think of a better place to stay.
