PALAZZO LEOPOLDO

IMMERSED IN THE VINEYARDS OF CHIANTI, IN THE NEARBY OF SIENA, HOTEL PALAZZO LEOPOLDO IS AN ENCHANTED LOCATION IN RADDA IN CHIANTI WHERE TO SPEND SPECIAL HOLIDAYS. THE PALCA KEEPS ITS ORIGINAL STRUCTURE IN THE EXTERNAL AND IN THE INTERIORS, WHERE THE MODERN FURNITURE ARE TOGETHER WITH ANCIENT PIECES THAT UNDERLINE THE TASTE OF THE ANCIENT TUSCAN SIGNORI. FRESCOES, FIREPLACES AND PRECIOUS ANTIQUE FURNITURE MAKE IT AN UNIQUE SCENERY AND GIVE THE GUESTS A SPLENDID ATMOSPHERE. PALAZZO LEOPOLDO A NINETEENTH-CENTURY STYLE MANOR HOUSE IS STILL A FASCINATING TESTIMONY OF MEDIEVAL TUSCANY. THE BUILDING DATES BACK TO 1300 MAYBE END OF 1200. MOST OF THE TIME POWER AND CULTURE RUN TOGETHER, NOBLES, DUKES, RICH AND ARISTOCRATIC BEGAN TO ATTEND THE ENVIRONMENT GIVING IT CHARM AND TOUCH OF CLASS STILL PRESENT IN ALL ROOMS AND COMMON AREAS. WORDS CARVED IN MARBLE RECALL THE PRESENCE OF ARCHDUKE OF TUSCANY LEOPOLDO II IN 1837, THE LORENA FAMILY AND MORE RECENTLY THE STAY OF THE PRINCE OF ITALY, UMBERTO OF SAVOY IN 1945. SIGNS OF THIS SPLENDOR ARE STILL PRESENT IN PALAZZO LEOPOLDO: LARGE COMMON SPACES OF THE HOUSE, FRESCOES, COTTO FLOORING, FIREPLACES, THE ORIGINAL KITCHEN OF THE XVIII CENTURY AND THE INTERNAL PRIVATE CHAPEL. AFTER A CAREFUL RENOVATION AIMED ONLY TO PRESERVE THE SIGNS OF PAST GLORIES, PALAZZO LEOPOLDO HAS BECOME A PRESTIGIOUS HOTEL. EACH ROOM AND SUITE OFFERS SOPHISTICATED ELEGANCE IN HISTORICAL AMBIENT, TOGETHER WITH ORIGINAL FRESCOES, COTTO FLOORS AND FIREPLACES, WIDE BATHROOMS WITH HYDRO MASSAGE SHOWER AND AN ENCHANTING VIEW ON THE HILLS OF CHIANTI. INSIDE THE HOTEL THERE IS NOW A RESTAURANT, WINE SHOP, SAUNA, SOLARIUM, WELLNESS TREATMENTS AND MASSAGES. FREE USE THE FITNESS AREA WITH GYM EQUIPMENT AND THE INDOOR HEATED POOL.