Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Borgo Santo Pietro, near Chiusdino
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location The hotel is 45-minutes' drive to Siena
Annual opening The hotel is open from April to October
Closest airport Florence Airport
Distance from airport The hotel is about 2-hours' drive from Pisa Airport and 1 hour and 20-minutes' from Florence Airport
Closest railway station Siena Train Station
Distance from railway station The hotel is about 45-minutes' drive from Siena Train Station
Hotel facilities and services
200 Acre Estate, Farmland, Borgo Cooking School, Michelin-starred Restaurant, New Brasserie and Bar, Cookery School, Floristry Lessons, Art Lessons with Resident Artist, Farm Tours, Wine-tasting, Cheese Making at the Dairy, Flower Arranging sessions, Outdoor Freshwater Swimming Pool, Library, Lounge, Laundry, Parking, Playground, Spa, Jacuzzi, Tennis Courts, Mountain Bikes, Rose and Fountain Garden, Apple and Cherry Orchard, 25 acre Vineyard, Estate and Garden Tours, Tuscan Truffle Hunt, Art Classes, Yoga, Helicopter Rides, Outdoor Cinema.
Land sports
Pool, Tennis, Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Bocce, Yoga, Horse Riding, Table Tennis, Mountain Biking, Hiking, Football, and Beach Volleyball.
Out and about nearby
Estate tours and forest and river trails, including Meditation Walk. Visit to San Galgano Abbey and Montesiepi Church. Siena is under an hour's drive away, a UNESCO World Heritage city with its historical attractions and architecture.
Sports nearby
Golf, Fishing, Rafting, Horse Riding, Sailing, Hiking, Archery, Football, Volley Ball, Tennis, Bocce, Badminton, Basketball.
Thanks for organising what was a wonderful holiday. Apart from a delay because of Gatwick fog coming home, everything ran like clockwork and we had a cracking time. I would be happy to recommend Expressions and hope we will have the opportunity to organise another trip with you in the future.Mrs S, October 2024
Holiday price guide
Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe room for 7 nights
From about
£1,650
Holiday Code EXH1547
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Borgo Santo Pietro, near Chiusdino
Borgo Santo Pietro is a five-star luxury hotel in the heart of the stunning rural landscapes of Tuscany, amid rolling hills and farmland. A Relais and Chateaux property, it is a grand house and garden about 20 miles from Siena, marooned in a luscious countryside setting which is surrounded on all sides by nature reserves. This is a nature lovers' paradise for ultimate countryside relaxation where you can take in the numerous delights of the glorious gardens, from the medicinal herb garden to the rose and fountain garden, apple orchard and cherry orchard. Not surprisingly, there is also a kitchen garden, from which the Michelin-starred restaurant draws only the freshest produce such as vegetables and herbs on a daily basis. The dishes created using these ingredients are served either in an elegant dining room or on the intimate open-air veranda where views span across the manicured hotel lawns. Providing the utmost quality of service, the restaurant at Borgo Santo Pietro happily caters to specific dietary requirements, while food lovers benefit from the option to partake in cookery lessons and wine tasting on site. Also making the most of magnificent views is a curved infinity-edge swimming pool, around which rose buds blossom along shady trellises. This is the site for achieving true relaxation, though the indulgent spa also offers a wonderful service of treatments. Amid the pristine gardens dotted with cypresses, the hotel building itself is built from rough-hewn stone and evokes the true essence of the rural Tuscan lifestyle. Reminiscent of a country manor house, the interiors have been exquisitely renovated to complement the evident history of the building. Decorated with gilded picture frames, chandeliers, wall murals, heavy drapery and four poster beds, the style is grand and opulent, making way for indulgent luxury holidays in Siena.
Room descriptions
Borgo Santo Pietro has 20 rooms all with en suite, phone line, safety deposit box, internet, satellite TV, DVD player, air conditioning, minibar, iPad docking station, hairdryer and WiFi access.
Thanks for organising what was a wonderful holiday. Apart from a delay because of Gatwick fog coming home, everything ran like clockwork and we had a cracking time. I would be happy to recommend Expressions and hope we will have the opportunity to organise another trip with you in the future.Mrs S, October 2024
Holiday price guide
Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe room for 7 nights
From about
£1,650
Holiday Code EXH1547
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Borgo Santo Pietro, near Chiusdino
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Borgo San Pietro in Tuscany, our clients usually fly to Pisa or Florence airport or arrive by train at Florence Santa Maria Novella railway station. We recommend the use of a hire-car for a stay at this hotel and we would include it in the price of holiday.
Additional information
Children: Babysitting and children's play park available. Cots and extra beds can be added to rooms.
Special offers
Call to make your booking and save an extra £50 per adult Call us instead of emailing us when you are thinking of booking a holiday and save an extra £50 per adult (in addition to any special offers that might be available). We want to talk to you to discuss your requirements and a phone call is usually the best way for you to define what you want enabling us to respond more accurately. We want to talk to you and you save an extra £50 per adult.
Thanks for organising what was a wonderful holiday. Apart from a delay because of Gatwick fog coming home, everything ran like clockwork and we had a cracking time. I would be happy to recommend Expressions and hope we will have the opportunity to organise another trip with you in the future.Mrs S, October 2024
Holiday price guide
Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Deluxe room for 7 nights
From about
£1,650
Holiday Code EXH1547
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays and tours to Borgo Santo Pietro, near Chiusdino
About Tuscany
An Expressions tailor-made holiday in Tuscany allows you to appreciate its classical landscape of rolling hills and vineyards dotted with olive and cypress trees, its misty green-grey mountains that are never too far distant, and hill-top towns of rich brown and gold stone houses. This combines with the beauty of the works of art contained in the towns and villages throughout Tuscany to create an inspirational union of the spirit and the senses. There is an intrinsic comfort in the supposed contrast between the delicacy of a Botticelli and the heartiness of Ribollita soup, yet both are typical of this fascinating region. As birthplace of the Renaissance, the impact of Tuscan and particularly Florentine traditions and culture on European heritage is fundamental to our way of life. In addition to the obvious attractions of the scenery of Chianti and the art cities of Florence and Siena, there are the less well-known regions south of Siena with its moon-like landscape of hills, the patchwork vineyards of Montalcino, the coastal marshlands of the Maremma, the spas of Montecatini and Saturnia, the islands of Elba and Giglio, and the Casentino with the source of the Arno and abundant mushroom crops. Wherever you travel on holiday in Tuscany, you will be inspired by the beauty of your surroundings and the way of life, which is quintessentially that of Italy too.
Highlights of Tuscany
Famous vineyards producing wines of Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Alabaster is produced in Volterra. Gold and silver are worked in Florence and the Ponte Vecchio is lined with jewellery shops. Marbled paper and stationery is a speciality of Florence. Ceramics and hand-painted majolica from raw terracotta from Impruneta to the glazed pottery of Siena are to be found throughout Tuscany. Lucca has traditionally produced silk and hand-woven fabrics. Leather goods including shoes, handbags and belts are to be found from market stalls to designer shops such as Gucci and Ferragamo. Interesting markets include the Mercato dell' Antiquariato which sells furniture from antiques to bric-a-brac in Arezzo on the first weekend of every month, in Pisa on the second weekend and in Lucca on the third weekend. The 'wild' Maremma is known for its long-horned white cattle and cowboys (butteri) and natural springs including Saturnia.
Cultural highlights of Tuscany
As birthplace of the Renaissance, Tuscany contains a wealth of treasures: Giotto`s Campanile and Brunelleschi`s Dome in Florence, the Tombs of Galileo and Michelangelo in Florence`s Santa Croce, Botticelli`s `Birth of Venus` and `Primavera` and the portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino by Piero della Francesca in the Uffizi, Michelangelo`s `David` in the Accademia, the architecture of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, `The Tuscan Maremma` painting by Giovanni Fattori in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, the Piazza del Campo in Siena, `The Legend of the Cross` frescoes by Piero della Francesco in Arezzo, `The Creation` fresco by Bartolo di Fredi in the Collegiata in San Gimignano, Romanesque church of the Collegiata in San Quirico d`Orcia, 14th Century Fortezza of Montalcino, Renaissance masterpiece of the church of Madonna di San Biagio at Montepulciano, the abbey-church of Sant`Antimo, mediaeval Lucignano and the towers of San Gimignano, the Etruscan Museum in Cortona.
Festivals in Tuscany
Many of Tuscany`s festivals resound with the flamboyance of the Renaissance and keep Tuscans and visitors alike in touch with the region`s rich history. Others are linked to Tuscany`s hearty traditions of eating and drinking. The most famous is Siena`s Palio which takes place on 2 July and 16 August each year. Others include the Sagra del Tordo (Festival of the Thrush) in Montalcino on the last Sunday in October when there is an archery contest and charcoal-grilled thrush are a delicacy. In Florence, Calcio in Costume (a football match played in mediaeval costume) takes place in June. Pisa has the Giocco del Ponte (Game of the Bridge), a mock battle in Renaissance dress also held in June. Viareggio celebrates Carnival on Shrove Tuesday with a huge display of flamboyant floats. In May and August Massa Marittima holds the Falcon Contest.
Gastronomy in Tuscany
Simple country food is at the heart of Tuscan cooking. Regional dishes include Bruschetta (bread or ciabatta toasted and rubbed with garlic, olive oil and salt), Ribollita (bean, cabbage and bread soup), Pasta with hare or wild boar sauce, Porcini mushroom and truffle dishes, Bistecca all Fiorentina (thick cut of sirloin and fillet beef), Cantucci (almond and honey biscuits) served dipped in Vin Santo, Panforte (chocolate, nut and spice cake). Pecorino cheese made from sheep's milk. Local wines include the white Vernaccia di San Gimignano and the Bianco di Pitigliano. Famous reds include Chanti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino and the Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Vin Santo made from semi-crushed grapes left for several months is an excellent dessert wine.
