Hotel Villa Marsili, Cortona

On a 600 m high hill, just few kilometers away from the border line that separates Tuscany from Umbria, Cortona dominates the whole Valdichiana. Along the feature that gives to the plain door to the city, they are filled of olive-trees and marked fields to terrace from walls to dry, between which s' they nest sumptuous villas surrounded of Holm oak, of pines and cypresses, farm houses, monasteries, monumental churches that seems built up without appearing necessity, therefore isolated as they are and therefore perfect in the huge purity of the renaissance line, with cupolas, windows, bell cells, all in clean stone of the place. The visitor that watches itself around from the high of its walls will see one of the immense and harmonious panoramas of Italy: the fertile, immense plain of the Val di Chiana, sluice to the horizon from mounts of Siena between which they detach stand out Mount Amiata and Mount Cetona and the great mirror of Lake Trasimeno. ...welcome to Villa Marsili …with its refined lounges, finely furnished and frescoed bedrooms, welcome to the cozy atmosphere of one of the town's most elegant residences. Villa Marsili, is a four star hotel, very close to the historic center of the beautiful Etruscan and Medieval hill town of Cortona, in Tuscany. The building, originally an ancient 15th century Church, was converted into a patrician “Palazzo” (Villa Marsili) in 1786. The recent renovation of the villa has allowed the recovery of architectural and stylistic features lost over the centuries through earlier restoration. The villa today has 25 rooms (including three suites and six deluxe) with panoramic views either over the valley or over the ancient town houses. The rooms are all elegantly furnished with many antique period pieces and offer every comfort: Jacuzzi bath, telephone, TV (CNN World and BBC World), internet connection, air conditioning, minibar and safe. Villa Marsili offers guests a breakfast buffet with a rich selection of our Tuscan specialties. Not only that….everyday in the evening our guests may enjoy a complimentary aperitif on our garden terrace with its atmospheric view of Valdichiana valley and the Trasimeno Lake. We have always thought of this hotel as a private residence, and therefore we have tried to make it as much comfortable as we could: warm, rich in details, in order to offer you the best comfort, allowing you to rest if on holiday and to concentrate if on business. We look forward to contributing to your well-being.