Est. MMXVII · in stones of MXLII
A medieval tower,
eight quiet rooms,
one Tuscan horizon.
Marco's Tower stands above the Val d'Orcia, a thousand years old and kept by a single family. We open it, in summer and in autumn, to a handful of guests at a time.
Benvenuti
Built in 1042 as a watchtower for the road to Rome. Now, a place to disappear.
Three meters of stone keep the rooms cool through August. Narrow arched windows frame cypress lines and distant hill towns. There is no lobby, no concierge desk — Marco meets you at the door with the key, and a glass of something from the cellar below.
Stanza 04 · Piano Nobile
Camera del Conte
The grandest of the eight rooms occupies the entire third floor. A canopy bed in walnut, a vaulted ceiling carved from local travertine, and a deep arched window facing the dawn over Monte Amiata.
- Floor
- 42 m²
- Ceiling
- 4,8 m
- From
- € 480 / night
- Sleeps
- Two
A day at the tower
Slow hours,
measured in light.
Breakfast is set on the long oak table at the foot of the spiral stair. Afterward, the day is yours — the hills, the cellar, the small library, the roof.
07:30
Colazione
Pastries from the forno in Pienza, fruit from the orchard, espresso from a copper machine that has been in the family since 1962.
13:00
The road
Bicycles and a 1974 Fiat wait in the courtyard. Montalcino is twenty minutes south. The Bagno Vignoni hot springs, twelve.
20:00
Cena al lume
Four courses by candlelight in the vaulted dining room. Bottles drawn from the tower's own cellar — twenty meters below your feet.
"Si mangia ciò che il giorno porta — pane caldo, miele del vicino, vino del nonno."
From the rooftop
Forty kilometers in every direction.
The crenellated roof of the tower was last used in 1487 to watch for Sienese troops. Today it is set with two chairs, a small table, and — at sunset — a bottle of Brunello and two glasses.
Pienza
6 km
Montalcino
22 km
Siena
58 km
Reserve
Eight rooms.
A season's worth of evenings.
We open from April through late October. Most evenings sell six months in advance — write to us, and we will hold a date.
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