Alma Domus is a truly lovely hotel. Rooms are spacious, breakfast is good, staff so helpful and the views over Siena are nothing short of amazing. We were on a driving holiday but managed to find a safe parking spot not far from the hotel. However, we didn't drive while in Siena and walked everywhere. Unfortunately we could only stay for 2 days but look forward to coming back again. We know where we will be staying!
A beautiful place to stay! My only complaint - I intended to book (and thought I had) for a one-person stay. The price for two (and lovely breakfast for two) was more than I'd wanted to pay. Reception would not consider a discount in consideration of my one breakfast. Sometimes I think the website defaults to two person bookings even we start out as one.
The Dominican Sisters have been overseeing this convent hotel for many years and along with lay staff, are well versed in the art of hospitality. The hotel is situated on a rise, in medieval, walled Siena, one of the best preserved old towns in Italy. Some of the guest rooms have splendid views (especially at night) over rooftops and clusters of stone houses, medieval towers and the Duomo.
Siena's ornate Gothic cathedral is said by locals to rival the Duomo in Florence. Motor vehicles are banned from many streets making the town easy to negotiate on foot, despite the hills. The Sanctuary of St Catherine lies adjacent to Alma Domus and a little further up the hill stands the Basilica Cateriniana San Domenico, where a side chapel with relics, has been dedicated to the saint.
Alma Domus is clean, safe and reasonably priced and hard to beat for location, location, location.
| Room types | Prices per room from* | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Twin beds with private bathroom | EUR 95.00 | Classic room, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. No view. |
| Double with private bathroom | EUR 95.00 | Classic room, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. No view. |
| Twin beds with private bathroom | EUR 110.00 | Superior room, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. No view. |
| Double with private bathroom | EUR 110.00 | Superior room, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. No view. |
| Twin beds with private bathroom | EUR 120.00 | Superior room with view, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. |
| Double with private bathroom | EUR 120.00 | Superior room with view, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. |
| Triple with private bathroom | EUR 135.00 | Superior room inc. breakfast. City tax extra. No view. |
| Triple with private bathroom | EUR 145.00 | Superior room with view, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. |
| Quadruple with private bathroom | EUR 175.00 | Superior room with view, inc. breakfast. City tax extra. |
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