A residence of Norman origins,and dating back to the beginning of the last millennium, the hotel is situated facing the Collegiata Church on one side and Mount Amiata on the other, in the Medieval town of San Quirico d?Orcia. Over the last one thousand years the hotel has been a refuge for the Templars, an imperial fortress, a hospital, a convent and a fortified palace. The rooms open internally to a staircase of Roman origins which has undergone various changes through time, until reaching its present aspect in the 19th-century, when it was crowned with a dome to let the sun and light flow in. To the outside, the rooms treasure view of San Quirico d'Orcia and the Val d'Orcia.