MADONNA DEL CARMINE bed&breakfast — Hotel in Unione dei Comuni Valdichiana Senese

We arrived in the evening around dinner time. The taxi dropped us at the hotel entrance but we couldn't find anyone around. We should have gone straight to the restaurant entrance. As this is a family-run enterprise, they were all busy in the restaurant. But Marco, who seemed to be in charge of everything, offered us drinks while he was busy waiting tables, and soon got us to our room. The room was very clean and comfortable albeit eclectic in decor, but we weren't there for House & Garden critique, so all was very satisfactory. Breakfast was a good spread of cold cuts and cooked eggs, unlimited coffee and tea. Dinner at the restaurant was an amazing taste of Tuscan flavours with their 10-month house cured ham, honey from their own apiary, local beer and Chianti. Unfortunately we didn't get to taste their acclaimed pizza, as we could only eat so much. Our entire stay there of three nights was more like a visit to an old family friend's home than a hotel/b&b. Service was attentive and very personal throughout. Location was perfect for us as it was only an 8 minute drive by taxi to the venue of the wedding we were attending at Castello di Fighine, although taxi fares . Marco offered to drive us to the train station instead of ordering a taxi, and he took us right to the platform and bade us goodbye like an old friend. The best stay we've had so far on all our travels over Europe. Highly recommended if you are looking for a real...

My family and I consider this restaurant a gem in the area. Experiencing always friendly service and good food at reasonable prices. And their pizzas are among the best we've had anywhere in the world. Can only recommend this place. Perhaps not the most fashionable place, but real and...

Esperienza unica. Un posto veramente accogliente a conduzione familiare. Abbiamo alloggiato in una camera pulitissima. Colazione ricca e buona con dolci fatti in casa (anche il miele e le marnellate!), salumi e formaggi sempre di loro produzione. Tutta la struttura è condotta dai signori Marco e Paola e dai loro genitori tutti gentilissimi e attenti alle esigenze degli ospiti. Ci si sente come a casa. Il cibo è superlativo: dalla pasta fatta in casa alla carne buonissima, dolci fatti in casa , vino e vin santo fatto dal papà di Marco e poi: salumi , prosciutto, tutto fatto da loro. Si mangia in un bel giardino all'aperto provvisto anche di qualche gioco per i bimbi (altalena, scivolo...) e di una piccola piscina.|All'interno c'è anche un edicola per acquistare riviste e il quotidiano preferito.|Consigliatissimo....