The Hotel Santa Caterina is a small and intimate 18th-century villa, once belonging to a noble Patrician family. It boasts a wonderful position in the Terzo di San Martino district, right next to the medieval city walls and Porta Romana - one of the main gateway through them, surrounded by its own quiet and verdant gardens, only a 15-minute stroll from the historic centre of Siena with the amazing scallop-shaped Piazza del Campo - one of the loveliest and best preserved medieval squares in Europe, the 13th-century Duomo, the Palazzo Rubblico (Town Hall) with its magnificent 97 m high tower, Museo Civico and Pinacoteca Nazionale. The villa and the garden feature fantastic views of the surrounding countryside with typical Tuscan landscape of rolling hills, olive groves and cypress trees. The hotel’s interiors are decorated in a welcoming Tuscan motifs and provided with all modern facilities guests may expect from a reputable 3 star hotel in Siena: a cozy bar serving cocktails and fresh beverages, pleasant breakfast room with large windows facing the green garden (in the warm days breakfast is served directly in the garden too), access for mobility-impaired people, air-conditioning, baby-sitting, private car park, luggage deposit and pets welcomed. The 22 airy and bright bedrooms are furnished in an elegant and functional way, all featuring private bathrooms, independent air-conditioning, Internet connection, direct-dial telephones, soundproofing, hairdryers, satellite TV, mini-bars and heating. The Santa Caterina Hotel also has one guest room specially equipped to accommodate disabled guests.