2 Best Hotels in Chianti, Siena, and Central Tuscany, Tuscany

This 17th-century villa lined with lavender bushes and cypress trees sits just outside Monteriggioni. The guest rooms in the villa and the adjacent workers' quarters—converted into 10 apartments—have wood-beam ceilings and terra-cotta floors. Festive striped fabrics in yellows, oranges, and reds cover iron canopies in some rooms. The facilities, such as the health club and the tennis courts, are those of a four-star establishment. A poolside restaurant is open in summer.

A sense of freshness comes from the terra-cotta floors, high wood-beamed ceilings, and soothing whitewashed walls in this hotel's guest rooms. The serene garden, facing the town wall, is filled with oleanders, geraniums, and olive trees.