"It seems there’s truly no end to the wonders of the Tuscan countryside. Villa Poggiano stands on a picture-perfect hilltop plot overlooking the Val d’Orcia, barely a minute’s drive outside of Montepulciano. It’s an 18th-century villa originally built as a summer home for an aristocratic family from Siena, which means it’s already perfectly suited to its new life as an intimate, residential-style luxury hotel. And it already had an impressive swimming pool, thanks to another former owner, a German army general who lived here during the early 20th century (long story)." - Tablet Hotels