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It’s just a crying shame that better managed detail isn’t in place to make this gorgeous property even more desirable.|This showed up everywhere…from the carelessly cluttered reception right through ….||The comfortable walk-in shower was the overarching reason for us staying here -& it’s amazing & efficient! …but gracious style along with its position confirmed our selection |However silly things like the maddening arched lamp with its giant shade over the low tea/coffee table -on which 9 times out of 10 one banged one’s head on it when you stood up - was also a lunatic design error- wildly out of kilter with the ( mostly) elegant classic furnishings elsewhere in the room.||Upstairs ( conveniently a lift) the graciously conceived sitting room ( cluttered, as was the entry, with far too much 2nd rate reused’n’bruised Xmas tat) the super idea of their ‘ Honour Bar ‘ failed ultimately because it wasn’t stocked with quality product - & wasn’t in fact all that convenient to use either- nowhere to actually mix a drink! |I was personally disappointed there wasn’t any red vermouth : one therefore couldn’t make Tuscany’s most famous Negroni cocktail, to which I was looking forward. |I did tell the obligingly eager young man at the reception on the second day about this deficiency..but his search of their reserves proved fruitless.|I couldn’t even have Campari & soda ..there was no soda …not much of a bar, alas .|Footnote: there WAS an unmarked bottle of “something “ looking suspiciously like oxidation-affected red vermouth, or????…but that bottle looked so highly suspicious & I didn’t go near it .||It’s a comfortable walk to The Campo, & if you’re up for it …further on you may venture up to the Cathedral…Siena’s prideful jewel.|What a fabulous city.|For this graciously conceived property > |A qualified recommendation only.