Hotel Alma DomusvsPalazzo Ravizza
Both hotels are rated very highly by professionals. Overall, Palazzo Ravizza scores significantly higher than Hotel Alma Domus. Palazzo Ravizza has a TripExpert Score of 95 with approval from 9 sources such as Frommer's, DK Eyewitness and Lonely Planet.
Hotel Alma Domus
Via Camporegio, 37, 53100 Siena
From $79/night
- Free Internet
- Free Breakfast
- Concierge
- Multilingual
- Air Conditioning
- Breakfast included
Lonely Planet
"Owned by the Catholic diocese and still home to six Dominican nuns, this convent now operates as a budget hotel." Full review
Michelin Guide
"lf luck is on your side, you may get one of the rooms with a balcony overlooking the Duomo. You can always retire to the lovely reading room or the little chapel (access on the second floor)."
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Rough Guide
"Originally a pilgrim hostel, this fourteenth-century building, reached via a stairway down from close to San Domenico church, offers great-value and remarkably peaceful accommodation."
Frommer's
"With a great perk, city-view balconies in many rooms. Breakfast is included, but it’s a bit monastic and you may want to walk up the hill and enjoy a cappuccino in the Campo." Full review
Palazzo Ravizza
Pian dei Mantellini 34, 53100 Siena
From $86/night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Free Breakfast
- Concierge
Fodor's
"This romantic palazzo exudes a sense of genteel shabbiness, and lovely guest rooms have high ceilings, antique furnishings, and bathrooms decorated with hand-painted tiles." Full review
Insight Guides
"This atmospheric, romantic family-run villa is five minutes’ walk from the historic centre of Siena, and yet feels like a country retreat."
DK Eyewitness
"This well-located, quiet pensione is in a renovated Renaissance palace. Rooms come with original terracotta floors, frescoed ceilings, carved doorways and antique furnishings."
Star Service
"Run by the same family for nearly 100 years, this is one of the best midlevel hotels in the old city center, and the lack of a restaurant or bar should not disappoint many travelers." Full review
Rough Guide
"Elegant, nicely restored hotel in the peaceful southwest corner of the old town, with very pleasant public areas, and a lovely garden."
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"This extremely friendly hotel offers rooms with frescoed ceilings, huge beds and small but well-equipped bathrooms." Full review
Oyster
Mid-Range
"The Hotel Palazzo Ravizza is an upper-middle-range hotel in the center of Siena that was built in the 19th-century as a family residence." Full review
The Telegraph
8.0
"A wonderfully relaxing place to stay in central Siena with an aristocratic past and a country-house atmosphere." Full review
Frommer's
"It’s a popular cocktail spot for guests and Sienese alike. All the rooms are different, though most have wood beams and a surfeit of period detail...it’s right in the city center." Full review