This delightful apartment, refurbished in 2002, is set into the medieval walls surrounding San Quirico d’Orcia. The apartment, which has a private terrace, overlooks the sixteenth-century gardens of Horti Leonini, which, after dusk, become the exclusive preserve of guests at Casa di Mollie.

Entrance to the house is by a flight of stone steps from the garden. Inside, a narrow staircase leads to the first floor with a sweet double/twin bedroom with small stone buttresses on one wall, a tiny kitchen, a pretty little bathroom with shower and an L-shaped sitting room with working fireplace (the house is not centrally heated). Up another dozen steps and along a tiled corridor is a second bedroom (twin). A steep but short flight of steps leads to a covered loggia with iron seats, from where relaxing views of the garden can be enjoyed at leisure.

San Quirico is an attractive small town with several important historic buildings, including a wonderful Romanesque church, and its proximity to the main Rome-Siena road makes it a good base for touring by car.

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