The loft apartment is situated in the center of San Quirico d'Orcia in a historic building called ospedale della scala. The well-restored courtyard made of stones takes you away from the busy modern society into in a space of silence and peace. The loft is divided into two floors. On the first floor you will find the living room equipped with a kitchen, dining table, wood-fired chimney, and a bathroom with shower. The bedroom is on the second floor and has an individual bathroom and shower.
The rose garden is right in front of the entrance, where you can directly step into the park Horti Leonini.
The Horti Leonini are a great example of a standard Italian-style garden, created around 1580 by Diomede Leoni, after whom they are named.
Leoni was a devotee of ancient and Renaissance art who purchased works in Roman circles on behalf of the Medici: it was Francesco I de' Medici himself who gave him a patch of land in the heart of San Quirico d'Orcia, where the Horti, which still retain their original appearance today, would later be built.
The gardens are divided into two zones: the lower, in the form of a rhombus, is enclosed by walls and pruned holm oaks and consists of triangular flowerbeds bordered by a double box hedge. In the center, a sculpture attributed to the artist Bartolomeo Mazzuoli from Siena depicts Cosimo III de' Medici (1688).