Hotel La Locanda

Volterra


It may appear old-fashioned, but this family-owned hotel on the town's main drag has plenty of attributes to attract the modern traveller. Rooms are comfortable and well equipped with satellite TVs and kettles, breakfast is excellent (top marks for the freshly squeezed juice) and service is both friendly and efficient. Prices are reasonable, too.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Volterra attractions

1. Teatro Romano

0.08 MILES

The grassy ranks of seating and towering columns of Italy's finest and best-preserved Roman theatre makes this a particularly evocative archaeological…

2. Ecomuseo dell'Alabastro

0.1 MILES

As befits a town that's hewn the precious material from nearby quarries since Etruscan times, Volterra is the proud possessor of an alabaster museum. It's…

3. Pinacoteca Comunale

0.11 MILES

Local, Sienese and Florentine art holds sway in this modest collection in the Palazzo Minucci Solaini. Taddeo di Bartolo's Madonna Enthroned with Child …

4. Palazzo Pretorio

0.12 MILES

Forming one side of Volterra's central square, the Palazzo Pretorio was the seat of the local mayor. From it sprouts one of the town's oldest towers, the…

5. Palazzo dei Priori

0.14 MILES

Volterra's 13th-century town hall is the oldest seat of local government in Tuscany. The staircase bears a fresco of the Crucifixion by Pier Francesco…

6. Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta

0.17 MILES

A handsome coffered ceiling is the standout feature of Volterra's duomo, which was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and remodelled in the 16th. The…

7. Museo Diocesano d'Arte Sacra Volterra

0.18 MILES

Offering an innovative and particularly satisfying museum experience, this collection of sacred art is housed in the still-functioning Chiesa di San…

8. Baptistry

0.2 MILES

Just west of the cathedral is the 13th-century baptistry with a small marble font (1502) by Andrea Sansovino.