The site
The building that houses the hotel was originally a convent, built at the end of the 16th century and dedicated to Santa Maria della Consolazione.. It has been refurbished and equipped with new facilities, but the simple, essential spaces of cloistered living are still perfectly recognisable. The unmistakable fascination of places created for meditation and spiritual retreat remains unchanged. So although these days in the rooms of the Monastero we live and sleep immersed in 21st-century comfort, we still feel a little more inclined to make space for thinking, helped along by the expansive view from the small windows open onto the sky.
