We booked at La Meridiana because the only other hotel failed to respond to my e-mail which turned out to be fortunate as the other one is out of town at the foot of a steep hill.
Meridiana’s location is perfect, on the edge of this beautiful historic fortified hill town, with views over pantiled roofs and across the Tiber valley. It faces the old theatre building – good bar – across the market square and a short walk through the galleria to the main town square. You can park immediately outside except on Wednesday which is market day, though the narrow road system up to the hotel is rather convoluted and quite beyond the ability of sat-nav.
Our room was modern, en-suite and slightly quirky, on the 2nd floor with views in three directions. There is a (small) lift up from reception. Breakfast is serve-yourself from a limited range of the usual ham, cheese, omelette, fruit, pastries with fruit juice, coffee and teas; eat indoors or outside. The staff are friendly, the hotel is clean, and all-in-all good value for money and much to be recommended.
Anghiari is a fascinating, architecturally interesting town. We were there for the annual music festival but it is an ideal base for the fabled “Piero della Francesca Trail”. We visited Sansepolchro, Monterchi and Arezzo on one day and drove across the Mountains of the Moon to Urbino – for the “greatest small painting in the world” on another (do read John Mortimer’s Summer’s Lease).