“I would recommend this hotel”

Depending on your needs, this hotel is situated outside of Florence in a very nice quiet area. It does not seem you are so close to the city as the setting is in a small town with lots of mountains and trees. You can take the bus to the train station about 10 to 15 minutes from the hotel (I dont know if the hotel shuttle takes you there also) or like we did, drive your car and park for free. Take the train to Florence that will take you down town. The train station is in a small city called Prato wich has enough coffe shops and restaurants, also plenty of groceries stores in case you like to buy snacks to take along. We like to stay outside the city because you get to see another side of the country. The Hotel staff was very friendly and very helpful. The hotel is very nice with good size bedrooms and bathrooms. It has a nice setting for breakfast, an inside lounge if you want to have a drink (from their bar) or if the weather permits it, sit in their outside patio. Breakfast is very good, the typical european style. There is also a very nice and very good restaurant right across the street from the hotel, which we enjoyed very much. The hotel is a little bit hard to find if you are driving, so make sure you have a GPS. It is 25 minutes from the airport but I have no idea if the hotel sends the shuttle to pick you up or how much it would cost fro a taxi ride. I deffinetly recomend this hotel and would stay again, it was great.

“Rural convenience”

I stayed three nights at this hotel in November. The hotel and grounds are well maintained and comfortable. Our room had a small patio with a semiprivate grassy area. The breakfast was typical of European hotels and all the items were fresh and displayed tastefully. This is not in the city, but is located conveniently to roadways that offer access to all of Tuscany's major destinations. I would definately stay at this location again.

“very nice hotel and extremely clean”

This hotel is very clean and the amenities are very nice in the room. The rooms have all been remodeled recently, without losing the "Italian villa" feel. We had to leave at 5am for our flight, and the staff still made us cappuccinos to have beforehand and let us check in early. The only problem was that the hotel was about 15 minutes from the train station, and there wasn't much parking there but they do have shuttles except they don't run that late. I would definitely go back!

“nice room”

nice breakfast included, excellent restaurant across the street, great stopover as we were traveling from Venice to Florence, it is thirty minutes from Florence, located in a country setting far away from anything, nice place to chill out after a long day of driving in Italy

“not impressed”

My wife and I stayed at this hotel during our visit to Italy. The hotel was booked due to its location to the city of Florence Italy. After a 35 minute very pricy taxi ride we found that not only was the hotel not even near Florence we where going to need to rent a car if we wanted to see the city. This was an extra cost for the three days. So if we had gone with a limited buget we would have only seen the hotel in Florence. At least we would have been able to hear the roosters all day instead of just 5am every morning!!!

“Can't say enough good things about it.”

I definitely must start this off by saying I was a little skeptical at first but was pleasantly surprised in the end. The idea of a 4 star hotel for prices rivaling that of a 2 or 3 star seemed a bit sketchy but really, this hotel deserves the 4 star rating. Anyways, the hotel itself is not very easy to find as we found out driving around almost 2 hours before asking for directions from the local gas station. So to any future travelers, I urge you to print out directions before you go either with yahoo maps or mapquest. You'll be frustrated (like us) if you don't. But, once we arrived we had the most amazing stay in a wonderful setting. Our room was excellent, with a balcony overlooking the hillside and we were even awoken by roosters which some may find annoying but we found it funny, reminding us of the farms back here in New England. The Bed was very comfortable, there was plenty of storage for our things (including a fully lockable safe for for laptops and money not needed) and the all tile bathroom was large, modern, clean and very well designed. Sure, the TV was small and there were few English speaking channels but it's Italy, why would you want to sit in front of the TV? The breakfast was decent, usual stuff but a nice spread and the cappucinos were great. The staff was pleasant for the most part except for one gentleman who seemed to be a little cold to us for not speaking the language very well... All in all a great stay and would definitely stay there again.

“Can't wait to go back to Florence but not to the same hotel as it was very far from Florence”

Very nice hotel and staff but i have to say if your young and would like to have a good time then you need to be at the city not at the country side, it will cost you about 75 euros to go to Florence from your hotel, however there is a bus you can take but i was always on the go and couldn't wait to get going.

“Good and very comfortable hotel in the Barberino/Mugello area”

It was off-season for the hotel, so prices were very low There was a restaurante in front, just doesn't open mondays Continental Breakfast was well served Hotel facilities, including gym, were good Nicely sized double room, big bathroom. Might be a very nice place in the summer, as is already at a mountain area Staff was very helpful, internet was free in the room.

“good hotel but is in the middle of nowhere, beware”

A big big let down, on arrival the hotel looked and was perfect the room was spacious and had great views over looking the tuscan hills. We had a car and the nearest town, prato was 15 mins drive. after breakfast the hotel had none or very little food available no room service, because of the location it was difficult to get food. There was a restaruant over the road but it was shut the 2 days were there. a taxi can cost up to 36 euros to get back from prato to hotel so be warned. the train station in prato however has free parking so there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just so you are aware the hotel is fantastic rooms were clean and breakfast was great too.