“Probably the best view of Florence you can find”
We stayed here on the first night of our Italian holiday - having visited Florence previously, we just wanted somewhere peaceful and relaxing after our journey, where we could enjoy a lovely dinner overlooking this beautiful city. Villa Fiesole certainly fitted the bill.
We were met by extremely helpful staff, who carried our luggage for us (reception is up a steep flight of steps) and then checked us in with very little fuss. Our room was small, but perfectly formed, ditto the bathroom. Our room had a lovely view over the city of Florence.
It was the feast of San Giovanni (St John) on the day in question, so the hotel was offering a special feast night fish dinner - absolutely delicious and very good value, as it included extremely good wines. A perfect start to the holiday.
As we were not leaving until the following afternoon, we had a leisurely breakfast and, although we had to check out of our room by midday, we were given all the things we needed to spend a relaxing morning by the pool and were welcome to use all of the hotel services for as long as we wished.
All in all, a lovely start to what turned out to be a lovely holiday. Villa Fiesole is slightly on the pricey side, but then that seems to be par for the course for Florence generally. I would definitely recommend this hotel and would stay there again.