what an experience. Hotel Certaldo is one of the best hotels i have ever stayed in. the rooms were immucalute as was the rest of the hotel and a very high finish throughout. The staff could not do enough to ensure that our stay was a plesent one.
One down side to the hotel is they dont have a resturant for evening meals, but they will try and cater for you if you ask them.
i would advise that you go outside the town for evening meals as there is not a very large selection.......... unless you like pizza!!!!
as for the electric velux blinds they are sooooooooo much fun lol.

overall you will enjoy your experience at Hotel Certaldo, we did and will definately be going back. Kieran & Val

From the moment my husband and I arrived we were made to feel like VIPs. The staff were extremely welcoming and helpful.
The hotel was an old water mill which has been lovingly refurbished paying attention to every detail with exquisite taste.
Our room was a good size and my husband enjoyed playing with the remote control skylight blind.
The breakfasts were gorgeous, and fresh. There was every type of breakfast food you could imagine, including cake !
Certaldo is a charming town and Certaldo Alto is stunning. Just remember to take the ' funcolour' as the walk up will take your breath away.
Its only 50 minutes from Florence and the station is 5 minutes walk from the hotel.
We will definately be going back !

You need a car of course, to travel the cosy small nice places of Tuscany. Walking is a 10 minutes distance to the train station, but you have only trains to Florence or Siena (good enough to see). If you want to see the small nice villages of the Chianti hills, you'd better arrange a bike or a car.
Hotel is superb, just inaugurated. Rooms are big, with flat TVs and modern bathrooms. Breakfast is glorious, and staff are very nice.

Go for dinner to Certaldo Alto (hometown of Bocaccio, and accesible by train 1,20 euros return ticket). You have there frome pizzerias (15€ per person) to osterias (40€ per person)

Downtown you have lot of ice creams

Arrived at the hotel on the second day of opening and discovered that the pool wasn't ready yet. Amazingly, they got it ready in only four days. Experienced the inevitable teething problems that you would expect from a brand new hotel but found the staff to be excellent and very helpful. If they can prepare the hotel to its full potential and keep the staff they have this will be a fantastic holiday destination. Certaldo is a beautiful Tuscan hilltown - very quiet, not packed with tourists like San Gimignano. Great train links to Florence and Pisa only minutes from the hotel.