GuestHouse Boccaccio
Guest House in Certaldo
Via Boccaccio, 32
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Right on the square there is the Stiozzi Ridolfi Palace (XIV cent.) with its facade made of bricks and with elegant arcades full of terracotta decorations
The palace still has some medieval signs such as the windows and the battlements.
It is also composed by the great door (XVI cent.) and by two towers, one in the front and the other on Costa Alberti.
The Palace has been completely restored by respecting its original structure. The interior court (XIII cent.) is very interesting with columns and capitals in tufaceous stone.
The atmosphere is elegant and refined and it’s possible to spend here very quiet holidays.
Just behind the hill there is a big park that includes the road which turns around the walls, closed in 1896. And it is here, in this country-side that in Summer we still can see fireflies shining in fields.
Our apartments have been fully restored by following the standards of the Palace.
Spending the days in an ambience of tranquillity in an old medieval village. Here you’ll find an invitation to return to past times by dreaming of time lazily passing by, as you admire nature and all the antique testimonies which only our village and the surrounding countryside can offer
One of the two towers of the Palace Stiozzi Ridolfi is well accessible from our apartments thanks to a big stone stair.
From here it is possible to have a spectacular view of the surroundings and thanks to its space it is possible to relax here on our summer beds while reading a nice book or just staying there listening to birds singing, while imagining that time has here stopped.
How to reach us
by train:
From Florence: line Firenze-Empoli-Siena.
From Pisa: line Pisa-Firenze till Empoli, then line to Siena
From Siena: line Siena-Empoli-Firenze
by car:
From Firenze and from Pisa:
Speedway Firenze-Pisa-Livorno (FI-PI-LI),
exit Ginestra, then go to Montespertoli, Castelfiorentino.
Speedway Firenze-Pisa-Livorno (FI-PI-LI) exit Empoli Ovest, from here
SS429 in Val d’Elsa direction Castelfiorentino-Siena.
From Siena: Motorway to Firenze, exit Poggibonsi, follow direction to Certaldo.
by bus:
Empoli-Gambassi Terme-Montaione-Certaldo
Firenze - Volterra - Empoli - Montespertoli