Villa il Poggiale offers bed and breakfast accommodation near Florence
Exclusive Villa near Florence: Hotel B&B offering luxury accommodation
The Villa Florence Hotel has wonderful light and spacious rooms. The large hall, the heart of the villa hotel, with its beautifully painted doors has comfortable armchairs and welcoming sofas, while various other smaller lounges offer quiet, cozy corners for reading and relaxation. Each room of our villa accommodation near Florence has its own unique character. The walls are painted in soft pastels made from natural pigments. The fabrics used for curtains and canopies come from small Tuscan artisan workshops. Oriental silks, on the other hand, have been used in the salons and rooms on the ground floor. Great care has been taken in the decoration of the bathrooms where only custom made tiles in harmonious pastels have been used.
Breakfast each morning is served in the dining room on the ground floor, which was at one time the children's playroom.
Seated under the Renaissance Loggia, guests can look out over the formal Italian gardens and be enveloped in the fragrance of old roses and flowering shrubs. Ornamental bushes also grow in the beautiful central courtyard and in the garden which surrounds the swimming pool.
A little bit about the history of the Florence Villa il Poggiale
The historian Gaspero Righini, describes our Florence villa in his book "Chianti Classico" as follows: "Il Poggiale, one of the oldest and most beautiful villas in San Casciano, rises up out of its ancient solid walls, on the crest of the Argiano hills, along the Via Empolese. On the garden side of the house there is an elegant portico with columns in the Tuscan style, while all the doors and windows are decorated in stone of a pure Renaissance nature".
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The villa's history goes back to 1408 when the Corsini family acquired it from Jacopo d'Agostini Martini. The villa near Florence then passed into the hands of the church and, subsequently, to the Ricasoli-Rucellai family.
The façade of our beautiful Florence villa dates back to the 16th century with its lovely Renaissance loggia and the elegant frames of the windows and doors in the typical Florentine "pietra serena". The central courtyard with its well is probably the oldest part of the house, although various modifications and extensions have been carried out over a long period of time, each one adding to the villa's character. The interiors were designed in the 1800's with beautiful frescoes and painted doors. The entrance halls and the carriage rooms are frescoed in the "grotesque" style, typical of the Renaissance.
A tour for our guests of "Hidden Florence"
Our guests can take advantage of a guided tour organized by our Villa Il Poggiale and Antica Dimora Firenze entitled "Hidden Florence" to discover Florence's artistic heritage.
A comprehensive sightseeing agenda for all those who want to find out more about Florence's history, art and idiosyncrasies from an insider's perspective and with a special focus on details, curiosities and well hidden secrets that have been part of the city's daily life for centuries.
Private palaces, gardens, cloisters and churches that are usually closed to the public or hard to access will be revealed to you thanks to the guidance of art historians, architects, botanists, and experts in restoration.
We are able to organize visits on request for the guests of Villa il Poggiale in collaboration with the Cultural Association "Cittą Nascosta".