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Tognazzi Holiday House - Casa Giglio - Medieval village of Certaldo Alto

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A narrow stone-paved street flanked by historic brick buildings with arched doorways and small windows.
A rustic building entrance with a brick facade, a wooden door, and a number sign indicating the location.
A rustic interior with a dining area, a sofa, and a kitchen visible through an archway.
A medieval street lined with stone buildings, narrow pathways, and tables set up for a communal meal.
A rustic kitchen with wooden cabinets, a dining table with a placemat, and a wicker chair.

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Entire apartment

2 bedroomsSleeps 6807 sq ft

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Outdoor Space
  • Parking available

Explore the area

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Certaldo, Firenze, Toscana
  • Place, Casa del Boccaccio
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Church of Saint Jacob and Saint Philip
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Place, Palazzo Pretorio
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Florence (FLR-Peretola)
    ‪57 min drive‬

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About the neighborhood

Certaldo

This apartment is located within a few miles (5 km) of Casa del Boccaccio and Museum of Sacred Art. The apartment includes a kitchenette, a sofa bed, and a refrigerator.
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What's nearby

  • Casa del Boccaccio - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Church of Saint Jacob and Saint Philip - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Palazzo Pretorio - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Museum of Sacred Art - 3 min drive - 1.8 miles
  • Tenuta Torciano Winery - 9 min drive - 6.4 miles

Getting around

  • Certaldo Station - 9 min drive
  • Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR) - 62 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Tavern Del Fiorentino - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Il Castello - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪La Pista - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Taverna L'Antica Fonte - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪Ristorante Pizzeria Il Pirata - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Tognazzi Holiday House - Casa Giglio - Medieval village of Certaldo Alto

Charming and welcoming apartment located in the medieval village of Certaldo Alto (the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio), in the heart of Tuscany, a few kilometers from Florence, Siena, Pisa, San Gimignano and Volterra.
The apartment, on the ground floor with private entrance, has a kitchen / living room with sofa bed, two double bedrooms with panoramic view and two bathrooms, both equipped with shower.
Possibility of extra bed for children.
Pets allowed.
Certaldo is located in a strategic position, ideal for quickly reach all major tourist attractions of Tuscany.
Certaldo is best known for being the birthplace of Giovanni Boccaccio, author of the Decameron (is open to visitors the house where he lived), and for its famous festivals including Mercantia, Boccaccesca and dinners medieval street.
A Certaldo Alto you can also sit on a terrace or in the typical streets of the village and taste wines and traditional Tuscan cuisine.
The apartment is heated and features a kitchenette and space to spread out with 2 bedrooms. Guests can enjoy a Smart TV and stay connected with free WiFi. The bathroom offers hair dryers and bidets. Other standard amenities include a sofa bed, a coffee maker, and an ironing board. Change of towels is available on request.

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in the apartment: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Car not required
  • Parking on site

Kitchenette

  • Blender
  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Electric kettle
  • Lobster/crab pot
  • Microwave
  • Oven
  • Paper towels
  • Refrigerator
  • Spices
  • Stovetop
  • Toaster

Dining

  • Dining table

Bedrooms

  • 2 bedrooms
  • Bedsheets provided
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Bidet
  • Hair dryer
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Living spaces

  • Dining table
  • Living room

Entertainment

  • Books
  • Smart TV

Outdoor areas

  • Terrace

Laundry

  • Laundromat nearby

Comfort

  • Heating

Pets

  • Pet friendly
  • One pet total

Suitability/Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator (single-level property)
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Smoking not allowed

Services and conveniences

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Iron/ironing board

Location highlights

  • In a village
  • In the city center

Things to do

  • Ecotours nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Horseback riding nearby
  • Hunting nearby
  • Mountain biking nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Winery tours nearby

Safety features

  • Carbon monoxide detector (host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property)
  • Smoke detector (host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property)
  • Fire extinguisher

General

  • Bed sheets changed on request
  • Local culture and ecosystem education
  • Locally-owned and organized tours and activities
  • Recycling
  • Some LED lighting used
  • Towels (changed on request)
  • Unit size: 807 square feet

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM
Contactless check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Guests can access their accommodation through a private entrance
You will receive an email from the host with check-in and check-out instructions
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Check-out instructions

The host requires you complete the following before checking out:
Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks, and take out the trash
Turn off the lights, lock the doors, and return the keys
Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Access methods

Private entrance

Pets

  • This property welcomes pets
  • 1 total pets
  • Restrictions apply
  • For more information, guests can reach out to the property at the number on the booking confirmation
  • Service animals exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children allowed: ages 0-17

Events

No events allowed

Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts cash
Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
This property is managed through our partner, Vrbo. You will receive an email from Vrbo with a link to a Vrbo account, where you can change or cancel your reservation
  • Check-in: 4:00 PM
  • Check-out: 10:00 AM
  • Minimum check-in age: 18
Property Registration Number IT048012B476TD9E9A

We should mention

Details about charges, deposits, or other important information:

  • This property is managed by a private host, not a professional engaged in trade or business.
  • Charges for extra guests may apply and vary depending on the property's policy.
  • A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges, as well as a government-issued photo ID, may be required at check-in.
  • Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in and can't be guaranteed. Certain requests may come with additional charges.
  • This property accepts cash.
  • Onsite parties or group events are strictly prohibited.
  • Onsite safety features include a carbon monoxide detector, a fire extinguisher, and a smoke detector.

Additional information about polices, regulations, and more:

  • Upon check-in, all guests, including children, must be present to show their passport or government-issued photo ID.
  • Due to national regulations, cash transactions can't exceed EUR 5000 at this property. For additional details, contact the property using the contact information on your booking confirmation.

Frequently asked questions

What's there to see within easy reach of this apartment?

This apartment is located in Certaldo, close to Casa del Boccaccio, Tenuta Torciano Winery, and Piazza delle Erbe. You'll also find Palazzo Pretorio and Museum of Sacred Art within a short drive.

Is this apartment next to a casino?

No, this apartment is not connected to a casino.

Will I find an indoor pool at this apartment?

No, there is no indoor pool at this apartment.

Does this apartment include breakfast service?

No, this apartment doesn't offer breakfast.

Will this apartment allow pets to stay free of charge?

Although pets can't stay for free, they are welcome at this apartment.

How far is the airport from this apartment?

The closest major airport to this apartment is Florence Airport, Peretola (FLR), which is about 19 mi away.

Tognazzi Holiday House - Casa Giglio - Medieval village of Certaldo Alto Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 16 out of 21 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 3 out of 21 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 0 out of 21 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 21 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 1 out of 21 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

Reviews

Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent stay with beautiful views

Excellent stay with beautiful views, comfy beds, delicious restaurants very close by.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Well located flat

Nice, clean small flat. Sweet little kitchen. Well stocked in plate ware etc. Fans in the bedroom were great as it was still quite warm. Responsive host and no problem checking in at all.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Small but sweet

The apartment is small, but just fine for 3 adults (or 4). Comfortable beds, serviceable bathrooms (small showers, but not too small), decently equipped kitchen. The setting can’t be beat, though. The host gave excellent instructions for accessing the place, even met us in the car park to make sure we got in safely. L’Antica Fonte, just around the corner, is fantastic for dinner. It was a great home base for exploring Tuscany.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2023
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Fairytale experience

Very unique experience which was enjoyed by all of us. Veronica was very accommodating responded to my emails and texts. This village only has 10 restaurants which made the experience even more unique, quaint and romantic. I would highly recommend this house to all and would love to come back soon.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2016
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Gîte très joli et pittoresque

Très beau gîte dans un village médiéval ravissant, chargé d'histoire et moins fréquenté que ses voisins plus connus. Le gîte est très coquet et plutôt bien aménagé. L'espace cuisine en revanche est très petit et mériterait une rénovation.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
Verified review

2/10 Terrible

Liked: Check-in, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication, location

Keine adäquate Unterkunft

Wir haben explizit nach einer behindertengerechten Unterkunft gesucht. Bei FeWo wurde diese Unterkunft als solche ausgewiesen. Auf explizite Anfrage bei einer gewissen Veronica, die sich als Gastgeberin erwies, gab sie uns an, die Unterkunft sei behindertengerecht. Als wir dort ankamen, ein sehr netter Herr Rossi sollte uns die Schlüssel übergeben, erwies sich der Zugang zu der Wohnung als nicht behindertengerecht. Im Haus keine Klima Anlage bei sehr stickiger Wohnung, sehr beengt und überhaupt nicht behindertengerecht. Wir sind sofort wieder abgefahren und haben uns eine andere Unterkunft gesucht. Von Veronica kam eine unverschämte Email, ich hätte die Behinderung detaillierter angeben müssen, damit sie hätte besser reagieren. Worauf genau? Entweder ist etwas behindertengerecht oder nicht. Umgekehrt hätte sie selbst auf meine Anfrage nachfragen können. Ich werde auch nichts mehr über FeWo mieten. Es gibt keine Beschwerde Möglichkeit, man solle sich doch an den Gastgeber wenden mit jedweden Problemen. Es geht hier um Geldmacherei auf Kosten behinderter Menschen. Das werde ich juristisch prüfen lassen.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Compact holiday apartment in a great location , with stunning views across the surrounding countrysi

Great location , with good views over the surrounding countryside . The apartment was compact but well equipped.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A wonderful stay in an old village

The apartment was located in a 13th century village which was very interesting! Pisa and Florence was a 1+ hour drive away. We were able to visit these scenic, tourist areas and then go back to the peaceful, quiet village. Loved it!
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2019
Verified review

8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing

Certaldo Alto is a beautiful place. We stayed two nights here and enjoyed this relaxed, layed back mid evil village. The apartment was great, one bathroom needed a good cleaning and the other bathroom needed the shower head replaced, barely any water flow. We also had no toilet paper, after contacting the property manager we found out she got married that day, so I get it! Congratulations!!! Overall, we had a great stay, enjoyed the apartment and loved the village. Took a cooking class while in the village (highly recommend Cucina Giusepina), had some of the best food ever and would certainly return!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2019
Verified review

4/10 Poor

Liked: Cleanliness, location
Disliked: Check-in, communication, listing accuracy

CERTALDO

Nice appartment - as long you travel with not more than four people in a Fiat Cinquecento don´t like cooking and taking showers. Otherwise, with a family of six people (as we announced before), the apartment is definitely too small. You are not able to enter the village with a car of the size of a Minibus, measuring like a usual stationwagon but higher, to unload the luggage in front of the door, as it was said. So you find yourself in the situation to carry heavy family luggage of six people through the village after a long trip. At least the woman who handed over the keys was nice enough to take the luggage that fits in her small car for one ride. Unfortunately there wasn´t time for more. The apartment is brightly designed, there are two stunnig bedrooms and a sofabed immeadiately next to the entrance door, a narrow mini kitchenette and two small bathrooms. All is clean, but the kitchenette so small, that it is no fun to cook. The pots are old, the cutlery smelly there are no closets to put your groceries in other than in the fridge. The bathrooms are small and shower tiles need a good profound cleaning. Since the showers are simply separated with short curtains and there are no real shower trays the bathrooms are flooded each time one takes a shower.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Fantastic location to explore Tuscany

Wow what a lovely traditional apartment in the lovely town of Certaldo Alto. Views were spectacular from the bedroom windows. Fantastic location to explore Tuscany. Certaldo Alto is a wonderful little town with half a dozen restaurants, would recommend the pizza restaurant and Casa Tua, would go back.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2019
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

casa molto carina

sono stata a Certaldo Alto, durante le feste natalizie. Il paese piccolino e molto bello, la casa si trova in una buona posizione, vicino ad un ristorante, vista sulla collina fantastica; e per 4 persone, devo dire che è perfetta, i due bagni, poi, sono un vantaggio! Secondo me, la casa avrebbe bisogno di un po più di attenzioni soprattutto nella manutenzione spicciola, esempio lampadine fulminate da sostituire, rubinetteria del bagno avrebbe bisogno di un trattamento contro il calcare, l'aspiratore di una pulizia.... scatolame lasciato dagli ospiti da buttare.....Ma nulla di sconvolgente! Non conoscevo Certaldo, è stata una rilevazione... E' sicuramente un posto che merita una visita
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

piacevole sistemazione, confortevole e di charme

la casa era pulita e ben organizzata, siamo stati molto bene!
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2018
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Nice little house

Enjoyed our stay in Casa Giglio, quite big enough for two couples. Quiet location with a good view from the bedroom windows.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2018
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Really lovely and relaxing place

Lovely apartment in the old medieval town. Views of San Gimignano and Tuscan hills from the front door step. Great stay and great location.
Stayed 8 nights in Sep 2017
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Well appointed flat in a unique historic village.

A family of 4, we spent 4 nights at this property in Certaldo Alto, a small, historically proud village above the otherwise unexceptional small farming town of Certaldo. The host, Veronica has equipped the flat with everything you might need for a comfortable stay (fans, WiFi, well equipped kitchen, etc) but with at least 6 excellent and reasonably priced restaurants in the village and all within a few hundred meters, we had a hard time cooking for ourselves! This is a pedestrian only town, although Veronica will help you bring your car inside the walls when you arrive to drop off your gear. Our children were very happy there and ranked it as 'one of the best' of the places we stayed at while in Italy. We made one trip to town to go to the public pool the first afternoon, just to cool down and get a feel for the other Certaldo. This is also an excellent base to explore the area; we chose San Gimignano and Lucca (not quite local), and caught Siena on the way out when we headed further south. As luck would have it, we left the morning of the day the big annual street festival Mercantia started. We heard enough rave reviews from people both in and out of Certaldo that we made a separate trip back one evening just to check it out. Definitely, if you are in Tuscany in July, check out Mercantia. Overall, a great experience in Certaldo Alto and staying in Veronica's flat.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2017
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Nice apartment in a wonderful old city

This apartment was quaint and nice for a short visit. We loved this village on the hill. The drive up is spectacular. It also is easily accessible vie cable car. The aprtment was tight for 2 couples but it worked well. I also want to thank Virginia for helping get reservations for our nephew at another apartment in the village. Everybody was so nice and we loved the location for trips to Florence, Volterra, Siena and San Gimignano.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2017
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Cutest little cottage home in a mideval village, with very nice views of Tuscany

The owner was very friendly and met us up at the funicolor so we could easily find the house. Perfect get away home with nice views including a legit nearby castle. How cool is that!
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Great apartment in a medieval Etruscan town.

So much history and energy run through this town and apartment. We enjoyed our stay in Certaldo. There were two concerts in town and a few fairytale weddings that we came across. The bedrooms were big and the bathrooms were clean and efficient. Veronica was very helpful with getting our bearings and the bottle of wine was a nice touch. We loved the cats that roamed the town and occasionally our apartment, lol. The views were spectacular and we enjoyed sipping our wine watching the sun go down over the Tuscan hills. The kitchen was perfect for us as we cooked six out of seven dinners. Our one dinner out at Osteria del Vicario was phenomenal. The service was excellent and the food was amazing. The local wine bar was teeming with younger locals in the evening and the owners were very nice to us. Great selection. We highly recommend this apartment and Certaldo Alto for someone who wants to experience real Tuscan living.
Archival

10/10 Excellent

We would definitely stay here again!

Lovely apartment In perfect setting. We loved being in Certaldo Alto for the Mercantia Festivale. The apartment was very clean and comfortable. The view is spectacular. Thank you Veronica!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2016
Archival

10/10 Excellent

Mycket trevlig!

En prisvärd och trevlig lägenhet med lugnt och bra läge. Köket är inte stort men det finns en bra restaurang runt hörnet. Hyresvärden är ytterst hjälpsam och mycket service minded. Finns ingenting att anmärka på. Rekommenderar den gärna till släkt och vänner. Certaldo har inte det stora turisttrycket utan lämpar sig väl som bas för utflykter till närbelägna San Gimignano och Volterra.