Some great writers recall these hills surrounding the city of Florence as one of the most beautiful places in the world where man's work succeeded in keeping nature intact even though carring out the most significative architectural and rural works. Still today, thanks to the narrow and typical streets surrounding Montartino, traffic hardly exist and therefore it is possible to have long walks and to be enveloped by open spaces and quiteness easily reaching Piazzale Michelangiolo, Forte Belvedere, San Miniato al Monte and downtown. The spacious bedrooms and common living areas are provided with stastic climatization, which insures an ideal temperature and maximum silence, and each Guest is able to modifiy it using the unique supplementary conditioner found in each room. superb quality bed and bath linen are changed daily by the staff, who also refreshen the room twice a day. All rooms offer panoramic views of Tuscanys countryside and are equipped with a satellite TV,a safe, a frigobar, a telephone and a line for using a computer on line. Bathrooms are modern, clean and functional and equipped with a wall hair drier and with a wide range of free products. Quality, discretion, politeness and peacefulness of a private house, with all the standards of a luxoury Hotel immersed in the nature of florentine hills, with in a very short distance from the heart of historical Florence,less than five minutes by taxi or shuttle-service. The atmosphere, thanks to an accurate conservative restoration, has kept the freshness and the privacy of the 16th century, Noblemen house,offering the guests large rooms and wide open spaces and making Montartino being that house which produces a small quantity of vine and oil as described in the 16th century acts. All room furnishings results from a long research carried out by the owners with skill, refined combination of autentic antiques and of Florentine handicraft products. The rich buffet breakfast includes not only fresh local specialties, but also a wide range of food able to satisfy any customer's needs and in Summer time it will be served on the 'tipical loggia overlooking the whole valley; exquisite lunches and dinners, with reservation, can also be ordered. Customers have at their disposal a car park, a central heating swimming pool, situated among olive trees and stone walls, it has been built with the most modern technique using a ionization sea salt hygenic system complety substituting clorine. Near the swimming pool there is a small characteristic once called la Gabella that in Italian means Tax Toll, this has been turned into a Sauna and a spacious jacuzzi. Customers have at their disposal a baby sitting service, swimming and aquagym lessons. In the cellars we keep our farm products obtained totally respecting nature, with simple and ecological methods. The quality of our products are absolutely genuine, as shown by chemical analysis and their certificates. During the afternoon or evening it is possible to taste them in the cellar. In front of the villa, the old coach house has been restored and today meetings for small groups are held there.