We spent 6 days here in October 2007 and feel we were misled regarding the accessability of this hotel. We were led to understand that a bus from Firenze stopped at the door, but it stopped in the village of Fiesole and left us to walk 1.5km along a narrow, dangerous road, the last part of the journey being outwith the village with no lighting or any kind of pavement. Even in the village the pavement was very very narrow.
Once in the hotel we were really captive because there were no taxis available from Fiesole and we would have had to hire one from Firenze which would have been extremely expensive as the cost is calculated from the time of ordering and the journey could be 40 mins just to collect us. We ended up having to hire a car to overcome this difficulty. ALthough polite the staff were not at all concerned with our plight.
Really it is hard to understand how this venue is called a 'hotel' It is really just a Bed and Breakfast establishment. Breakfast was minimal with croissant, white bread, jams and very unexciting processed ham and cheese slices, not what we expected in Italy. Even our pots of hot water for tea in the morning were only half filled, we had to request top ups. There was no food available apart from breakfast and we were charged extra for a pot of tea in the evening which we required to heat us up. It was cold and although the public areas were heated, there was no heating in the bedroom. There was no lounge to sit in so the bedroom was where we had to stay.
The pool area was lovely and I'm sure in the Summer it would be a very pleasant place to stay providing you have your own transport. that is definitely an essential.