Welcome to
'Villa Sestini'
on the hills
of Florence!


Holidays on the hills of Florence

Where we are and How to reach us

From Villa Sestini you are in 10 minutes by car, from the "Palio" Highway (connecting Florence to Siena), the "A1" Highway (from Florence to Rome or Bologna) and the wonderful Via Chiantigiana (if you want to head toward the Chianti region).
Within a circumference of approx. 60 Km are located the most beautiful Tuscan cities (like Siena, Lucca, Arezzo, Pisa, Pistoia...) but also many villages, real jewels of Art and Architecture... Some of them famous like San Gimignano, Pienza, Cortona, Montepulciano, Certaldo, Poppi, Montelupo, Barberino Val d'Elsa, Collodi, Monteriggioni ...) and others, almost unknown, like Buggiano Alta, Gargonza, S. Donato in Poggio ...)



From the A1 Highway

To reach Villa Sestini coming from North (Bologna) or South (Rome) you must leave the A1 Highway at the tollgate of "Firenze Sud", then you must drive along the linking stretch of highway for 1000 meters (2400 feet), you then must turn toward Bagno a Ripoli and Viale Europa heading for the hills, direction "Pontassieve".

After 6 traffic-lights - keeping yourself on the left side of the road for Rosano-Pontassieve - and after 50 meters (150 feet) from the traffic circle, at the light, turn right towards Rimaggio. Go ahead for 200 meters (600 feet), pass the pharmacy (on the left) and the Trattoria Donnini (on the right). Continue towards the street "Via di Vicchio e Paterno" heading into the hill. After 700 meters (2100 feet), after - on the right - the "Scuola di Equitazione Fiorentina" (florentine riding-school) you'll see a house on the right and a little street "Via della Croce" (and the sign "Tabernacolo di Rimaggino", the "Rimaggino Tabernacle")

Choose the road on the right (avoiding the little street on the left), you'll arrive at a square in front of a Villa, turn toward the slope (the road passes between a side wall of the villa and a wall with a little tabernacle. Here you are in Via di Vernalese! Go on for 200 meters (600 feet) and Villa Sestini (recognizable for the crenellated tower) will welcome you with all its beauty...

From the city center

From the city center or from the city boulevards, head for Piazza Ferrucci, then Viale Giannotti and Viale Europa, direction Pontassieve. Pass the gas station "Q8" and after 3 traffic-lights...follow the indications we wrote before...