Hotel Hermitage
Set on a hilltop in a quiet residential area of Poggio a Caiano, the Hotel Hermitage, offers panoramic views of the enchanting Villa Medicea Ambra, built at the behest of Lorenzo de’ Medici in the 15th century.
The hotel is just 15 km from Florence, the capital city of Tuscany, a city of art that has retained its century-old charm and splendour, 6 km from Prato - the largest textile centre in Europe - and 7 km from the Golf & Country Club "Le Pavoniere".
It t is also a short drive from Anchiano-Vinci, Leonardo’s birthplace, and from Carmignano and the medieval village of Artimino, homes to the best wineries and olive oil producers in the Montalbano area.
OUR SERVICES
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BEDS
BREAKFAST
RESTAURANT
LOUNGE BAR
ENTERTAINMENT
BALLROOM
SWIMMING POOL AREA
WI-FI
OUR STORY
At the end of the 60s the Mayor of Poggio a Caiano, Giacomo Caiani, realized that the full tourism potential of Poggio a Caiano could not just rest on the Medici connection and the Villa Ambra. To satisfy the visitor’s tourist or work needs the town needed its own hospitality facilities . He persuaded Silvano and Gilberto Finocchi, prominent owners of a knitwear factory, to invest in the construction of a hotel on the hill of Bonistallo, perhaps the most beautiful and panoramic area of Poggio. The Finocchi brothers bought the land on which they began to build the hotel in 1969. This area was considered rural: there were very few buildings and the road leading to the hotel was still unpaved at the time of its construction. The hotel, aptly named Hermitage, opened in July 1970.
The original building consisted of 28 rooms, a restaurant and a room for meetings, parties and banquets. The swimming pool was opened a few years later.
In 1986 a new wing was built, 31 rooms