La Casa nel Bosco

Infos & Local tips

Welcome!

This will be your Tuscan home, your fairy nest for the next days.

We're happy to have you here and we'll do our best to assist you during your stay.

We wrote for you this online welcoming book, take some minutes to browse it, you'll find answers and inspirations.

WHO ARE YOUR HOSTS

Happy to meet you!

We are Cristina and Gloria, we've known each other since Gloria was born in 1982. We have always been neighbors and friends.

Cristina babysat Gloria when she was a baby and Gloria now repays Cristina's patience helping her as a Co-Host. Cristina lives on the upper floor, Gloria next door at n. 35.

Welcome to our magic hill!

HOW TO REACH US

La Casa nel Bosco is next door to Gloria Mottini Experience

Add to your GPS this position: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bzczmniBULDgcb196?g_st=iwb it is the intersection between via San Clemente and via Montefiano (our private road).

This is the beginning of via Montefiano:

Take via Montefiano and turn off the GPS. Follow the signs with written Gloria Mottini Experience, like this:

You'll find 4 fo them and the last one will bring you in the parking area. Leave your car in front of La Casa nel Bosco gate (n° 37), here:

Welcome to the Magic Hill! Now you are part of our hillside community!

KEYS COLOR: ORANGE => gate at the parking area, PURPLE => main door at the end of the stairs, GREEN => central door open space / kitchen, BLACK => garden door at the sofa room.

LOCAL UNIQUE CULINARY EXPERIENCES DURING YOUR STAY

Gloria, friend, neighbor and Co-Host of Cristina (the owner of La Casa nel Bosco) also runs Cook with Gloria Mottini a culinary experiences' venue in her family villa.

Have a look at the experiences' menu and get inspiration!

Or if you're dreaming of planning a private event have a look here.

Gloria is 1 min walking from La Casa nel Bosco.

FIESOLE, YOUR VILLAGE

In Fiesole, 5 minutes by car, you can find (click for direct links)

Supermarket: Coop
Pharmacy: Farmacia Perna
Bank with ATM: Intesa San Paolo
Bottega with local vegetables and products: Carla's
Meat shop: Macelleria
Pastry shop: the best Alcedo
Bars, Pub: Café De Ja Vù, Lucky Hill Pub
Restaurants, see below in the food section
On Sat morning vegetable and fish market, here
Bus Stop (n. 7) to reach Florence, here. For bus infos use the app AT Bus or the website
Taxi station here. For taxi booking you can use the app It Taxi or Taxi Move
Cathedral and churches: San Romolo Cathedral, Santa Maria Primerana Church

FIESOLE CULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT

In Fiesole, 5 minutes by car, you can find:

Archeological area with Roman Theatre and ancient Etruscan Walls
Civil archeological museum
Bandini Museum
San Francesco Convent, amazing view on Florence
Motececeri green park for amazing walks and Piazzale Leonardo the place where Leonardo da Vinci did his flights experiments.

FOOD IN FIESOLE - RESTAURANTS

Perseus Fiesolano (in the village)
Dino Olmo (out of the village)
La Reggia degli Etruschi (in the village)
Terrazza 45 (in the village)
Coquinarius (out of the village)
Mario alla Querciola (out of the village)
Bistrot al 5 (in the village)
Antica Fonte (in the village)

HOW TO REACH FLORENCE IN 20/25 MINUTES

By car: if you want to park close to the center leave your car in the Mercato Centrale park (paid parking)
By bus: n° 7 bus leaves every 20 min from Fiesole Mino Square. Drop off at Largo Alinari bus stop in Florence city center (last bus stop / terminus).
By taxi: from Fiesole Mino Square. Taxi companies number 0039 4242 or 0039 4390. Download the app IT Taxi or Taxi Move to book your taxi online.

LOCAL WINERIES AND EXTRAVIRGIN OLIVE OIL PRODUCERS