Accommodation Certaldo

Certaldo

Resting on a hill in the heart of the Valdelsa, Certaldo is one of those extraordinary places where one is either entranced by the spell it weaves or moves on to see more famous places. A strategic point in medieval times and (later) for the Florentine nobles, thanks to its geographic position it continues to be so for tourists visiting Tuscany.

Certaldo is the home of Giovanni Boccaccio, one of the fathers of the Italian language. The walls of the splendid village guard the remains of this novelist and his house, which has been turned into a rich library, well as the imposing "Palazzo Pretorio" the facade of which is embellished with beautiful coats of arms made of "serena" stone and glazed terracotta from the workshop of the Della Robbia family.