This is a private holiday let that Expedia describes as a castle, with nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a private pool, in Impruneta, in the hills just south of Florence. The listing does not name the building, so this page describes the stay and its surroundings: Impruneta, famous for its sanctuary and its terracotta, and the Renaissance city about eleven kilometres away.
This listing is not a hotel but a private holiday let offered by a private host, which Expedia presents as a castle with nine bedrooms and eight bathrooms. It looks made for a group that wants a whole house to itself in the Tuscan hills, with Florence close enough for day trips. The building is not named in the listing, and no free photo of it exists, so this page cannot say more about its history.
The listing mentions a terrace, a laundry, air conditioning, eight bathrooms with showers and a private pool. The photos show a room with a billiard table, wooden floors, large windows and framed pictures; a room with a wooden bench, a red armchair, a fireplace and a patterned floor; a covered outdoor lounge with wicker furniture and a stone wall looking over the swimming pool; and a rustic kitchen with a beamed ceiling and a dining table.
One photo shows a party with a stage and dancing indoors; Expedia’s policies include a section on events, so anyone planning a celebration should read the conditions in the listing. Restaurants listed by Expedia are close: Il Caminetto is 6 minutes by car, Bellavista Impruneta 5 minutes, and Ristorante Tre Pini and Pizza A ‘I Popolo 11 minutes.
Impruneta has long been tied to Florence. The town is famous for its terracotta, the so-called cotto dell’Impruneta: according to Wikipedia, the tiles of Brunelleschi’s dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, the building material of Medici villas and Della Robbia sculptures all link the town to the city. Its calendar includes the Fair of St Luke in mid-October and the Grape Festival on the last Sunday of September.
The sanctuary of Santa Maria dell’Impruneta is one of the most important Marian shrines in Italy and probably the oldest in Tuscany, according to Wikipedia. Its treasures are shown in the neighbouring museum, opened in 1987, and the arcaded Piazza Buondelmonti in front hosts the town’s main festivals. Everything on this page about the castle itself comes from the Expedia listing; the history above belongs to the town.
The details below come from the Expedia listing (as of 14 Oct 2026) and its photos; check the listing for the full list and for room details.
Impruneta lies in the hills between the Ema stream and the Greve river, sloping down towards Florence, in the Florence metropolitan area. The town is about 1 km from the listing’s coordinates, and the centre of Florence about 11 km away in a straight line.
Expedia gives drive times of about 18 minutes to Porta al Prato station in Florence and about 37 minutes to Peretola airport. Within 10 km it also lists the Circolo Golf Ugolino, the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial and the Certosa di San Lorenzo di Galluzzo; within 15 km the Medici villa of Lilliano - Malenchini and a convent of the Sorelle Clarisse. Among Florence’s sights Expedia names Palazzo Pitti, Santa Maria Novella, Ponte Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria.
Further afield, Fiesole is about 15 km away, Prato about 26 km, San Gimignano about 29 km and Siena about 40 km.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Impruneta sanctuary | approx. 1 km |
| Florence Charterhouse | approx. 7 km |
| Boboli Gardens | approx. 9.5 km |
| Florence (centre) | approx. 11 km |
| Florence Cathedral | approx. 11 km |
| Fiesole | approx. 15 km |
| Prato | approx. 26 km |
| San Gimignano | approx. 29 km |
| Siena | approx. 40 km |
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the listing’s coordinates; drive times to the station and airport come from the Expedia listing.
approx. 1 km
Opened in 1987 beside the sanctuary, the museum holds goldsmiths’ work, silverware and illuminated manuscripts, among them a processional cross made in 1425 by Lorenzo Ghiberti’s workshop.
Photo: sailko, CC BY 2.5
approx. 7 km
A walled charterhouse on Monte Acuto at the meeting of the Ema and Greve rivers, begun in 1341 for Niccolò Acciaiuoli and almost complete at his death in 1365.
Photo: Cyberuly, CC BY-SA 3.0
approx. 9.5 km
The Medici grand-ducal garden of Palazzo Pitti, laid out between the 16th and 19th centuries, is one of the world’s great Italian gardens and an open-air museum of sculpture.
Photo: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
approx. 11 km
Santa Maria del Fiore, the symbol of Florence, was the largest church in the world when it was completed in the 15th century.
Photo: Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
approx. 15 km
A hill town above Florence that was one of the most important Etruscan cities from the 4th century BC, later the Roman Faesulae, and long one of the area’s most exclusive villages.
Photo: Hagai Agmon-Snir حچاي اچمون-سنير חגי אגמון-שניר, CC BY-SA 4.0
approx. 29 km
A Tuscan hill town of about 7,500 inhabitants whose medieval historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Photo: WikiRomaWiki, CC BY-SA 4.0
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View details ›Nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a private pool make this a house for a big family or a group of friends who want to stay together.
The city’s museums and monuments are about 11 km away, and Impruneta’s own sanctuary and terracotta workshops are on the doorstep.
The photos show a party with a stage, and Expedia’s policies have an events section; check the conditions in the listing before planning a gathering.
A private pool, a terrace and a covered outdoor lounge, set in the hills south of Florence.
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Yes. It is listed on Expedia as a private holiday let described as a castle, with nine bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a private pool, in Impruneta.
No. Expedia shows it as offered by a private host, so it works as a self-contained holiday let rather than a hotel.
Yes. The listing mentions a private pool, and the photos show a terrace and a covered outdoor lounge looking over it.
No. According to Expedia, pets are not allowed.
Check-in is from 3 pm and check-out is by 10 am.
The centre of Florence is about 11 km away in a straight line. Expedia gives about 18 minutes by car to Porta al Prato station and about 37 minutes to Peretola airport.
Photos, guest reviews and available dates are all in the castle near Florence listing on Expedia.
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