Guest Houses in Fosdinovo

You have to take this place for what it is. It is not a luxury hotel; facilities are quite simple (like a pretty chilly bathroom without heating), and there are plenty of staircases to climb. But it is an absolutely adorable medieval castle, towering over a little village up in the hills, with amazing views and fantastic staff. The location is great for a little get-away and to experience northern Tuscany. Winding roads leading up to a cute village on a hill (depending on GPS system, your map can put you on a road with lots of hair-pin curves but decent width to meet cars, or a more straight road where meeting traffic becomes a nervous challenge). The village of Fosdinovo also has a great restaurant, the Quinta Terra. Very friendly staff and great atmosphere among stone vaults. Excellent country-side food that would easily compete with many of the better restaurants in Florence. The castle is a fantastic experience in Italian history and it's great to be able to freely walk around among its many rooms and up on its impressive fortification walls - daytime or nighttime. Sitting on one of the (shared) terraces for our own little "aperitif moment" was great. Our room was of good size, with a comfortable bed and a large radiator that gave a cozy warmth to the room in chilly April nights. The bathroom was as large as the room, simple but fully adequate for our needs. No heating there, so mornings were "fresh" :-) Ambra and her colleagues in the staff are just amazing! So welcoming, helpful and friendly. From Ambra's warm greeting, support, and guidance, to one of the other ladies who, off-hours and from her own apartment, shouted instructions for us which key to use when we clearly didn't manage to get in at night! :-) They all made us feel like family. They also served a delicious, home-cooked breakfast, with yoghurt, spreads, toast, ham and cheese, and home-baked apricot pie.

Everything was brand new, very nice and clean room with a very nice bathroom. It is also very close to the beach. All in all, a very nice place to stay in, I would strongly recommend.

The place was very comfortable and cozy! The host Ms. Monica was attentive and very helpful with suggestions and links to follow in order to organize our excursions in the area: 5 Terre, The beach in Marina di Carrara and places to dine! Thank you so much for your hospitality, we’ll keep your place in mind for future trips to Carrara!

Nice host, nice room, booked without breakfast but the host provided these, which saves us time and money.

The room was very clean and had a big bathroom. The property has a big garden where the breakfast is served. The breakfast had a lot of options.

Recently renovated and very clean.

Everything was excellent, perfect (clean, new, modern..). I felt like at home. Barbara, she was very nice to us, always smiling and taking good care about us. I felt safe, very good location for trips, safe parking at the house.

When we arrived we felt very welcome from the first second. They helped us carry our luggage, offered us a beer, chips and nuts and helped us with anything we needed (for example recommended us a great restaurant to eat fresh fish). When we came back from dinner the owner and his family were on their Terrasse (which is just next to the Terrasse of the rented room) and invited us to join for a glass of local wine. We had great talks and felt almost like home. Also to mention that we came with our dog which was not a problem at all. They were very dog friendly and welcomed our dog as much as they did us. The room is newly renovated, on a calm location, it was clean, exactly like on the images and the bed was very comfortable. We will definitely come back if we are in the area again.