Located 10 mins drive from San Gimignano on hill top surrounded by olive groves and vineyards. Smart, peaceful and modern hotel. Excellent staff service. Comfortable modern bedroom and bathroom opening on to garden. Superb view from restaurant. Good breakfast buffet but eveing dinner was a mixed experience: one of us had a superb osso-bucco whilst the other had overcooked lamb chops. However, recommended wine was excellent, and we ate out very well in San Gimignano the following night.
In summary a modern, comfortanle and well maintained country hotel in a great location with superb views.

Although this property is very spa oriented, it worked well and was in a good location of sightseers driving a rental car. The two-room suite was quiet and quite spacious. The furnishings were nondescript. Each room had French doors out to a terrace shared by the neighboring rooms that offered a scenic view of the Tuscan countryside. After one long day of walking up and down hills and stairs in the spectacular towns we visited, I decided to soak in the jetted bathtub and slept like rock.

We were a bit taken aback when we saw people in the hotel dining room wearing hooded, terry cloth bathrobes as they were obviously partaking in the spa amenities. I was even more surprised however when I asked the front desk for robes and was told the manager said they would cost us €5 /day. Common sense prevailed when one of the employees intervened and we were ultimately loaned the robes at no additional charge.

Villa San Paolo was a good choice and a nice place to stay.

We stayed one week in August and it could not have been better. Our room in the villa was wonderful, the service was great not too much to be obtrusive. Food was excellent although we did not eat at the hotel at night as there was so much choice in the surrounding area. I left a bag behind on the last day and they very kindly sent it home for me. Thats what I call service. I would go back tomorrow.

Booked this hotel to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and wanted something a bit special. We booked it on the understanding that we may get a room upgrade if there was one available on arrival, but sadly there wasn't and so stayed in a standard room, which was quite basic but clean. It led out onto a small garden area which was surrounded by lots of shrubbery and so kept out the sun and daylight, hence the room was quite dark, so had to keep the lights on and didn't really feel like a room to relax in. Also the room was above a games room so we were kept awake by guests playing pool, etc. The room is my only gripe. The rest of the hotel was superb, lovely pool area and fantastic views of the Tuscan countryside. Couldn't fault the restaurant and staff. The food was fantastic, especially the breakfast where you had a choice to suit most cultures' tastes. We stayed a week and did 3 nights halfboard and 4 nights B&B, but ended up having another evening meal as the food was so good. The hotel is not far from San Gimignano, but you had to drive there; it wasn't within walking distance of anywhere. It was about a 10 minute drive to Certaldo, where there is a train station - would recommend getting a train from there to Florence or Siena (each about an hour's train journey) and train fare very cheap. All in all a very good holiday.