Yes. The vacation home is located on a top of a hill from where you can admire the wonderful tuscany landscape right to the hill that surround Florence.

Holiday Home Piè di Costa is divided into five apartments, what sit two apartment for 2 persons and three apartment for 4 persons for a maximum of 16 people.

NO. Holiday home Piè di Costa is far from any industrial areas, electrical pylon that may be detrimental to yours health or disturb relax during your holiday. Piè di Costa is located into a private property of 12 hectares, at his time into a huge area cultivated with olives groves and chianti vineyards.

NO. Holiday home Piè di Costa is a lonely house composed by a rural house where there are the five apartments and a barn used to store the farm equipment. The house is surrounded by a huge garden with grass of 10.000 sqm where you can find an olive groves and many fruits. The nearest home is 200 mts far.

For greater comfort even in the hottest summers, apartment Gelsomino, Mimosa and Iris are provided with air conditioning in the bedrooms.
Apartment Girasole and Ginestra do NOT have air conditioning.

YES. Each apartment are have an Italian coffee machine (Moka).

NO. For hygienic safety we do not supply, salt, pepper and sugar.

Washing-up liquid for washing dishes by hand are not supplied. The dishwasher tablets (for apartments Girasole, Mimosa and Iris) can be purchased at nearby supermarkets.

Living in the countryside, in an unspoiled enviroment away from the smog of the city it is beautiful and relaxing but being surrounded by nature makes easy to find mosquitoes, wasps, ants or other small insects.
With some precautions it is possible to defend ourselves or limit the annoyance of these insects.

The pool is shared with the owners and is usually open from 01/05 to 10/10

No. The pool towels are not provided.

In the bedrooms you will find linings and towels for the bathroom (1 small, 1 medium and one large). Bathrooms are provided with 1 toilet paper and a carpet for the shower.

YES. In Piè di Costa is available a laundry with laundromat and iron board. Coins can be requested at your arrival directly to the reception, and you will pay at your departure only what you can actually used. All apartment are provided with a clothes up folder.

Reuse the same linen for several days helps us to protect the environment and reduce cleaning costs allowing us to maintain our competitive prices. For this reason, the towels and sheets are not changed every day.
Upon your arrival you will find in the apartment the bed linen and towels for the bathroom (1 small for bidet, 1 large shower towel and 1 medium hand towel for the face).
At your request and with a payment of a little extra, you can also receive additional linens or towels.
For those staying more than one week (after 7 days), it is provided free of charge a complete change of sheets and towels.

YES, with a payment of an extra cost.

At guests' disposal there is a portable barbecue and a barbecue area with table and chairs for outdoor dining. Charcoal for the grill is not provided and can be purchased in the supermarket in Montaione.

Holiday Home Piè di Costa meals or breakfast are not served. All our apartments are provided with a full kitchen equipment to let you cook and prepare your favourites meals or breakfasts.

Yes of course. At the reception we will be glad to inform you with tourist information about all the most importanct cities of art like Florence, Pisa, Siena, Lucca, San Gimignano, Volterra.

Owners don't permanently live at Piè di Costa, by the way a daily presence is almost guaranteed.

Of course! We have prepared a useful guide with some tips and suggestions on the most important things to pack before leaving for your travel to Tuscany.

Of course. During your stay in Piè di Costa you can taste and buy our wines. From our vineyards made by Chianti (2/3) and white grapes (1/3) we produce white and red wines that not only can be tasted and purchased during your holiday but they can be a great gifts to take home in remember of Piè di Costa.

With no doubt a family with small children can spend their holidays in peace and joy. In the large garden surrounding the apartments, in fact, our young guests can play safely in the children playground. The swimming pool (13x6.5 meters) has been designed to reserve an area of lower water (50 cm) suitable and safe for children. We also try to take care of the needs of families with children providing baby cots and high chairs in the apartment.

To book one of our apartments just check the prices and availability with our online booking system.

The Local occupancy tax is a fee paid by those staying in one of the accommodations that are located in the territory of Montaione as well as in many other municipalities in the province of Florence.
Must be paid to the manager of the accommodation, which will pay it to the Municipality of Montaione.
The tax will be allocated to finance interventions in the tourism sector which will include maintenance, and renovation of cultural and natural heritage sites in addition to local public services.

The tax - € 1,5 per person per night - applies to any overnight (or for each person for each night), up to a maximum of 6 consecutive nights.

Here follow some examples:
Family of 2 adults and 1 child 8 years old. 1 week € 1,5 x 6 nights x 2 adults = € 18. The child under 14 is free.
Family of 2 adults and 1 child 14 years old. 2 weeks € 1,5 x 6 nights x 2 adults + 1 child (3 persons) = € 27.

In case of cancellation, we have decided to offer a solution to advantage those who - in spite of cancellation - wants to spend an holiday in Tuscany in future.

At our guests disposal there is free wireless service that will allow you to surf internet with privacy and security. By using the password that you have to require at your arrival or during your stay you can easily navigate inside your apartment or in the garden as well as under the umbrella at the poolside.
During your holiday in Tuscany, you will be able to receive and send emails, search for information on places to visit, book visits to the museums of Florence and Siena or working away from home.
When you arrive, therefore, request the password and user name to enter the wireless service of Piè di Costa.

Mostly of our guests arrive in Montaione by car. It's also possible to arrive by plain, landing in Florence airport 'Amerigo Vespucci' or in Pisa airport 'Galileo Galilei', both far 50 Km from Piè di Costa, and then rent a car from the airport.
A car is necessary if you are going to visit towns such as Volterra and San Gimignano where there is not a rail station, or to make sightseeing in the less important cities where is difficult to get with the normal public transport.
Guests can also arrive by train. The nearest rail station is in Castelfiorentino at 9 Km from Montaione. Once you get Castelfiorentino we suggest to ask for a taxi (also if it's difficult to find one) or to take a bus.
By the way in case of troubles our guest can always contact the reception of Piè di Costa, and let us organize a pick-up service.

It's possible to stay in Piè di Costa also without a car.
The nearness of Montaione at only 500 mts allow you to get the village by feet and to use all the services offered.
By the way we suggest to come by car or, if you come by plain, to rent one at the airport, as it will be necessary to visit Tuscany and the towns where the public transport does not offer an adequate service.

If you need to rent or hire a car, the nearest place is in Certaldo. (www.maestriniauto.com)

Piè di Costa is only 500 mts far from the village of Montaione.

Yes. It's possible to get Montaione on foot or by bike.

Montaione, with his 3500 inhabitants, offer all the modern services at any time of the year.
In fact there are supermarkets, grocer's, bakery's, chemist's, doctors, banks, postal offices, public library, restaurants and pizzerias and Internet point.

In Montaione you can shop in grocery stores or supermarkets until 7:30/8:00 PM. The Coop supermarket in Montaione is open on Sunday mornings. In the nearby towns of Castelfiorentino and Certaldo there are supermarkets open on Sundays.

In Montaione (just 500 meters from Piè di Costa) there are several restaurants and pizzerias, others are located a few kilometers away in the surrounding countryside.

In the restaurants, it's usually possible to have dinner till 21.30/22.00, while in the pizzerias, is possible to eat till 22.30.

Montaione is far from the most important cities of art like Florence, Siena and Pisa only 50 Km, while Lucca is at 60 Km and San Gimignano and Volterra respectively at 22 and 30 Km.

Florence, Pisa and Siena are easily within train distance from Castelfiorentino rail Station. To reach Lucca by train is necessary to change in Empoli or Pisa or alternatively starting from Florence, in any case the travel will be longer. In Volterra and San Gimignano there is not a rail station.

Mountain biking, Golf, Padel, Trekking… a holiday in Piè di Costa is ideal for lovers of sports and outdoor activities.

For those who want to play golf, the nearest golf club is in Castelfafi  - located only 11 km from Montaione – with a 18 hole and 9 hole golf course.
In less than an hour's drive you can reach many other golf clubs where you can play golf surrounded by the beautiful tuscan landscape.

Yes. During the summer time are organized, in the historical centre of Montaione, festivals and handicrafts markets where it's usually possible to taste typical Tuscan food products made in the nearby farmhouses, or to buy local handicraft products.

Yes. In Montaione there are 2 banks from where is possible to take cash, besides to the banking hours, with a cash dispenser too 24 hours on 24.

Si. A Montaione c'è un ufficio Postale in piazza Cavour.

In Montaione is possible to get tourist information at the Tourist Office in Via Cresci, 15 - Phone +39 (0)571 699 255.
By the way, with your request, is possible if available, to have maps and tourist information directly at the reception of Piè di Costa, of the most important cities of art of Tuscany.

Yes. In Montaione there is a Chemist's in Via Roma, 46. In Montaione there are also available Doctors, Paediatrician, a Dentist and a Veterinary.

Yes. In Montaione, at "Villa Serena" there are medical offices Tel. +39 (0)571 6991. The nearest hospital is in Empoli. In case of emergency you can call 112 (international emergency number) or the medical guard at +39 116117