Some suggestions how to prepare your suitcase

Packing your suitcase is probably one of the most exciting moment before your travel, but at the same time the most important because you start to enjoy your holidays.

However is not always easy to realize what it is really useful during the travel and it's possible to forget something we should need for our holiday.

It's important to know that each travel request a particular care in packaging the suitcase. For a travel in Tuscany it is important not to forget some few things. The experience concerning the needs of our guests once they get Piè di Costa enable us to give, to everybody who want to spend an holiday in Tuscany, a short list to keep in mind while packing the suitcase.

• First of all it's important not to forget passport and identity papers. Once you stay far from your home it is important to have some cash money and a valid credit card.
• In Tuscany and in Montaione you will find some chemists that in case of need will help you, but before your departure it is a good thing to put into your suitcase some medicine and a spray for insect bites. Remember that you are going to stay in the countryside.
• To be able to use some electric devices (like computers, hair-dryer.) it is necessary to bring with you an adaptor for "German plug". By the way, in case you forget it, you can by an adaptor in an ironmonger's shop or in a supermarket or otherwise we will supply you.
• A stay in Tuscany is ideal for visiting the cities of art (the most important are located just 50km away from Piè di Costa) that can be reached - with daily trips - in just 1 hour by car. For that reason you should find into your suitcase a space to put a Tourist Guide about Tuscany. Anyway, upon request, we will be able to give you at your arrival some maps about Florence, San Gimignano, Volterra, Siena and Lucca.
• For your personal care you will not to forget an hair-dryer, toothbrush, make-up and all necessary for your personal hygiene. However, in case you forget it, don't worry, in the shops in Montaione you will find all you will need.
• For what concerns clothes, to spend a relaxing vacation in Piè di Costa, we suggest you to bring comfortable and casual clothes for your outdoor activity, and something elegant for a dinner in one of the many restaurants in Montaione.
• An atmosphere of quiet and tranquillity you will find in Tuscany are ideal to relax and reading. Do not forget to put into your suitcase one or more books that will delight your holidays in Montaione. External private spaces in front of all apartments and deck-chairs under beach-umbrellas at the swimming pool are the right place for few hours of relaxing reading. For those who want to learn some secrets of the Tuscan cooking and recipes, upon request, at the reception we will be able to supply some cooking books.
• At Piè di Costa, there is a swimming pool in a beautiful panoramic view. Do not forget to take with you the necessary for a bath in the swimming pool as: sea towels, solar crème, children water wings, and flip-flops.
• Tuscany and Montaione offer you a wide choice of sport activities. For that reasons we suggest you to find a space in your suitcase to bring walking shoes and sportswear for jogging, mountain bike and horse riding. If you like to play golf don't forget your golf equipment in case your are a professional and you don't want to rent at Castelfalfi Golf Club and your rackets to play tennis. For professional bikers we suggest to take their own bikes to fully enjoy various track and country road in the surrounding. How ever, Piè di Costa, give at your disposal an external space near the parking to store your bikes.
• Before you start on a journey remember to catch all addresses of your friends you want to send a postcard of your holidays in Tuscany. While preparing your suitcase we also suggest you to leave some space for souvenirs you will buy during your stay.
• We suggest to take with you your laptop, if you want to surf the web thank to our free wireless service. You will be able to send and receive emails from your friends, check your work or just visit your favourite websites.

At the end, to make your holidays really unforgettable, don't forget to take with you the dying to know new places rich in art, history and tradition.