This place is absolutely fantastic. We had good communications with Fabrizia during the booking process, and with Rosalba, the lovely housekeeper/caretaker before, during and after our stay.

The villa is very well equipped and maintained and the views over Florence and the surrounding countryside are stunning.

Our flight landed quite early in the morning and Rosalba was very helpful in arranging for us to check in early.

We got the bus down into Florence mostly and a taxi back. It is about a 10/15 minute walk to the bus stop from the house, but it is downhill on the way there. The buses run approximately 3 times an hour. If you don't have a bus ticket, you can buy one on the bus, although that is more expensive, or you can carry on walking into La Lastra and buy some at the local shop. If you do that, you can have a beer while you wait for the bus :)

The pool is lovely and was well used during our visit. There is an underground bunker by the pool which houses a toilet, a shower (although we couldn't see how it would work as there wasn't a shower head!) and a fridge. During our stay, unfortunately the fridge wasn't working. However, Rosalba and Fabrizia did their utmost to get it repaired or replaced during our stay, but that wasn't possible. It didn't matter though, we froze bottles of water and took them down and put them in the sink to keep our beers cold. There are a few pool toys by the pool, which I assume have been left by previous guests, although our favourite was a lilo chair which we bought on Amazon and took with us. This enabled us to float round the pool with a drink and book in hand - bliss.