I stayed at Daniela's cottage at the end of August together with my wife. We wanted a couple of quiet days to recover from a wedding weekend and this place was perfect. Daniela was a great host and had prepared information about bus times, sightseeing map for Florence etc. Both her and her family was very friendly and nice and made us feel very welcome and relaxed. The cottage is great for a couple, it is in a private garden that we could enjoy and we enjoyed going for walks and runs in the country side scenery surrounding the place. We never used the bus to Florence, but it would be about 40 minutes each way. Taxi from the train station and from cottage to downtown was about 22 Euro.
The restaurant across the street was very good! I think we paid about 20-25EUR per person for 2 courses and a glass of wine. If you just want pasta or pizza and no wine I think you would get away with about 10 EUR for dinner.
And the first day we went to the small place Daniela proposed about 7 minute walk away for breakfast, which served a small selection of sandwiches. But this was also like a village grocery store, so for second day we bought bread, butter and Parma ham and had a great breakfast in the garden at the cottage instead. I would recommend this to other people staying here too.
I can't think of anything that could have made the stay better. The cottage was clean. The kitchenette would be sufficient if you want to cook yourself and stocked with the necessary utensils, pots and pans.
Behind the main house they also grow olives and vegetables which was fun for us to see.
They also have a very friendly and playful dog, which we fell in love with. He loves playing football and would come and hangout with us a lot. Either to play or just relax.
Thanks Daniela and family for a perfect start of our Italian trip!