La Casa Dei Nonni

We found this place through an English website and after much discussion decided to book it for our stay in Tuacany. The house is located at the edge of the medieval village of Monteguidi located in the Municipality of Casole d’Elsa. It’s half way between Florence and Sienna and close to Chianti, San Giminagno, Volterra and the coast is 40mins away. A good location to explore the Tuscan region from a location that is non touristy and very rural.
It’s a quite village with only 175 residents and you are surrounded by fruit farms, vineyards and so on. There is no cafes or shops in the village itself. There is a bar that is open sometimes and not others :-) There is a restaurant called Il Piattaforte about 600m from the house and, the closet markets are in Casole d’Elsa, some 10k away (I would recommend you visit this village as it is beautiful). There are trucks that come to the village periodically to sell groceries, bread, fish and so on. Listen for the music when the trucks come about ;-)
The house itself is fully equipped with two bedrooms, a nice kitchen that has almost everything you need for cooking up a storm and tons of outdoor space and a pool. Daniela and Francesco the hosts, are wonderful people and live in the village. They brought us fresh produce from their gardens and gave us loads of tips on places to visit locally.
Few things to bear in mind with this place:
1) no dishwasher
2) no bathtub
3) slightly dated (it was their parents home)
4) it’s rural and there are lots of bugs (not unique in Tuscany)
5) no WiFi… for now. There is free wifi at the restaurant down the road.
That aside we loved the place and would happily return here again. It’s super quiet and peaceful and almost no traffic noise. If you speak Italian you would have a good time here. A great rural Tuscan experience.