Holiday apartment for max. 4 adults + 1 child
Cascina, Central Italy, (Tuscany), Italy

Farmhouse with pool: 7 apartments for vacation rentals

10 minutes drive from Pisa and 20 minutes from the seaside, located in a quite countryside

Each apartment has it's own entrance;
Bedroom, kitchen + dining area, toilet and shower
Heating in all rooms and air conditioning in the bedroom

Large garden, swimming pool (metres 6x12, suitable for children. Max water dept 165 cm), Barbecue area, car parking.

No time limit for enter and exit during the stay: we give the guest the remote control for the gate toghether with the keys of the apartment.

There isn't a washing machine in the structure. Guest can use a coin laundry in the nearby

We own 2 medium size dogs & 2 cats, very friendly & polite; these pets are allowed to walk in our garden. If guests want to bring here their pet, the size allowed is the SMALL one.

SUPERMARKET: the nearest is called “Pam” in Fornacette (Piazza Kolbe) 3 minutes far from here. This supermarket is open from 7.30 am to 8.30 pm everyday from Monday to Saturday and on Sunday from 9.00 am to 7.30 pm.

OPEN-AIR MARKET: in Cascina every Thursday from 8.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m in Corso Matteotti; in Pontedera every Friday from 8.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m in Piazza del Mercato, next to Cineplex. There you can find clothes, shoes & Tuscanian food.

BOWLING: in Fornacette, Via Tosco-Romagnola 127; open from Tuesday to Sunday

PISA: (14 km far from here) You can park the car in the free car parking: Park Brennero and take the bus “Navetta E Lungarni” that comes every 15 minutes and stops you directly in Piazza dei Miracoli. You can also go there by walk, towards West, on Via Contessa Matilde (next to the ancient walls).

LUCCA: the best its the panoramic road. Follow the signs for BIENTINA, then for CASCINE DI BUTI, then continue towards LUCCA. Park the car in Viale Regina Margherita, 20 km far from Lucca, we recommend BORGO A MOZZANO, a wonderful medieval town in Garfagnana with it’s famous bridge: Ponte del Diavolo.

FIRENZE: you can go there by train or by car. If you go by train use PONTEDERA-CASCIANA TERME station. The train leaves every 15 minutes and takes 45 minutes to arrive in Florence. Your stop is in FIRENZE SANTA MARIA NOVELLA. By car: take FI-PI-LI and follow the signs for Firenze. Park the car in Viale Francesco Talenti, then take the tram (leaves every 10 minutes) and exit at the last stop, in Firenze Santa Maria Novella. In BARBERINO DI MUGELLO (10 minutes far from Firenze; take A1 towards Firenze-Bologna and exit in Barberino di Mugello) there is the ‘City of outlets’: clothes & shoes shops of the most famous Italian brands on sale!

MEDIEVAL TOWNS TO VISIT: Vicopisano (5 km far from here; free guided walk tour every Friday afternoon), Palaia (25 km far from here; free guided walk tour every Tuesday Morning), San Miniato (30 km far from here), Vinci (the town in which Leonardo was born; 40 km far from here) Volterra (47 km far from here), San Gimignano (56 km far from here), Castelnuovo di Garfagnana (71 km far from here, north from Lucca), Monteriggioni (87 km far from here), Siena (103 km far from here), Buon Convento (128 km far from here), Cortona (chosen as location for the famous movie ‘Under the Tuscan sun’ 170 km far from here).

SEA: the nearest beaches are in Tirrenia & in Marina di Pisa. In Follonica & in Torre Mozza there are beautiful beaches, the sea is very clean and in front of you there’s Elba Island (where Napoleon was exiled). In Vada there are the “White Beaches” called in this way because of the clarity of the sand. In Calafuria there is the most suggestive reef in Tuscany. and in Viareggio and Forte dei Marmi there are some good shops; those places were famous in the ‘60s and have been chosen as location for some movies.

GLICINE: Indipendent Apartment in a NO KIDS farmhouse with pool

Located in an ancient Tuscanian farmhouse. Very quite place in the countryside, but reaching the most famous Tuscanian cities it's easy and fast. 10 minutes drive from Pisa and 20 minutes drive from the Tirrenic coast

it's THE BRIGHTEST, but no windows oriented in east, here you can wake up late! The apartment remains very fresh in midsummer too, thanks to the large windows that you can always keep open; The view is also magnificent: from the bedroom the Monti Pisani, the two lakes near us and the fields; from the kitchen the swimming pool and our large garden .. and in summer to eat al fresco just go to the picnic area under the gazebo!

First floor, 38 sqm, double bedroom + single bed; kitchen (with fridge and freezer, 4 gas hobs, utensils and pots, cutlery, plates and glasses. No oven) + living room with sofa bed; toilet and shower; independent heating system; air conditioning (only in the bedroom); mosquito nets to all the windows. WI-FI. There’s no TV in the apartment; guests are allowed to bring here them own TV, if they want to.
Table for 5 inside and possibility to eat outside under the gazebo, on the back of the building (dining area shared with the other guests).

There are neither dishwasher, nor iron, nor washing machine; guests are allowed to use the washing tube to wash by hands, or to go to a coin laundry in the nearby. We have drying racks, which are at all guests’ disposal, it is not possible to have a personal one.

Outside there's a big garden, with 9 minigolf courses.
Swimming pool (6x12m; max dept 165cm) open during the day between the 1st of July to the 31st of August.
Car parking
Barbecue (at all guests disposal; coal not fournished by the structure)

Car it's necessary to your stay here, because we're in the countryside and there aren't bus or train stations in the nearby.

Our structure is the best choice for who loves RELAXING HOLIDAYS in a SILENT and QUITE place, where lay down in the GARDEN or next to the POOL, but also VISIT the most famous CITIES and towns in Tuscany. Very SUITABLE FOR COUPLES, deep in the COUNTRYSIDE, far from the noise of the cities. The choice to DON'T INSERT TVs or music playback devices either in the apartments or in the common areas, was made precisely to ensure the silence and rest of our customers as much as possible. The structure ISN'T SUITABLE FOR BABIES or KIDS. The choice to admit in the structure a minimum age of 14 has been made to maintain the serenity of our place.

WE DON’T SERVE BREAKFAST, LUNCH OR DINNER, 'cause we noticed that our guests prefer to USE THE KITCHEN of the apartments or the HOME DELIVERY SERVICE to choose what to eat and when.

Each apartment is equipped with a folder containing advices on places to visit and the curiosities of the surroundings, as well as rules and useful information for the stay, including a list of restaurants we recommend. No time limit to enter and exit from the structure, 'cause we give to the guests the remote control of the gate toghether with the keys of the apartment.

We're very near to the most beautiful and famous cities in Tuscany: PISA 14 Km; LIVORNO 24 Km; LUCCA 20 Km; VINCI 31 Km; VOLTERRA 38 Km; VIAREGGIO 61 Km; FORTE DEI MARMI 67 Km; FIRENZE 56 Km; SAN GIMIGNANO 44 Km; SIENA 72 Km. And in less than 20 minutes you can reach the Tirrenic coast.