Holiday rentals near Historical Torture Museum

It's been 19 years since we last went to San Gimignano, not much has changed - the same beautiful town. All logistics (check in/check out etc) were very smooth and relaxed. The location was fabulous for us, nice and quiet but only a short drive to the town. Parking has always been a problem, but if you go early/late you can get the best spaces. The pool was very welcome given it was 39 degrees most days of our stay. Id definitely recommend and hope to be back one day.

Fabulous location. Magnificent views with only birdsong to hear. Accommodation spotlessly clean, with everything you need for a relaxing stay. Infinity pool a wonderful bonus with quality loungers to relax after a day of sightseeing. Situated ideally to visit Pisa, Florence, San Gimignano, Lucca - and our new favourite place - Volterra. Host Frederica is charming and extremely helpful - booking restaurants and recommending places to visit. Would recommend this accommodation and we would return in the future.

Lovely stay in Radicondoli, stunning views and beautiful garden.

Everything was perfect: thank you

Excellent property, centrally located. Large living area that did get a little hot in the daytime and could do with air con. Bedrooms and ensuits were excellent. Location is superb just a short walk from bars and restaurants. Car parking was 74 euros for the week in the nearest long stay. When we had trouble with the air con in the bedrooms the owner responded immediately and an engineer called and fixed the problem. Kitchen is small but equipped reasonable well. Lovely garden with views over the countryside.

What a find Podere la Valle was! Beautiful setting in the heart of Chianti - the place is a really magical spot. Jerome has clearly put a lot of hard work, love and attention to detail into everything at the property. It is genuinely hard to find any fault. Yasmin was our point of contact during the stay and was really excellent at helping us out with any small questions we had. The place was immaculate throughout - extremely well looked after by the staff and also by fellow guests over the years. It was the perfect spot to switch off (although the WiFi was excellent if required) from the real world and reconnect with nature - I think I saw more species of butterfly in one week here than in the rest of my entire life put together! I guess the only comment I would make is that we stayed during June and even then, at 30 degrees during the day it did get warm during the night. There was no Aircon in our house. Great from a sustainability perspective and actually there’s plenty of windows and shutters to control the temperature naturally. But if you do like it cold you might struggle in warmer months. I think fans are available? Regardless don’t let that put you off. There’s always the amazing infinity pool to cool off in and plenty of shaded areas with hammocks to relax in the warmer hours. In short - you won’t be disappointed!

Overall we really enjoyed our stay in FORNO, the room and swimming pool (large enough to swim in and perfect temperature) were very clean, the spa was for private use and we really enjoyed our evening in there, bed linen and towels were in good condition and Jerome provides lots of handy tips for nearby facilities. We barely saw the other guests, often had the pool to ourselves and loved the complementary coffee from the common area. The kitchen was also very well equipped if you should wish to prepare more complex dishes. If I could suggest any improvements I would suggest to provide a standing fan as FORNO was very hot, even in June, I dread to think how it feels in August (we didn't address this with Jerome so it's possible there is one available)! I also understand they're in the process of installing mosquito nets but as our room only had one window with a net we had to choose between being hot and getting bitten (we both left Italy with several bites), bug repellent plugs were provided. The last issue we had was with the refrigerator, it seems to need the door seal replacing so it just didn't chill our food, we mentioned this briefly but managed to cool items almost enough by placing the frozen ice cube tray into the fridge and chilling drinks in the freezer before consuming them but it really does need fixing properly as it was inconvenient for us. Despite the issues mentioned I'm confident Jerome will do what he can to resolve them and we would both return and intend to revisit in future, it was like a slice of paradise nestled into the Chianti countryside, thank you Jerome for a wonderful stay!

We stayed 2 weeks in August, Pietro was a charming, gracious and thoughtful host, responding quickly to emails and making helpful suggestions of places to visit. The apartment is spacious, clean and well equipped, we were grateful for the 2 electric fans in the heat. It is located in a hill top village where there are 25 properties that share the pool and tennis court. We often had the pool to ourselves and the water was the perfect temperature. The views are absolutely stunning, it has an "away from it all" feel. We shopped in the Pam supermarkets which was 20 minutes away and we discovered some great restaurants. It is the ideal location from which to explore Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and many other beautiful towns and villages. It is worth noting that the 3rd bedroom is a mezzanine which is reached by climbing some stairs from the 2nd bedroom and the 3rd bedroom looks over the 2nd bedroom. The WiFi has a good connection but (at the time of writing) there was only 7 gb of data for each week. We enjoyed our stay very much and would recommend this apartment very much