Pontassieve villas

A beautiful, really well equipped villa with spectacular views across vineyards. the owners have provided really high quality facilities inside and out and the villa was spotlesssly clean. Very private with a lovely pool. The owners were helpful and friendly. No hesitation to recommend this property.

We stayed two weeks for our joint 70th birthdays, with old friends the first week and family the second week. The villa is ideally located for sight-seeing in Florence or roamimg about Tuscany. It has a lovely setting in a small valley south of the Pitti Palace, with a country view from the covered patio. The bedrooms are pleasant with comfortable beds and individual bathrooms. The kitchen and dining room were well equipped. Our housekeeper came in most days and was very pleasant and unobtrusive. We commented that Villa Fontanine was the perfect place to return after a day touring such a magnificent city and region in Italy.

As others have mentioned, the house is rather lovelier than the photos suggest, full of thoughtfully chosen pieces and charm. Antonella, the owner is warm, friendly and clearly very hard-working: the whole place is put together with love. We definitely recommend having Beatrice and Stefania cook for you: their food and service were excellent. Staying in also means you get to enjoy the varied sunsets from the canopied dining terrace before dinner and the twinkling lights of Sesto Fiorentino once it is dark. Plenty of china, cutlery, glasses etc and kitchens and bathrooms all equipped with appropriate soaps, gels, dishwasher tablets, coffee and so on. Beds were firm which was good for half of us but not so much for the other half! Loved picking ripe green figs fresh from the tree. Only downsides are that you are a little remote (hence the views though) and the very inviting and beautifully situated pool does not have a cover so was a bit too chilly for this sybarite! Hint: if you’re leaving the villa for, say Montecatini or Prato turn left at the top of the drive, ignoring Google Maps - the route will readjust and save you 10-30 minutes compared with the original suggested journey time. Recommended!

This villa was great for the family. Hidden off the beaten track it is a tricky one to find initially but once there you are secluded and quiet. The villa had everything you could ask for and we were made extremely welcome upon our arrival. The kids loved the pool and garden making lots of use of it. We would recommend it but you need to be aware that everything is a drive away (shops, restaurant and train station)

We had a beautiful stay, in a beautiful setting…it was just so peaceful. We definitely needed longer there!! It was a well appointed house in a gorgeous setting with vines, olive trees and a massive range of fruit, vegetables (and laying hens!) that our hosts invited us to take as we wished! (The tomatoes were incredible!) The pool was amazing and there was table tennis, a basketball hoop and darts - perfect entertainment for our young people. The house was very clean and well appointed. Magena was so attentive and helpful with any questions that we had. All in all 5 star - we would definitely return and recommend to others.