Granaio Pisano

Dear Bettina
I just want to inform you that we have arrived in the villa yesterday and everything is wonderful.
Genka is the best host:)
Thank you again
Arrivederci :)
Nikola, March 2023

Es war ein sehr schöner und erholsamer Urlaub! Das einzige was wir vermisst haben, waren für die Sonnenliegen die weichen Auflagen.... ansonsten ist dieses Haus für eine große Familie perfekt!! 

Rosi R, Mai 2015

This is the most beautiful property for a family vacation in Tuscany...loved everything about it. One minor suggestion...how about a bigger coffee pot! :-)

Marjorie O., September 2014

Peaceful place provides all you need for a holiday

We stayed the end of June in this house. We were eleven all together, four grandparents, two families (four and three members. House provided us all we needed. The kitchen was big and equipped well for us to make the breakfast and the dinners. We ate outside because the weather was fine all the time and the wooden table outside was both functional and also nice looking. Only one breakfast we ate inside due to the rainy night, and there was also room for all around the table in the dining room. The house itself provided us all privacy and it was spacy. The swimming pool is a little gem which refreshed us on the warm days. We had all kind of plans for our stay, but we ended mostly to stay at the house. Little inconveniences we experienced with the showers, the water was a pit cool in the mornings, and once we lost the electricity and we couldn’t find the main switch but with the help of Genka we got things working again. That is one thing that would be good to inform on arrival, the main switch was quite far from the house. All in all, the house fulfilled our expectations and we really enjoyed our visit, Genka and his wife were very friendly and helpful if we needed something, otherwise we had our own privacy. On behalf of us all I can recommend Genka's house for everybody, who wants to spend their holiday in peaceful surroundings. Place is also near for many sights to see, even though we preferred the quiet life in the countryside.

Hannu R., June 2018

Gorgeous pool, excellent location

We stayed in this property in July 2015 for a week with two families. It was in the middle of a heatwave so we had hours of use of the fantastic pool. It is a lovely rustic Tuscan property very much as described.

Pros: 
The pool - it is huge and clean, with beautiful views over the valley, lots of chairs to relax in and large sun umbrellas. 
The space - there are 5 big bedrooms, easily enough for our two families, plus a very large living space. 
The barn - the kids had loads of fun playing table tennis when we could drag them out of the pool.
The location - it is under an hours drive to Lucca, Florence, Pisa, Volterra and St Gimignano, so lots of opportunities for sightseeing. Not so much to do locally, but there is a cute town down the road - Palaia.

Cons:
A couple of the upstairs bedrooms got very hot, but it was 36 deg. There are fans to help cool things down. I'd recommend taking plug in insect repellers to keep the bugs out when the windows are open. Overall we had a lovely relaxing holiday here.

Judith W., July 2015

Very Nice house, warm welcome from the owner!
Well kept house, clean and tastefull rooms. Nice big pool, bbq and a lot of privacy. The owner is very helpfull and reacts immediatly in case of minor issues. We were there with two familiies including 5 kids who enjoyed the pool very much. Perfect location to visit Firenze, Pisa, Volterra etc. We have visited more locations in Tuscany, but this one we surely recommend. Try restaurant Sotobosco

Fam. Baeten, Belgium, September 2014

We spent a wonderful week

We first met up with Genka who drove us to the villa. It is located on top a hill, in between two mountains, with no neighbors anywhere close by!

We were 2 families, one from France, the other from Canada; 2 couples with 3 kids total. Everyone got to have their individual room and bathroom! The pictures presented on the site are representative of the reality but don't describe the actual layout. On the main floor, you have a bedroom with a complete bathroom, the living room, dinning room and kitchen. On the second floor, the master bedroom is huge even with the king bed and has a walk in shower and water cabinet. Another room has a queen bed and is adjacent to a room with bunk beds and a complete bathroom. The fireplace is on the second floor and is a den area. It is adjacent to another room with 2 single beds and bathroom with shower.

The house and garden are very well maintained, as well as the salt water infinity pool. We enjoyed long breakfasts in the outside dinning area and everyone enjoyed the benefits of the pool.

During the week, we made daily trips to different Tuscan cities: Pisa, Siena, San Giminiano, Firenze, Cinque Terre, Lucca, Vinci, to name a few. We would usually sleep in until 9h or 10h, have a long breakfast, enjoy the pool and leave for our daily city choice mid-afternoon. By doing so, we would avoid the mid-day maximum heat and get into cities just when the tour buses and cruisers leave the sites, therefore being less crowded. For photographers, the light is also much better in the later afternoon.

There are very good restaurants near by as well as supermarkets. There a also 2 villages you can drive to.

Given the villa is located in a wooded area, there are a lot of bugs; spiders, mosquitos, etc... You will also see lizards and bats. Therefore, it you don't want nightly visitors, I recommend closing the windows but it does get really hot during the day. We didn't mind it though, it was part of the rustic Tuscan experience.

I would definitely rent this villa again as it gave us the peace and quiet we needed. I therefore highly recommend it and the owner, Genka, is a gentleman very attentive to guest comments.

Lucile H., Montreal July 2013