Culture & Nature at your fingertips n.2

If you look for a place that combines the sweetness of the tuscan hills with the opportunity to admire the beauties of Florence in less than 30 minutes, this is the perfect choice. The closest village -5 mins by feet- is provided with various stores! Of you have a dog, you have a lot of country "trekking" with olive fields and quiet woods. In San Donato in Collina your holiday meets the peace of the tuscan country side and the olive trees, the vineyard and the small biologic garden. Few tens of meter further begins the provincial park of Fontesanta with the woods, the paths and various local animals. Half an hour by bus wait for you the museums, buildings and tipycal streets of one of the most famous cities of art. The apartment can give hospitality to 3/4 people : it is composed with a master bedroom, a bathroom and a kitchen-livingroom (with a sofa bed) and adequately equipped for a long stay. The entrance looks at a large garden, where it is possible to make a barbecue and to relax under the cool shadow of high trees. There is a choice of artbooks, cookbooks and guidebooks of the city and the paths of the area. The owner is always available to solve possible problems of the guest and he is reachable by phone. San Donato is a small village, but it is possible to find everything you need: there are two grocery stores, one shop for fruits and vegetables, where you can also buy italian and foreign newspapers, one clothing store, one butcher's shop and a workshop for autos. Driving few minutes you can find some pizzerie and restaurants, golf course and tennis courts, a small lake for the sport fishing, a public swimming pool. It is also possible to buy local products in farms in the immediacies. San Donato is well connected with Florence by buses, which pass almost every hour. From Peretola airport by a bus it is possible to reach the station of Santa Maria Novella, near which there is the bus station where you can get the bus to San Donato in Collina. In San Donato you must take the road to Fontesanta. On the left you find a church, then on the right a cemetery. When you find a fork, take the left (via del Pratello) and after an hundred meters you find the house, on the right ( n.13 on (SENSITIVE CONTENTS HIDDEN) map). If you arrive by car, you must exit at FIRENZE sud ( highway A 1) and follow the road sign Bagno a Ripoli and then San Donato in Collina - Incisa. Arrived in S. Donato, you must follow the same way