What is the superlative of a perfect holiday home? Definitely Akiko’s place! Akiko made our first adventure as a family of five one we’ll always remember. She is the best host! So friendly, helpful and always making sure that her guests are okay. When we arrived she welcomed us with cold drinks in the fridge and fresh fruit on the table. We stayed there for two weeks and she even made us homemade cakes. One with homemade jam with fruits from the garden. And the other cake she baked was for our daughter’s first birthday!
The house had everything we needed. Two bedrooms with each a large bed for two persons, a baby cot, two bathrooms (one bath and one with shower), a fully equiped kitchen, a dishwasser, washing machine, a huge garden and good working wifi. We could also use the barbecue, so we could make our own bistecca from time to time.
Akiko gave us also wonderful tips. Where to eat (Dudda), which olive oil to get (Pasquini in Regello), where to go with kids when it’s actually too hot to play in the garden and also where I could get a better quality meat for our bistecca on the barbecue. We also loved to stay in Figline Valdarno. It’s so perfect located between all of our favorite hotspots, restaurants, wineshops and medival villages. Yess, next to the house is a camping site. And no, the guests and/or music weren’t that loud. It didn’t bother us when we were sitting in the garden at night.
This apartment and its host are a true gem in Tuscany. I’m so happy we stayed here. I even had to promise my oldest son (5 yrs) that we go to the nice lady’s house again soon.