Elegant & Well Appointed Tuscan Apartment
Coast
The nearest beach resorts are:
Marina di Pisa and Tirrenia at an hour's drive.
Viareggio is an hour and a half away.
Stylish Forte di Marmi is an hour and 40 min. away.
Local Interest
SHOPPING-- Besides Florence and Pisa Pontedera offers some good shops and a hypermarket, while nearby Palaia 2mls. has shops bars and a bank with ATM cash machine. Forcoli about 3mls. away has a very handy supermarket.
Travel
While Pisa is the most convenient airport, at approx.35 minutes drive, those at Florence, Bologna and Genoa are readily accessible, and all have low cost airline connections with the U.K.
Pontedera, the nearest railway station at about 4km, is on the line between Pisa and Florence.
Distances
FLORENCE less than hour drive. Perhaps best visited by train from Pontedera to avoid traffic and parking. Galleries,Museums,Architecture & Shops! --- PISA 40 minutes drive. Leaning Tower & surrounding historic buildings.
--- SIENA 1 hr 30min drive. Cathedral, Il Campo & Museums.
---VOLTERRA 40 min drive. Superb high location overlooking countryside. Renowned for its alabaster.
---SAN GIMIGNANO 40min drive. Exquisite little city with its impressive medieval "skyscrapers"