I am a foodie and I really love cooking; so if you would like to try some local specialty you just have to ask!

Podere Casarotta is a beatiful, ancient farmhouse in Tuscany which has been renovated in recent years, converted in holiday house with private swimming pool and divided into luxurious apartments for your holiday rentals. In the farmhouse there are six indipendent apartments for rent, each with one or two double bedrooms; the whole holiday house can sleep up to 22 persons. All the apartments are furnished in classic Tuscany style, and each apartment has its own kitchen (well equipped), bathroom and private garden outdoor. Podere Casarotta, because of its privileged position in the very heart of Tuscany (and just 4km from the nearest town, Castelfranco di Sopra) offers a perfect balance in between rest & relaxation and wandering around: the apartments of our villa will be your luxurious and comfortable starting point for visiting Tuscany! Whatever you are looking for: art, history, culture, parks and nature, wine and food routes, or just relax by the swimming pool in the silence of the Tuscany countryside, you will find them all at hand!

Valdarno is the valley which connects Arezzo with Florence, its hills covered with vineyards and olive groves and the towering Pratomagno mountain alternates with ancient Tuscan dwellings with typical dovecots, today often transformed into welcoming places where you can enjoy excellent wines and oil from locally crushed olives. Pratomagno is a paradise for hikers: many well-marked trails lead to the mountain top through oak and chestnut forests. Following the ancient Cassia Vetus road (now called Setteponti) that connected Arezzo and Fiesole in Roman times, you can see the characteristic Balze, also depicted in Leonardo's Mona Lisa; medieval villages such as Castelfranco and Loro Ciuffenna, and beautiful ancient churches such as Gropina and S.Maria a Piandiscò. The Valdarno in the Middle Age was fought between Florence and Arezzo and this has left numerous forts, castles and towers. The "new lands" of San Giovanni, Terranuova and Castelfranco were built in the XIII century by the Florentine Republic, with the contribution of Arnolfo di Cambio, to oust the bishopric of Arezzo's Guido Tarlati. Masaccio, the renaissance artist, was born in San Giovanni.