This was an excellent rental and one of our best stays ever of the 30 years we have been coming to Castellina. The house was typically rustic Tuscan but very well supplied with everything we might need, including good Internet access, excellent bathrooms, an impressive separate sitting room with our own patio and small garden with the most exceptional views over the surrounding Tuscan countryside we quite possibly have ever seen. There were communal gardens and huge, modern pool, both exceptionally well maintained.
The owner, Ian, had been very helpful in advance of our stay, and the manager, Jacky, arranged early access for us as the house had been vacated the day before our arrival. We really appreciated this and she ensured we had a great stay throughout. Probably most importantly of all, she arranged for a local chef, Serena, to provide us with dinner on our first night. We had no idea what time Serena was due to arrive nor how much she would cost nor what she would cook (she was warned in advance about food intolerances). We would come back here just to have Serena cook for us again. She was charming and produced waves of the most outstanding food we have ever had in Italy whilst we sat on the terrace drinking Prosecco. The fruit and vege were all her own and astonishingly, she was about half the cost of an average meal out. We would have paid twice that or more and she came back three days later to cook for us again. If we came back, we'd book Serena every night!