Villa San Simone is a beautiful period residence on the hills of Pistoia, one of the most beautiful cities of Tuscany, just 30 minutes from Florence. Pistoia was named "Capital of Culture" for 2017. The villa has a beautiful swimming pool "infinity" with panoramic city views, a shaded garden of 1,000 square meters, equipped with a large barbecue, and an area of 60,000 sq m property flanked by a stream, composed of olive groves and wooded areas on foot through wide paths. At Villa San Simone held Tuscan cooking classes. "THE FRIARS KITCHEN" (70 square meters - sleeps 6) is a comfortable and charming apartment on the ground floor of the villa, carefully decorated with period furniture and design. It has its own entrance and has a large panoramic private garden, equipped with table and chairs, barbecue and covered by a large tent alone. E 'consists of a full bath with shower, a double bedroom, a room with two twin beds, passing for ssoggiorno, a comfortable and practical sofa bed in the large living room, (it is a real confortable bed closed and open in 30 seconds), a fully equipped kitchen (stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, oven, microwave, toaster, espresso machine) TV, Internet ADSL. (Burners, fridge with frozen cell, microwave, dishwasher) No. 2 bathrooms with shower. Beamed ceilings and oak parquet floors. - LCD TV - Internet WI-FI Lidia and Sandro, the owners will be happy to welcome you as friends and deliver the apartment personally. We will always be present to help and suggest where to shop, where to eat and what places of tourist interest to visit during your stay. We can arrange trips to the most beautiful places of Tuscany, offer Tuscan cooking classes and products from our garden and olive grove, prepare excellent breakfasts and, on request, delicious meals with products of our land. The Tyrrhenian Sea is just 40 minutes by car from Florence and you get to Rome by train in 1 hour and 45 min. Upon request is available a service to and from the airports of Florence and Pisa.