La Ripa di San Gimignano · Cala di Forno, Talamone
Same price as the booking sites. Two properties, five apartments, one family that lives here. And the six doubts everyone has, answered one by one.
Instant answers on WhatsApp, and a real local when you need one.
Tap a thought to see the answer.
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Everyone has them before paying for a place they’ve never seen. Fair enough.
Yes. Same as on any booking site.
You pay on Stripe’s secure checkout, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. We never see your card number, and your bank’s protection works exactly as it does on a booking site. We never ask for a bank transfer.
NO TUSCANY SRL · VAT [P.IVA] · every apartment registered with a national CIN code
Yes. [Free up to XX days before arrival.]
Plans change. Send one line on WhatsApp and the refund goes back to the card you paid with. No awkward call, no explaining why.
Check us where we can’t edit a word.
Our reviews live on Airbnb, Booking.com, Tripadvisor, Google and Trustpilot. Still unsure? Ask for a video call and we’ll walk you through the apartment, live.
Three steps. No account.
Dates, guests, card. That’s the whole form. Or skip it: message Duccio and sort it out in one chat.
Keep them for a city hotel.
Here the same price buys what no loyalty program can: Duccio’s guide in print, the apartment you choose, and his number in your phone.
We do.
Ask on WhatsApp and get an answer straight away. When it takes a person, you get one of us. The family lives on the property: if something breaks, you talk to the people who can fix it.
That’s probably how you found us.
But sometimes…
Book direct, and you get a name, a phone number, and Duccio.
NO vs KNOW
Your call. Here’s the difference.
NOThe coach that pulls in at eleven
KNOWSan Gimignano at seven, before it wakes up
NOMenus in six languages
KNOWOne menu, handwritten, no translation
NOThe algorithm’s top ten
KNOW47 places, picked by someone who eats in them
NO“Authentic Tuscan experience”
KNOWClosed Tuesdays. Ask for Duccio.
NOA tasting laid on for forty people
KNOWHalf a hectare, and whoever’s pruning that day
Say NO to postcards. Say KNOW to locals.
Booking direct
Our rates are identical on Airbnb, on Holidu and here. No tricks, no hidden discounts. What changes is what you get.
47 places in five categories: restaurants, wineries, nature, family, villages. With closing days and the name of who’ll serve you. Updated when a place closes, not every once in a while.
On the platforms you get what’s left. Here we talk first and you pick: Fienile, Ghiri, Nidi or Padronale.
Ask on WhatsApp and get an answer right away. When it takes a person, you get one of us, not a call centre.
From Duccio’s guide
The other 44 arrive when you do.
Panzano in Chianti
“I always bring friends here who want to understand what ‘eating meat’ means in Tuscany. Dario is a one-of-a-kind character.”
Talamone
“Absolutely worth the trip. Paolo is extraordinary and the fish couldn’t be fresher.”
San Gimignano centre
“This is where I go when I want to eat well without worries. Ask for the wild boar.”
Reviews
Read them where we can’t edit a word.
“Very spacious holiday home in Tuscan style. Large pool, beautiful view of San Gimignano. Very quiet, surrounded by vineyards.”
“From the owner reception to the apartment, view, terrace and the pool — everything was perfect from start to finish.”
“During our stay Duccio was taking care of guests. He was very friendly, helpful and responsive.”
“A property set among the vineyards. Recommended if you want a quiet, undisturbed holiday. Unfortunately the pool wasn’t ready yet.”
Yes, we kept the one about the pool.
Our properties
Olive groves · 5 km from San Gimignano
Four apartments among 250 olive trees and half a hectare of Sangiovese. Panoramic pool. Solar power with battery storage, zero gas. The family lives on the property.
Maremma Natural Park · 50 m from the sea
One house inside the Maremma Natural Park, fifty metres from the water. A private garden and an outdoor solar shower for when you come back from the beach.
About us
A family, 250 olive trees, half a hectare of Sangiovese. A father who’s on the property, and a son who teaches Latin thirty kilometres away and rides L’Eroica.
That’s why the recommendations are these ones and not others.
Sandro & Duccio
Ask the person who wrote the guide. He usually answers in about five minutes.