The origins of Il Poggio can be traced back to The Strozzis, a noble Florentine family which owned property all over Tuscany. Originally a farm house dating back to the Middle Ages, Il Poggio has been painstakingly preserved and restored to its former splendour using many of the original building methods and tools and much of its interior and exterior reflects the picturesque beauty of Tuscan architecture. Whilst, the old farmhouse, and its outbuildings, have been converted into seventeen, self-contained apartments, which house between two and six people each, it is still a working farm, owned since 1979, by a local farming family and producing a variety of organic products - such as saffron, barley, olives and olive oil and wine. It is about an hour's drive and equidistant from some of Italy's most famous attractions like Florence, Pisa, Siena and Lucca - and even closer to other less well know but no less stunning places like San Gimignano, San Miniato, Certaldo and Volterra. Il Poggio consists of 14 self-contained apartments and 4 cottages. These vary in size; the smallest have just one separate bedroom - but using camper beds can accommodate up to four people, others have two bedrooms and can house up to six adults. Although the interiors vary according to the age of the building all are a tasteful mixture of traditional decor with modern facilities. All the apartments have a bathroom/shower and in the larger ones - there are two. As well as the farmland itself - each apartment has a private area in front of it with table and deck chairs provided. The fitted kitchens have a fridge, an oven with cooking hobs, coffee machine, as well as a good selection of cutlery and crockery. In the living area there is satellite television - carrying channels in a number of languages.