Nice idea for a thread! We came back 2 weeks ago from nr Pisa where we had an excellent holiday at an agriturismo called Il Chiassetto, near Cascina, close to Pisa.
There are a number of appartments, and whilst we were there they had German, French and Italians in + a lovely pool. The wonderful owner, Graziella, does a dinner once a week for a reasonable rate, which was excellent. She loved the children, and couldn't do enough for them, bringing round home made biscuits, bread and spaghetti sauce. And when I asked her where there was a good cake shop, because it was DD1's birthday, she said "leave it with me". I thought she would buy one, and I'd pay her back [but my Italian isn't terrific], instead, she turned up on the doorstep of the flat in the morning of DD's b'day, with a home made, fruit covered, birthday flan, and sang Happy Birthday in Italian for DD1. Who was thrilled.
Then she recommended a little place called Green Park, which was about 3 miles away, and had a mini fairground in it, so DD1 got to ride in bumper boats, trampoline, fire soft balls at us using an air pressured bazooka etc etc, and generally had a fab time.
Oh, sigh, long time till next year!