The town of Cerreto Guidi is only 2km away and here there are grocery stores where you can purchase most every day items. Larger towns with supermarkets and a larger choice of shops, banks, restaurants and hospitals can be found at Fucecchio 6km away and Empoli 10km away. Situated only 5km from the town of Vinci, birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, where it is possible to take a tour of the museum dedicated to the famous renaissance painter and visit the house where he was born. For further information on the towns’ most famous son try these two links. http://www.leonet.it/comuni/vinci/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinci%2C_Italy . The villa is also ideally located for those wishing to make day excursions to the larger tourist sights of Florence 35km, Pisa 48km, Bologna one and a half hours drive and Rome 3hours drive away.