The beautiful old city center of San Giovanni Valdarno is less than 1km from Casa La Quercia. There you can find many point of interest like the native house of the famous master painter Masaccio, the Basilica museum and the museum of Terre Nuove.
For the lovers of wonderful landscape, less than 2km away from Casa La Quercia you can visit the “Balze del Valdarno”, gorgeous pinnacle made of sand and mud, digged by the right side feeders of the river Arno (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balze_del_Valdarno).
Finally, if you love shopping, with less than 15min by car you can reach the Prada outlet and the The Mall compound (http://www.themall.it/en/outlet-italy/homepage.html), with shop that attract buyer from all over the world. Also the outlet village of Valdichiana or Barberino del Mugello are less than 45min away. For any other kind of information, advise or suggest, we will be glad to help you!