We travelled with our friends to Borgo Monastero with Thomson Holidays. In all there were six of us sharing the two-bed apartment, inc. one 3-year old, and one 8-month old. We chose Borgo Monastero because we thought it would be good for the kids.

Unfortunately we had a lot of let downs. The apartments are 2.5hours drive from Pisa airport. The swimming pools are far too cold to swim in. Everything that you need in a self catering apartment is available at an extra cost. We expected to pay to hire a microwave, but you also have to pay for a kettle, a toaster when there isn't a oven/grill in the apartment and even toilet rolls when you have run out (bearing in mind we were given 3 rolls for 5 of us for a weeks holiday - they weren't going to last long!). You have to dispose of your rubbish at the local bins - we weren't allowed to leave the accommodation without taking our rubbish with us, even though the final clean up is included in your bill!

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