From your holiday villa you could go to Montelupo Fiorentino, the town of ceramics, and buy some pottery in its many workshops and shops; you could also visit the "Museo Archeologico della Ceramica" (Archaeological museum of ceramics), or, in the last week of June, spend a pleasant evening at the "Festa Internazionale della Ceramica" (International Ceramics Festival), among typical Tuscan dishes and shows of any kind.
Renting a holiday villa in Certaldo during "Mercantia", the festival dedicated to street music and theatre renowned all over Europe, which attracts to this charming medieval hamlet the most eccentric artists will be like taking a plunge in the past.