Holiday in Tuscany

[aurelia]

Maybe you have to decide what you can fit in to a few days eg countryside, beach, heritage. We have visited Tuscany several times and think it is one of the most beautiful places in the world.

I would make the following suggestions for just a few days:

Stay one night in Pisa, you can see the heritage sites in a day. Try Hotel reservations - Hotels venere.com for hotels, we have got good prices right in the centre of Pisa and on the doorstep of the heritage sites.

Drive to just outside Siena - Castelnuovo Berardenga - 100 miles - 2 hrs drive. There is one of the loveliest hotels we have ever stayed at - Villa Curina -Ville resort bed breakfast b&b Siena e dintorni Chianti ville resort Chianti Siena Bed Breakfast B&B. You are 12 miles from Siena, 50 miles from Florence and the whole of the beautiful countryside of Chiantishire is on your doorstep. This hotel is not cheap but neither is it extortionate. I think they still have a weekend special offer on. It is right in the countryside though, about 3ks to nearest village.

I have to disagree with some others posting here - we have visited Lucca a couple of times and were disappointed. We didn't like it half as much as Pisa and Siena. I cannot speak about Florence as we are visiting there for the first time ourselves this year - we have always thought that there is so much to see that we couldn't see even the major heritage sites in less than 5 days.

Whatever you decide to do, have a great holiday.

Regards. Aurelia

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Just as a followup
We have just come back from a few days in Tuscany.
We finished up staying in Montecatina Terme at the Hotel Cappelli (Best Western).
Went to Lucca for a half day, very impressed, not too much walking as it was one of the first days after all the rain we've had so had to get used to the heat again.
Most of the time was spent in Montecatina and its sister up the hill, we needed to chill out for a few days so Pisa, Florence etc will have to wait.

I'm not trying to advertise but the hotel was central to everything, very clean, good food and there was a nice little bar/restaurent next door (seperate owner).

A very enjoyable few days

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