Tuscany Reviews

Bumble-zee-boo! I'm actually back on dooyoo! Don't get too scared, I'm just dipping my fat toes into it, see how it goes kinda thing. Tuscany then - me last holiday so far, and the perfect pick-up point for me dooyoo-ing seeing as my earlier dooyoo-days came to an end with that trip. Awwww, what a break that was (Tuscany, that ...  Read the complete review

8 years ago, at the tender age of 10, I was packed into the family car with my mum and dad, my older sister and a whole lot of luggage. We had never been to Italy before, so it was a new adventure. Living in the north of England, and not flying, we spent an awful lot of time travelling (which I would not recommend!). We eventually ...  Read the complete review

After the best part of a month in Tuscany, I have seen all the frescos, drunk all the chianti and eaten all the pasta I think I can stand. I have marvelled at the amount of hair gel and hairspray that Italian men must use, wondered what it must be like to wear tight trousers, and pretended not to understand English on two separate occasions. I ...  Read the complete review

Tuscany is well known for many things. Florence, being the largest city, is the main attraction, but by no means the only draw in a region that, above most in Italy, has a reputation beyond its means. Of course, there is Florence, but there is time enough devoted to her, and the beauty and uniqueness of that city. Pisa as well, has her ...  Read the complete review

Of the entire length of Italy, my visit to the Tuscan region in April this year, was the absolute highlight. Originally only planning 2 days to rush in, see Dave, drink some wine, eat some pasta - then head further south for the 'real' Italy.... we ended up staying for 5 days, reluctantly leaving, and vowing that we'd be back!! ...  Read the complete review

I have the extraordinary good fortune to have friends who own a house in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, in the heart of John Mortimer's "Chiantishire". It is near Gaiole-in-Chianti just to the north of Siena and is a stunning spot with wide views across the valley to the east, south and west (where, on the skyline, you can ...  Read the complete review

My Wife and I went to Tuscany in 1993. We flew into Pisa, hired a car and drove into the hills where we stayed north of Perugia. The area is beautiful. Gentle hills, pastel colours everywhere, clay roofs - you know the stuff of decorating programs. The area is packed full of history, monuments etc. There's Modena, Bologna, ...  Read the complete review