Saying Hello...Before Arrival in Tuscany

Cdn_in_Tuscany
05/24/2009 - 21:51

Hello to all!I'm Canadian but would like to leave part of my heart in Tuscany. I'm traveling to Tuscany at the end of September/09 with my mother, using Florence as our home base in an apartment. We're both so excited to see this very different part of the world...and looking for any information we can find about Tuscany...our plan is to daily hop on a bus and see where it might take us. Hopefully some of we read here will guide us to where we should be.

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 04:22

Welcome Cdn. I bet you're looking forward to your visit, and I'm sure you wont be dissapointed. Firenze (Florence) is a beautiful place though somewhat busy at that time of year, so trips out will be a benifit. Visit Sienna. Lucca, Pisa and San Giminano, all easyily acessable form Firenze.Ciao

Submitted by Brian Stoner on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:17

Hope you both have a great time, Firenze will be crowded and there will be lots of walking tours led by all manner of umbrellas, scarves etc. The winner, when I was there, was a tour led by a woman with a professional looking badge on a stick proclaiming her to be from "Trumpy Tours". The howls of laughter when I told the staf a the language school what it also menat was one of the highlights of my stay.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 06:13

Travelling by train in Italy is excellent (and easy) Can I recommend you have a look at Trenitalia website to help you plan your trips.Also, be careful in Firenze - if you want to sit outside some places charge extra (a lot extra)....Lucca is beautiful and well worth a trip but remember a large majority of the shops in Lucca shut at 1:00 and don't open again until 4:00 - so go early and have a long lunch....Have a great trip! Jinty  

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 07:39

Don't worry about the shops being closed!  Go to:Trattoria da 'LEO' in Via Tegrimi (close to the Duomo) for your long lunch.  The ribs are particularly good!

Submitted by Gala Placidia on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 09:33

 Hi and a very warm welcome. Tuscany is a wonderful place. I do agree with the others, trains from Florence are excellent and do not miss Lucca. The train station is only 200 m away from the San Pietro gate which takes you through the walls into the most magnificent town you can ever imagine. Magic!

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