Hello,
We've been delighted to read this forum for days.
We will be traveling Italy during our honeymoon this May, and unfortunately will only have a weekend (Friday night until Monday morning) to travel Tuscany.
First timers, absolutely fallen in love with Montalcino and surroundings.
Now we need some advice from experienced fellow.
What would be our best itinerary? We will be starting on Friday night from Bologna (we can rent a car, take train, whatever works the best).
What we are looking for:
1- Drive around some of the most gorgeous sights. What you recommend? Chianti, Montalcino look wonderful. Consider we would only have saturday and sunday for this
2- Two or three MUST visit wineries in the region, hopefully those with nearby amazing Osterias, sights, open fields, and obviously great wine.
3- Any great cheeses around?
4- Lastly, and importantly, where to sleep? We found Castello di Velona in tripadvisor, and looks amazing. We would rather stay somewhere easily accesible for us to continue our journey around the region on Sunday.
Thank you all for the recommendations, we are just overwhelmed with places and regions in tuscany and would like to make the most out of the weekend (hopefully enjoying a couple of the best places, instead of running around and overlooking what truly matters).
P.S: Forgot to say we want to make sure not to miss this sort of sights - Crete Senese? - (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/346269) since we're both avid photographers. And looking to drive ourselves around into a relax and charming weekend, rather than a fully guided tour.
We've been delighted to read this forum for days.
We will be traveling Italy during our honeymoon this May, and unfortunately will only have a weekend (Friday night until Monday morning) to travel Tuscany.
First timers, absolutely fallen in love with Montalcino and surroundings.
Now we need some advice from experienced fellow.
What would be our best itinerary? We will be starting on Friday night from Bologna (we can rent a car, take train, whatever works the best).
What we are looking for:
1- Drive around some of the most gorgeous sights. What you recommend? Chianti, Montalcino look wonderful. Consider we would only have saturday and sunday for this
2- Two or three MUST visit wineries in the region, hopefully those with nearby amazing Osterias, sights, open fields, and obviously great wine.
3- Any great cheeses around?
4- Lastly, and importantly, where to sleep? We found Castello di Velona in tripadvisor, and looks amazing. We would rather stay somewhere easily accesible for us to continue our journey around the region on Sunday.
Thank you all for the recommendations, we are just overwhelmed with places and regions in tuscany and would like to make the most out of the weekend (hopefully enjoying a couple of the best places, instead of running around and overlooking what truly matters).
P.S: Forgot to say we want to make sure not to miss this sort of sights - Crete Senese? - (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/346269) since we're both avid photographers. And looking to drive ourselves around into a relax and charming weekend, rather than a fully guided tour.