Hello,
My wife and I are planning to visit Tuscany for max 7 days. A lot of useful tips in here but we need your further advice. We would like to do the following activities (on top of other touristy stuffs like Duomo etc) but we don't know where to stay and how to plan the route:
1. Stay in a farmhouse
2. Pick grapes and/or olives
3. Take a cooking lesson, perhaps with the farmhouse's host
4. See villages on foot, by cycling (a bit) and by car (renting)
5. Visit Pisa, st Gimignano, Siena, cinque Terre, Florence
6. Eat gelato eg Grom, panini (kosher or halal) and seafood
7. Must be in Florence on 24th June for the parade and medieval game
We can fly in from London into Pisa on 22nd June (stay 1.5 days), take train to Florence (stay 2 days), take train to Siena and rent a car to go to a farmhouse (would really appreciate it if you could help in suggesting appropriate farmhouse for the activities above) and stay for 3 days. Will take 1 day to drive to st Gimignano and cinque Terre (maybe by train?). Trying to avoid driving into big cities like Florence and Pisa. Then on last day, take train from Siena to Florence airport to go back to London.
What do you think? Does the route make sense?
Thanks
Rudy
My wife and I are planning to visit Tuscany for max 7 days. A lot of useful tips in here but we need your further advice. We would like to do the following activities (on top of other touristy stuffs like Duomo etc) but we don't know where to stay and how to plan the route:
1. Stay in a farmhouse
2. Pick grapes and/or olives
3. Take a cooking lesson, perhaps with the farmhouse's host
4. See villages on foot, by cycling (a bit) and by car (renting)
5. Visit Pisa, st Gimignano, Siena, cinque Terre, Florence
6. Eat gelato eg Grom, panini (kosher or halal) and seafood
7. Must be in Florence on 24th June for the parade and medieval game
We can fly in from London into Pisa on 22nd June (stay 1.5 days), take train to Florence (stay 2 days), take train to Siena and rent a car to go to a farmhouse (would really appreciate it if you could help in suggesting appropriate farmhouse for the activities above) and stay for 3 days. Will take 1 day to drive to st Gimignano and cinque Terre (maybe by train?). Trying to avoid driving into big cities like Florence and Pisa. Then on last day, take train from Siena to Florence airport to go back to London.
What do you think? Does the route make sense?
Thanks
Rudy