Hello all,
Myself and my friend are doing a 2 week tour of italy in August and we plan to spend a week in the Tuscany region. Our plan is to base ourselves in Florence for 5 nights: we plan to spend 2 days in Florence, 1 day exploring Pisa, 1 day exploring Lucca and a 1 day trip to Greve in Chianti for wine tasting in Le Cantine. We then plan to go to Siena for a day, to stay there overnight and the next day to visit San Gimignano.
I'm just wondering is this the very best way to use our time in Tuscany? We would rather base ourselves in a rural area (probably Greve) for a few days, but having looked up information I see that public transport is not so good in the region and that we cannot get easily from Greve to Siena, or from Greve to San Gimignano, whereas if we base ourselves in Siena for a day we can get to San Gimignano. Also, is a separate day needed to do full justice to both Pisa and Lucca or could both of these be fitted into one day? Additionally, are there any other must-sees in the Tuscany region which i am overlooking. Thanks!!!
Myself and my friend are doing a 2 week tour of italy in August and we plan to spend a week in the Tuscany region. Our plan is to base ourselves in Florence for 5 nights: we plan to spend 2 days in Florence, 1 day exploring Pisa, 1 day exploring Lucca and a 1 day trip to Greve in Chianti for wine tasting in Le Cantine. We then plan to go to Siena for a day, to stay there overnight and the next day to visit San Gimignano.
I'm just wondering is this the very best way to use our time in Tuscany? We would rather base ourselves in a rural area (probably Greve) for a few days, but having looked up information I see that public transport is not so good in the region and that we cannot get easily from Greve to Siena, or from Greve to San Gimignano, whereas if we base ourselves in Siena for a day we can get to San Gimignano. Also, is a separate day needed to do full justice to both Pisa and Lucca or could both of these be fitted into one day? Additionally, are there any other must-sees in the Tuscany region which i am overlooking. Thanks!!!