Hi, I'm a newbie at this forum, great suggestions in the readings. A quick synopsis of our Tuscany stay in Sept 2015:3days in Rome, driving to Seina for 1 night, 1week in Villa in Montepulciano(with a day tour of Florence), drive to northern Chianti area (Leccio) for 2 nights, return car to Florence, train to laSpezia for 2nights, tour Cinque Terre, train back to Rome.
My question is: 1)we have a hold (until July 20)on place to stay in Leccio with 2bed/2baths for the 4 adults. Is this a good location for us to base ourselves to explore the Chianti region? We wanted something close to Florence since that's where we will be dropping off our car, to catch the train to LaSpezia. We're open to car dropoffs in other cities.
2) since we will be in Montepulciano for 7 days, do you know of any good hiking in the Lake Trasimento area or close by? We're going to take a day trip to Assisi.hiking even in the Leccio area if we decide to stay there.
We were in Riva, Lake Garda 2 years ago and did a lot of hiking north of the lake,which was beautiful. Appreciate any suggestions, of course I'll probably be returning with other questions/concerns.
My question is: 1)we have a hold (until July 20)on place to stay in Leccio with 2bed/2baths for the 4 adults. Is this a good location for us to base ourselves to explore the Chianti region? We wanted something close to Florence since that's where we will be dropping off our car, to catch the train to LaSpezia. We're open to car dropoffs in other cities.
2) since we will be in Montepulciano for 7 days, do you know of any good hiking in the Lake Trasimento area or close by? We're going to take a day trip to Assisi.hiking even in the Leccio area if we decide to stay there.
We were in Riva, Lake Garda 2 years ago and did a lot of hiking north of the lake,which was beautiful. Appreciate any suggestions, of course I'll probably be returning with other questions/concerns.