Hi,
We are from Australia and I am looking at taking my wife to Tuscany for our 20th Wedding Anniversary in early November 2016 and was wondering what the weather is generally like in Tuscany that time of the year and whether everything is open that time of year as we went to the Cinque Terra a few years ago in early October and everything looked like it was starting to close up for the autumn/winter.
I noticed on one of Lourdes previous posts she recommended a B&B Palazzo Malaspina as a good place to stay. Is this still a good place to base yourself. We will probably fly into Rome (from Australia) and then head up to Tuscany (maybe a few days in Florence, couple days in Siena, Lucca & would like to spend a few days in the countryside or small village to do some cooking classes/wine tasting or similar). We may head up to Venice or down to the Amalfi Coast afterwards before going back to Rome to fly out. Probably looking at 2 weeks in total. Some recommendations of where to stay and places to see would be great.
I was planning on taking the train from Rome to Florence or Sienna and then maybe get a car up there or is it best to hire a car in Rome although the traffic in Rome looks hectic.
We are from Australia and I am looking at taking my wife to Tuscany for our 20th Wedding Anniversary in early November 2016 and was wondering what the weather is generally like in Tuscany that time of the year and whether everything is open that time of year as we went to the Cinque Terra a few years ago in early October and everything looked like it was starting to close up for the autumn/winter.
I noticed on one of Lourdes previous posts she recommended a B&B Palazzo Malaspina as a good place to stay. Is this still a good place to base yourself. We will probably fly into Rome (from Australia) and then head up to Tuscany (maybe a few days in Florence, couple days in Siena, Lucca & would like to spend a few days in the countryside or small village to do some cooking classes/wine tasting or similar). We may head up to Venice or down to the Amalfi Coast afterwards before going back to Rome to fly out. Probably looking at 2 weeks in total. Some recommendations of where to stay and places to see would be great.
I was planning on taking the train from Rome to Florence or Sienna and then maybe get a car up there or is it best to hire a car in Rome although the traffic in Rome looks hectic.