Sean in Toronto
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Hello, what a great forum this is and thank you for all the help from the site's experts!
My wife and I are planning to come to Tuscany for ~12 days with a 16 month old (walking) and like many, looking to find a home base for ourselves. We read the website's suggestion to try half in northern Tuscany and half in southern.
Our main questions are:
-are any towns better than others, or are they all good (Panzano, San Casciano, San Donato, Castellina) and with real differences... especially with a toddler?
-is staying in San Gimignano a good idea or way too busy? We saw some Airbnbs that appear actually in the walled city.
-any views on whether the coastal towns (Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio, Follonica, etc.) are worth squeezing in, or better just to split between northern and southern Tuscany? I've read divergent things on the coast - supposedly beautiful but not really "Italian" like the rest of Tuscany and look like any seaside resort town.
We were thinking of some combo like 9 days between two Tuscan inland destinations + 3 days on the coast, but that may just be too busy. On the other hand, 6 days + 6 all inland feels like much of the same?
And are there any other considerations we should keep in mind with a toddler?
Thank you so much in advance!
My wife and I are planning to come to Tuscany for ~12 days with a 16 month old (walking) and like many, looking to find a home base for ourselves. We read the website's suggestion to try half in northern Tuscany and half in southern.
Our main questions are:
-are any towns better than others, or are they all good (Panzano, San Casciano, San Donato, Castellina) and with real differences... especially with a toddler?
-is staying in San Gimignano a good idea or way too busy? We saw some Airbnbs that appear actually in the walled city.
-any views on whether the coastal towns (Forte dei Marmi, Viareggio, Follonica, etc.) are worth squeezing in, or better just to split between northern and southern Tuscany? I've read divergent things on the coast - supposedly beautiful but not really "Italian" like the rest of Tuscany and look like any seaside resort town.
We were thinking of some combo like 9 days between two Tuscan inland destinations + 3 days on the coast, but that may just be too busy. On the other hand, 6 days + 6 all inland feels like much of the same?
And are there any other considerations we should keep in mind with a toddler?
Thank you so much in advance!
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