Aerial perspective near Volterra. Tuscany, Italy. 2009
Posted by razzbuffnik on October 8th, 2009
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October 9th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Heavens, that’s glorious.
Are you going to Arezzo? If you can, do. It’s supposed to be great. I’ve always wanted to do the Piero della Francesca trail and Arezzo is supposed to be a lovely hilltop Tuscan town with some charming examples of PdF’s work. The Italian Renaissance at its best.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Another thing, if you’re going to Florence, be warned it’s very touristy these days BUT there is a wonderful chapel filled with Masaccios. Don’t turn up, like we did, expecting to buy tickets at the chapel. Ask your hotel to pre-book them for you. There are timed slots to prevent overcrowding.
http://www.museumsinflorence.com/musei/Brancacci_chapel.html
Pre-book tickets for the Uffizi too – saves queuing for hours.
AND regarding food (always food on the brain) try Osteria del Cinghiale Bianco (which means white wild boar) for traditional Tuscan food inc wild boar if you’re up for it. It’s been there forever, is family run and knows how to serve proper non-touristy Tuscan food.
http://www.cinghialebianco.it/
Both are on the other side of the Arno from central Florence but still within walking distance of everything else you’ll want to see.
October 9th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Epic
Thanks. We’ve already left Tuscany. Yesterday we went to Volterra and Siena. Volterra was lovely and Siena was packed but it settled down at night and we had a lovely dinner in the campo. Siena is an amazing place and it’s hard to imagine racing horses around the campo during the palio.
We won’t be going to Florence as we’re both “so over” going to the famous places and doing the touristy things.
Tomorrow we visit Fenestrelle and then it’s onto France. We think we’ll be in Nimes tomorrow.
October 11th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
Did you by any chance stop at a certain chocholate/wine/coffee place in Voltera?
October 13th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Grasswire
No we didn’t because we were there when all the shops were closed. Bummer! We got caught out like that a few times with the long Italian lunch times.