Here are the tips I received when planning my trip to Lucca in Tuscany in November 2009 to help you get more from your visit to Lucca.
Illuminated frieze in Lucca gate arch
Megan of Context Travel recommends taking a day trip from Lucca to Garfagnana (especially the lovely town of Barga). If you have access to [...]
Prior to my visit to Florence in November 2009 I requested tips on what to do and see in this beautiful Tuscan city. Here are the tips I received from blog comments and tweets on Twitter, to help you plan your trip to Florence.
Me in Florence with backdrop of Ponte Vecchio
Tips
Waitinginthedark of Explorer believes [...]
I’ve visited Pisa a couple of times and what I most enjoyed doing was walking along the banks of the River Arno. There are so many interesting and colourful historic buildings dotted along the riverside.
On the northern bank of the river, on Lungarno Fibonacca is the entrance to the 19th century Giardino di Scotto. [...]
We had our best meal during our week in Tuscany in November 2009 at the Trattoria da Sergio, Piazza Bernardini 7 in Lucca, tel 0583 491364. The staff working there when we ate didn’t speak any English.
Table at Trattoria da Sergio, Lucca
We went for the 10 euro set menu which being Italy didn’t cost [...]
I visited the Il Desco Tuscan market at the Real Collegio in Lucca on 29 November 2009. There was an amazing array of Tuscan produce on sale. The market will be open 5 – 8 December 2009 from 11.30 – 19.30.
The first video shows a selection of some of the food and drink available. [...]
If the idea of bringing in the New Year in Tuscany sounds appealing, then enter the Happy New Tuscany competition. The first prize is a 7 night trip for two between Christmas and New Years staying in Florence (luxury accommodation on B&B basis, international flight, museum passes, New Years meal, airport transfers). [...]
We were amazed by the number and intricacy of the inflorata or pictures made from flower petals which covered the streets of the Tuscan village of Fucecchio. The floral pictures lay in then centre of streets through which the Corpus Domimi Communion Procession wound its way up the church.
Sometimes getting lost can pay off. [...]
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