Etruscan Necropolis & Sunken Roads
The Sovana Parco Archeologico The last stop on our tour of southern Tuscany was a visit to an Etruscan Necropolis, a city of the dead. The necropolis is so named because there are several Etruscan...
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Pitigliano
Pitigliano, A Hill Town In Tuscany Pitigliano, A Town In Southern Tuscany Pitigliano is a small town in southern Tuscany perched on an outcrop of volcanic rock known as tufa. We visited Pitigliano as part...
Saturnia Hot Springs
Saturnia Hot Springs Our Day Out In Southern Tuscany started out at the furthest point from our base on the Tuscany Umbria border. Our first stop was at the Hot Springs Near Saturnia , also...
A Day Out In Southern Tuscany
Saturnia Hot Springs, Pitigliano, Etruscan Necropolis & Sunken Roads Southern Tuscany Day Trip Last autumn we went on a day trip to southern Tuscany, we packed a lot in to our day out, visiting the...
Sunflowers From The Drone
Sunflowers In The Niccone Valley The Sunflower fields are out in bloom once more in the Niccone Valley . This beautiful valley has an ideal climate for growing tobacco and lots of farmhouses have small...
Bee Orchids In The Garden At Ca di Bracco
Bee Orchids In The Niccone Valley Orchids are a common sight every spring in the Niccone Valley . These beautiful Bee Orchids are growing in the meadow below our swimming pool, I spotted them today...
A Visit To Assisi
A Day Trip to Assisi in Umbria Last Sunday we decided to spend the day in Assisi. We started our visit with a great lunch at Osteria Piazzetta dell'Erba and then went for a quick...
Lunch In Assisi, Osteria Piazzetta Dell'Erba
Osteria Piazzetta Dell'Erba, a Restaurant in Assisi Last Sunday we drove to the Umbrian town of Assisi , we started our day out with Sunday lunch at a great restaurant, the Osteria Piazzetta dell'Erba, a...
Le Logge, Restaurant In Città di Castello
Le Logge, Restaurant In Città di Castello On Friday night I went out in Città di Castello with a group of my Italian friends from the sommelier course that I've been participating in over the...
Electric Bikes In The Niccone Valley
Cycling in the Niccone Valley The Tuscany Umbria border is not very flat and unless you are a very keen cyclist you may find it too much effort to get around, particularly if you are...
Lizard Orchids On The Front Lawn
Several weeks ago I noticed the unmistakeable shape of orchid leaves on our front lawn at Ca' di Bracco. I've been carefully mowing around them and waiting to see what they would turn into. Lizard...
Sunday Lunch At I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea
The Restaurant At I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea A couple of weeks ago we booked an outside table at I Girasoli di Sant'Andrea, the restaurant at the front of our local winery in the Niccone Valley....