Tuscany & Liguria (IT)
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Great pics and certainly looks like you had a great time. The wife and I were in Tuscany 5 years ago, and Siena and particularly Florence are pretty crowded. Lucca on the other hand had a similar vibe with far fewer visitors, so would definitely recommend a trip there if anyone is in the area
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As far as accommodation goes, Agriturismo is a great option. Basically, it's holiday accommodation on a working farm, which in the main will be olive groves and vineyards in that area. Pretty neat if you want to set up a base and explore from there. We stayed just outside San Gimignano, another very popular tourist destination, but reasonably quiet once the day trippers have left
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@Nocturama Emily and I went in April this year, awesome place
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I mentioned to @Giles that I may be living on the wrong side of the pond…these kinds of pictures reinforce my thoughts.
@Nocturama Thank you for sharing!!
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Fantastic post, thank you!
Andrea and I travel to Italy every other year. We keep saying we need to go somewhere else … then we keep discovering new places and we remember the pasta. It’s our favourite and we plan to spend more time there once we retire.
As a side note, beware of that little wooden fella, he likes the ladies ..
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@Brandrea - my wife and I actually did a pasta (and tiramisu) making class when we were there - not normally something we would consider doing.
The cookery side of things was great fun, but whoever thought to provide unlimited Prosecco throughout was a genius because the whole class was legless by the end! They could have served anything, and we’d all be none the wiser, however I vaguely recollect it tasting okay!
Am now on the lookout for a pasta machine…
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@Nocturama that’s just awesome
We learned how to make carbonara on one of our trips and it’s was sort of similar … copious amounts of wine
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@Nocturama thank you for the wonderful fotos of places I've been loving for ages. Been there with family and friends a number of times since the 90s, when we sometimes just hitched down to Florence to be able to spent a few days there.
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heading to Venice, bologna and Rome in dec.. any recos?
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@NickD yeah that's definitely on the list. trying to make use of the ducati owners club to get a museum and factory tour..
