Best of Tuscany

Ah, there’s something about Springtime in Tuscany. The colors are turning, the nonni are out, the cuisine is shifting and the weather is nice and warm during the day with…

There is romance in the air— a faint scent of olive groves and tall cypress trees seeking shelter under the most beautiful foggy mornings. Tuscany has stolen my heart and I’m here…

Day 4 of my Best of Tuscany tour in Rocchette di Fazio and Montemerano Enter the most cliche words in the English vocabulary: quaint, charming and yes, even picturesque. It’s hard NOT to…

Day 3 of my Best of Tuscany tour of Maremma, first time experiencing the colorful Infiorata flower festival A city built on volcanic ash? Count me in! Pitigliano has been on my bucket…

Exploring Tuscany’s Middle Ages on two wheels and eating pancake-like pasta What does vacation mean to you? My version of vacation is anything active. Perhaps sailing, tennis, hiking, biking. I love…

Driving through the Carrara marble quarries and eating the most famous lardo in the world Welcome to the sci-fi oozing landscape of the Apuan Alps, the mountains that provided Michelangelo with…

Day 2 of my Best of Tuscany tour of Maremma After a wonderful morning and incredible lunch in Castiglione della Pescaia I was on my way to Massa Marittima with the Maremmans—a group…

Day 2 of my Best of Tuscany tour of Maremma Day two of my Best of Tuscany tour of Maremma began with, what else, a coffee at my B&B. After…

Day 1 of my Best of Tuscany tour of Maremma As much as there is to still see in Italy, I’m trying my very best to see as much of…